Laos and Cambodia day 19: Angkor Temples.

Submitted by maria on Sat, 27/08/2011 - 19:41

We had breakfast again at the hostel, still not convinced. The bikes they have don't have any change and we go somewhere else to get them. They rent us some that are quite good with change, they are for a ride but the tires are quite thick.

Angkor Wat

The small circuit is about seventeen kilometers but we have another nine to the entrance. You don't have to enter by the main door, there are others of access and they always ask you for the entrance.

Angkor Wat

We start visiting Angkor Wat and Bayon again. We had a good time in each one. They are fascinating. We also spent a good time on the Elephant Terrace and the Leper King, impressive.

Entrance Angkor Thom

Next stop Baphuon, an immense pyramidal mountain temple with five floors. Then Royal Enclosure and Phimeanakas and Preah Palilay.

Bayon

Elephant Terrace

We stop for lunch at a stall, ask for noodles, they are not very good. We remember the ones from Laos. When we paid we argued because they offered us a $1 discount and it didn't include the beer, but in the end they did.

Door entrance

Angkor Temple

Interior of a Temple

Baphuon

Ta Prohm leaves us again without words, how the jungle invades this construction and the forms it generates, it is simply wonderful. All temples have suffered the attacks of the jungle, but in this one it is magic. It is absolutely indispensable.

Ta Prohm

We continue: Tep Pranam, Preah Pithu and Prasat Suor Prat. We end up resting on a lake. What a rush.

We take the bike and go back to Siem Reap, on the way we meet yesterday's tuk tuk boy taking a nap.

Leper King detail

Shower and we go to dinner. We go to a very curious restaurant, they have half a cow embedded in a roller that spins for hours like you do with chickens and catches our attention and we go in to eat. It was delicious, they also have duck, a little drier and you accompany it with salad and sauces. With the beers we argue, they want to charge us double the usual price, in short they always have to get away with it.

Our dinner

We go back to the night market and do some shopping. A pancake from a delicious street stall ends our day.

Another unforgettable day.

Bike rental: $3 per bike.
Entrance fee for Angkor for three days: $40 per pax.
Accommodation: Mon Papa Guesthouse 10$ double room with bathroom 2 pax

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