1/29/Phnom Penh-Siem Reap

1. the ship top backpackers

Is alarm clock hurried up last night from the bag inside out bundle and completely stuffed it back, or was bulging of a pile.

Flush pay check, surrender the keys to the money can go a little without delay, some needless round because the room nor can take away.

6: 15 departure from the Capitol to Pier, in the waiting crowd at the gate of the Capitol and their luggage, successfully occupy every corner of the cart.

With such a heavy body, and of course you cannot fly, or let me enjoy the scenery.

Uncovering the night of Phnom Penh, less latent threats become more approachable.

Street of small vendors have started business, in addition to selling breakfast, shoe that has so lazy. Tropical flowers, bright and decorated with Wall Street, Tim took some fresh colors. A blaze with yellow at the top of the round, the lower the spread of buildings in Sunshine pan out Golden luster, attracted to the central market less voices, is so powerful and quiet construction.

It is not a big city, the pier or soon arrived.

According to the plan, today to walk along the Surrey cave Lake 5 hours of water, and I would sit in full of backpackers boat top. In the guide books on the boat, it is reassuring, boat top seat is gazebo, for Sun protection against moisture, also come with a windbreaker wears double wooden bottom slippers-sandals, thinks.

Sure enough, there is another ship in the port, how they're heading for another boat go? no one by feeling, I guessed at the beginning, but did not guess that your shoot.

To take us to Siem Reap's ship, the so-called boat top, sure enough, only the empty top. When I looked, even higher in the front of the railing are loking. Backpack still into the luggage compartment, climbed to the top of the boat, foot against only five centimeters high fence. The ship could not shake, the stability of their focus on the side, while worrying about shoes will not fall, cannot return no Czech first fell into the water.

After a good start in the boat but smooth, look at the same level of comrades in the respective sitting or lying, adjust the most comfortable position.

It was on the shore of the scenic mountain press the shutter, it was holding LP to Angkor tour desperately preview. In the top of the crowd, the Chinese also takes up a lot, lot is on the same flight yesterday saw a familiar face. They have to fix it with cross bar, sitting in a different colour of the crowd, we both have some understanding of nationality.

Sun also chilly, cross-strait slowly backwards passing villages vessel bridges, bathed in the rising sun soft lighting.

Green-Yellow River, there are some earthy smell, white spray spatter gradually fierce, occasionally there is the Temple of the Golden Spire, and adjust the angle of the best photography, lost to me. Camera lift up and down, on the shore of the people's eyes, all are excited expression.

The Sun is finally up on top, the river becomes wide, leaving a vast expanse of water.

Start some coloured sunscreen, or escape down to watch the rest of the distance calculation, time is not as immediate Lake generic, not fall marks have went by.

Departure of the ship after two hours, the top half of the passengers was lying down, take the hat from the face, sleep.

Have fun face was due to the scenery of tired of replacing the numbness.

Four hours later, the winds and waves higher in order to avoid spray wet, everyone to ship near the top of Central.

Some want to down, jumped ship only top walk, is spray up soaked to the skin, with difficulty. After so long, the boat also has experience, having turned the boat coaster, also have a psychological preparation and corresponding methodology, sitting as a pirate ship, happy.

Watch the river and the narrow, shore of living in the water appears next to the villages, old vessel in residential areas, shops, actually there are fishing farm.

Coming, excited again. Whereas both sides of the local kids, but does not feel that our ship is a common sight day, from Windows, waved on the ferry. Are these children so welcome, it is unexpected, we waved a prosperous response. Trance think this scene seems familiar, she married the Princess, and along the Danube is also when such treatment, however.

Arriving from a pile of luggage pick out their own, struggling over the ship and small pedal, holding a variety of GH (Guesthouse) brand of people looking for me.

From a mixed with English and Japanese and Chinese in the call to emerge quickly got Smiley would s GH to facilitators of Toyota car.

2. Siem Reap

Already heard of Siem Reap's road signs of craters, would suffer awareness, but had no idea that the road can be sent into this way.

From a Terminal leads to the town road, is the main vehicle to flock.

