Angkor Wat
Siem Reap, 14th to 18th
June 2002
The next few days were spent at Cambodia's second town, Siem Reap.
Siem Reap itself is a fairly peaceful town with little special to
do, however, it is right next to one of the world's most famous
sights...Angkor Wat.
Angkor Wat is a vast collection of temples, scattered for miles
around Siem Reap. There are literally 100s of temples in all
conditions, from the almost destroyed to the superbly restored. More
information can be found in the
Angkor Wat entry in WikiPedia or at the
official Angkor
Wat website or at
Angkor.com.
Unfortunately, I can't detail my adventures around Angkor Wat and
Siem Reap, my journal entries were lost during a hard drive
failure (:o( ). However, I will soon make all of my Angkor Wat
photos available..
In a nutshell, I spent a few days touring about the ancient wonders
of these stunning temples on the back of a equally ancient
motorbike. Life's much easier with a guide who knows his way around,
and I'd suggest doing the same. Basically, I found a very nice moto-driver
in my guesthouse who became my guide for the days. By guide, I mean
driver only, he doesn't know about the temples, but he knows where
they all are. So armed with the Angkor Wat guide (available
from all heckling children in the Angkor Wat region, I picked and
chose the ones I wanted to see, then he took me there.There are
100s of temples, and unless you're a professor in ancient history,
seeing just a handful is more than sufficient! It really was an
amazing experience! The site truly is a wonder of the eworld!
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