Cambodia 12 March 08

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by GracyBee.
Categories: Places, Travel.

12 March 08 : hot hot hot!

Finally today is the day!!

We had booked a tuk tuk driver for a day to take us to see the temples..which I call the trail of temples… :D

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After breakfast, we set off to our destination. Ooh…the weather was nice and cool and the morning sun is just nice to warm us up. Not too hot…..COOL!

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On our way

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Our 1st stop……………nope is not the temples, but rather the ticket booth…haha. We planned to buy 3-day tickets and woah, is quite high tech! We were to stand in front of a small camera (similar to a web cam) and BINGO, here come out tickets. Lucky at that time, the crowd had not built up yet.

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Our ticket

Ok, tickets done, and off we go! Here’s the itinerary (and the pix!) for the day:

 1. Angkor Wat

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2. Angkor Thom
   a. South Gate

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   b. Bayon

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   c. Baphuon
   d. Terrance of elephants

3. Thommanom

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Restored structure: how it would have been like during its heyday

4. Ta Prohm

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On our way in
Look at the roots!

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Lost in the forest

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5. Ta Keo

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6. Banteay Kdei

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7. Sras Srary

Woah! A lot of the day right?? YEAH, indeed! By the mid day, the sun is blazing HOooT! Phew! All day long, tuk tuk, walk, walk, tuk tuk, walk walk……ANd yet another temple to visit….

8. Phnom Bakheng - for the sunset

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The ancient route

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Angkor from afar

Frankly we’re getting quite bored after seeing the same structure of temple in and out….and finally the only thing that cheer us up……  8)

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The monkey!! Very human!!

After sunset, was never so glad that the day is almost over…..

End of day

Felt sticky, hungry and tired…. Now there is day 2 tomorrow…

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