And does not mention what the holes in the road, since the four wheels is impossible while at the same level. Speed maintained at approximately 5 kilometers per hour, the car around oncoming when both parties can edge to edge along the Backoff remains ahead, make my driving levels here. The meanest speculated that the Government give tourists a blow, is not to raise sympathy, better rely on donor road.

Into the town finally road conditions improved, Toyota also shows its superiority of relative ox cart, sahuan had to run.

Roadside residences of bamboo buildings and residential style in Xishuangbanna of quite similar, complements in tropical plants, are not identical and not very stilted, is seductive.

From scenery in turn God, just think of the music played in the car so familiar with.

Once again the first to recognize that this is dreaming of a new song, that song is made of old shows, into the local language, make laugh. Wrap a piece of cake, and finally the local original, how to listen to the lyrics are like the Jay hem, Hey lyrics, in nasal circled several rings then prolong the tune out, more comedy.

The owner doesn't allow with drivers, exactly four individual packages have a three day split is not expensive, but this afternoon to Angkor to watch the sunset of the journey to free.

Seeing has come to the gate of the Smiley, prices haven'tOn the finish, behind and planted with full passenger van. The two big brother really life experience rich, long-term strategic vision, we launched the first of the two girls to accommodations, they continue to strive to continue to bargain him down.

I finished rooms have bathroom, and a bunch of requirements, direct the clerk has rendered it told me the price is 12 $, in front of millions, even heroes have also put down shelf, crunch shows I want the cheapest one.

Like a sister to see room last 2 cheap Room 5 $ 's on the second floor, 6 $ 's on the third floor, with balcony or garden view room, but only the twin of kingsize bed, dimensions also cannot called king size, our two girls are for many years old, with bed and sleeping is also not a problem, think the two are met for 2 days of the boys in this bed is some funny.

Back downstairs, lobby, several people from TV has got the counter Wai airless, such critical situations or irresolute, Rob half the 2 room key cards, it has successfully completed over task 2 GG to 2 floors of rooms, Xiao to gist, let them slowly develop revolutionary feelings.

We put things in the room, bath, 2 has all the bad in bed laughing.

In order not to cause some comrades psychological imbalance, sufficient lighting of the room and fresh air is absolutely cannot let also kept in the dark of GG are gone, we conceded a cheap room noble gesture may lie.

Rest a little, is around 15: 30, about good drivers come to meet us to town around, then go to Angkor and buy tickets to watch the sunset.

Go straight to the old market, in stead, the former neighbor had just a group. Too busy to pick a postcard, along with the LP bargaining, mouth was busy chatting. Learn from 4 people to live a 12 $ room twin four-bed (1 male and 3 female mate not talking Oh,), the addition of 2 couple gengshi forced to live to the adjacent GH. Make sympathetic look, heart is praising our behavior is so brilliant. Hear our reach with the booth RayGG 10 $ for 5 LP Cambodia, we forget the small talk was a rush to get cheap things, the result is 2 $ for N. (The complexion of GG although many times be mistaken for Thailand, but offer the skill of the infinite, subsequently appeared on several occasions he has spearheaded the counteroffer, we follow the trend of buying situations, buy things are actually the same with Rob)

Buy things you forget time, Flash has 16: 30, drag the several shopping addicted to stuff the bus, off to Angkor at first sunset.

3. a preliminary impression of Angkor

To get to the gate of Angkor, also will not be able to immediately pay the money to buy a ticket, if you do not have a 2 inch document license, will buy the House is next to the mouth.

Although many of the people in line, waiting time is not long, photographer while only one, but definitely can drive the atmosphere. 2 chairs, 2 camera, looks good, he sat on the left and right turns up camera (gosh, following but tripod), a mouth a cheers, then say ok. See him busy cheerful, we followed the happy, like the big get-together of peoples. Take a fresh photo, continue to find the right window lining up to buy tickets.

Watch the time goes by in the queue, took tickets on the bus heading to Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat).

Through a rich shade of ancient trees, walk along the moat, the twilight of Angkor Wat so close.

River of long walks to Angkor Wat in the exterior wall, catch a sunset of people walked hurriedly.

