my 5 days in Siem Reap & Angkor..

Angkor Wat
South Gate - Angkor Thom

Bayon

Apsara

Ta Pohm

Bekhang

Old Market - Siem Reap

The Blue Pumpkin

Khmer Kitchen Restaurant


Finally I have visited the place that I have wanted to go for so long - Siem Reap and the beautiful Angkor..

Basically here are my 5 Days free and easy in Siem Reap :-

D1 - arrived in Siem Reap at 8am local time, check in to B&B, breakfast, hiding tuk-tuk (the driver name is Tip) to visit Tonle Sap lake, have dinner near Angkor Wat and expecting for sunset, started to rain and back to B&B without sunset, shower and rest..

D2 - woke up 430am and Tip waiting us at B&B at 5am and heading to Angkor Wat for sunrise.. finally I saw Angkor Wat in front of me (the sky is still very dark because only 530am).. everybody standing beside the lake and expecting the sunrise and reflection of Angkor Wat in the lake.. again.. again.. rain is coming.. I opened umbrella and others are with umbrella or rain coat.. rain getting heavier and no choice have to go inside the temple to get cover.. entering Angkor Thom by the impressive South gate.. the brilliant Bayon appreared in front of me and at that moment my tears almost wanna fall by the beautiful Bayon.. spend the rest of the day visiting other temples in Angkor Thom and back to B&B almost 7pm.. damn tired..

D3 - second day to Angkor Thom and we are visiting the big route today.. guess what.. it is raining since 6am and we are visiting the temples with umbrella.. haha!! the most impressive temple is Ta Pohm, because of the giant trees grown on top of the temples and the movie 'Tomb Raider' by Angelina was filmed here years ago.. the final stop is Bekhang, the temple on top of the hill which need 20 minutes track to go up to the hill.. we are expecting sunset again but due to cloudy sky and no sunset again.. no doubt the view from the top of the temple is great and we manage to see Angkor Wat from here.. back to B&B and again.. very tired..

D4 - we decided not going to Angkor Thom again although our pass due today.. free and easy day!! I have survey some nice foods to eat in Siem Reap and plan to go for that today.. we went to old market for souvenirs.. frens bought some key chairs, pillow covers, silks, wood curving and so on.. I bought myself an oil paint with the face of Bayon and a wood curving of 'Apsara' .. the prices are all in USD so we are getting very tired to bargain in order to pay for the price that we wanted and mostly we manage to bargain 40-50% lesser.. went for afternoon tea in one of the famous cafe 'The Blue Pumpkin' , I tried the carrot cake and banana yogurt shake, both are yummy especially the carrot cake is so juicy.. yum! yum! next we went for a massage which recommended in travel book, the place is 'Bodia Spa' .. the place is so relaxing and beautiful but the price is quite high also, we took the package of body massage for 90 minutes cost USD34, but we got 25% for the second person.. well, the massage is not really great if compared to Bangkok with the price we can get better service.. our last stop is to have dinner in the most recommended restaurant 'Khmer Kitchen Restaurant'.. we order the popular cheese bake pumpkin with mushroom and chicken, Khmer curry, Shrimp soup and garlic fried fish and of course the famous Angkor Beer.. we really enjoyed the food so much and I can say that this is the most delicious foods we had in Siem Reap.. walk back to B&B with happy stomach.. haha!! packing our bag and settle our bill because we are leaving at 835am tomorrow morning..

D5 - woke up at 6am, shower and breakfast.. car waiting us at 715am to send us to airport, the airport is very quiet and not so many passengers in the terminal.. keeps looking back photos taken in my camera and I know definitely I will miss Angkor and Siem Reap very much.. it's time to go home.. bye Siem Reap and Angkor..