Today is the concluding part of my visit to the temples of Angkor. On my third day there I once again hired a motorbike and driver this time to take me out East to the Roluos Group of Temples. The Roluos temples are amongst the earliest large, permanent temples built by the Khmers.
Lolei
Lolei has four brick towers that are in pretty bad shape and a modern temple right next door. It was interesting to see the contrast between new and old. Whilst at Lolei I met a monk who teaches …
Yesterday I posted about the more remote ruins of Angkor and today I will be continuing the series with the main temples of the Angkor area. The Angkor area is around 6km from Siem Reap, with the roads in good condition and the temples only a couple of kilometers apart, I decided to hire a bike and cycle between them. I hired a bike from the guest house for $1 and set off just after 5am to try and catch sunrise at Angkor Wat. I later paid the price for …
For the next three days I will be writing about my visit to the temples of Angkor. To visit the temples you need to purchase a ticket which costs $20 for 1 day, $40 for 3 days or $60 for 1 week, the 3 day and 1 week option can either be used consecutively or over a week or a month respectively. I opted for the 3 day option and managed to see a lot during that time. My plan had been to get up for sunrise at Angkor Wat …
Cambodia’s railways are no longer officially in use apart from for freight trains. Locals however make use of them to transport goods between towns and markets with their own homemade trains. The trains known as the bamboo railways are made from a bamboo platform balanced on top of wheels and axels pinched from tanks and a small engine sits at the back. Close to Battambang there is a section of track setup for tourists to ride on the bamboo railway. $10 pays for a bamboo train to make a 1 …
In Pnhom Penh there is evidence of both a grand past and of the atrocities committed by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge.
Royal Palace
The Royal Palace is the official residence of the King and as a result various sections are out of bounds and armed guards patrol the grounds. The Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda are both stunning buildings but apart from the impressive architecture and sculptures, there isn’t too much to see here.
National Museum
The National Museum of Cambodia is home to the world’s largest collection of Khmer sculpture. It is …
Kep is a lazy little seaside town in the south of Cambodia. The crab market is perhaps the biggest draw in Kep where locals and tourist gather to taste the local crab cooked with Kampot pepper. For me though, Kep was a place to relax, I was looking forward to lying in the sun with a couple of beers and not doing much else at all.
A small strip of sand littered in rocks is the only beach that Kep has to speak of, but a short boat ride across the …
Outside one of the temples of Angkor I saw this sorry sight, the elusive tiger dog.
I hadn’t read too much about the Mekong Delta before booking a trip to go there, I had visions of rural country life, floating villages, fishermen and not a lot else. I thought I would be sailing along the Mekong, drifting along gently and enjoying a beer or three on the deck. Perhaps this would have been the case several years ago, but not any more.
From Saigon it took several hours by bus to reach the starting point of our Mekong excursion. Arriving at the first of several large cities …
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