Back at the old trees out of charming gesture, the two sides of the railing on the mythological meet West sunset, front is mottled exterior wall to stretch out the ruins of the atmosphere, the main architectural Spire looming in five. In the beginning becomes so faint light, everywhere is saturated in the history of the past.

High level, heavy door, through the exterior walls, Angkor Wat and raised is the panoramic view.

Continue along the sidewalk, on both sides of the lawn has a pond and the wreckage of the library. Those passages are so long, there's no time to savor and enjoy the surrounding, felt it was getting dark so fast.

Finally to the main temple, brilliantly with the engraved, wall helmet flower, Atrium side silent statues.

Heavy overlapping stack like clothes than lobby, climbing the ladder is not finished. While speeding up the pace of the foot, the eye is the moment never idle, knowing there are 3 days later when I went to experience again and again, this time still longed to the sight of each imprinted in my mind.

In the Centre of the five high tower stop, first under the smoke of air-conditioning.

Those who come to the next level is not too short, here was much too, and some places just to hand and foot. This is the danger that also have Czech foot who occupy almost all terrain favourable. We have to go up, the Sun has penetrated all of mortification. Can't appreciate the excitement-and the whole process of waiting for sunset, go back and take over every inch of the land, after which a door through which a window, you see which pieces of different scenery.

Feel tired, just to the West (positive) to find an empty Office, sit down, watching the sun sink into the cloud, just past one wall melted shadows, this mythical ruins back .... sad expression.

Heart doubts, this is all familiar as the site was moved again, never surprised, this is what you want, you know you must be going places, this in my heart over and over again, this time around is located under your feet, as in General.

(Watch the sunset view Best Western North, 18 o'clock have administrator to catch you go to close the door, in the South of the capital can take half an hour.

It was getting dark very quickly, I 18: 30 start to occupying, out of the moat to the car park day almost black. )

Ride to the town, is the sky and stars.

In the old market near decorated with tropical plants, looks very ... very romantic soup dragon enjoyment in Siem Reap's first dinner, price with last night's that much more expensive than up, it seems non-Often elegant interiors, but still customary Gecko walk in wall damage atmosphere (later because each meal with Gecko whore, used).

All the way back to Siem Reap's bar restaurant and shops decoration and arrangements will give different surprises, in detail and beautiful than to Phnom Penh.

Do not patronize watching, note the many places you can get the various versions of free guidebooks, really missed, returned to the Smiley show.

And so can comfortably lying on a bed of Smiley, had 23 points.

Turn off the lights, the blue yarn curtains in cool Moonlight is translucent color, pass the southern atmosphere. Looking at the ceiling through the wall tiles in a row the helmet light cast Gallery shadow, although tired, has been reluctant to go to sleep.

Several keywords:

Angkor's tickets: tickets for the $ 20 a day, three days of 40 $, $ 60 for a weekly pass.

16 point can inquire into. Three days to visit Angkor, hobby photography professionals can buy a weekly pass for out work waiting for different light, if you talk to most tour groups, so that one day tickets yet. Tickets must be received well, every tourist attractions are the tickets, or you'll fine strategy. If you do moto, entering the gate when you vote on the hole, we do so, as long as the car into a window with tickets, Fergie!

GH: Guesthouse, youth hostels, cheapest accommodation, according to house equipment, $ 2 per capita-6 $.

According to LP's recommendation, the most famous in Phnom Penh is the Capitol of GH (according to the extent that the old and new names are Capitol1, 2, 3), and Narin (1, 2), provides convenient transportation and tourism services, but also the exchange of information suitable for backpackers. Smiley is Narin operators run in Siem Reap, the environment is beautiful, the restaurant offers food also very good. You can set these GH tickets, car rental and currency exchange. They are located in GH-intensive service, even if booked out, near is also very easy to find other alternatives.

Transport: there are motorcycle 6 $/day, motorized tricycle 12 $/day, cars and minibuses/day 20 $ 25 $/day, according to the number of different options of peer.

Most of the Toyota Automobile, motorcycle and then torn also nerve to call Honda, do not think that the motor can only take one person, as long as not so crowded, 2, locals also 1 4 mouth with multiply.