Mar 11, 2009

siem reap: the angkor and khmer empire

to explore angkor archeological park, it takes, at least 3 days, to cover all the large and small temples inside the compound and, you can never finish it in just 1-day tour, exactly. but for us, 3-day is just too much, so a 2-day visit would be at its best. or else, pama would kill me and bearbear for bad-planning.

on the way to angkor again.

met a canadian couple. and again, we were mistakenly referred to as japanese. jap tourists were voted the world's best, so its a total compliment. and so im a proud jap tourist, dun play-play!!

meet my sexy man. phewwit!!

temple ruins. the angkor park once disappeared due to the encroaching jungle, plus its perished civilization and culture. it was then discovered by a french botanist who put up a jurnal, and thus the lost of angkor city became famous and too much commercialised.

kids selling postcards and shawls are everywhere in the park. some of them would ask for money or food while others might follow you touring the temples and sing some songs which you dun understand, and get you to pay them.

at dunno-what-temple.

pama doing some light exercises.

re-applying sun-block.

petrol sold in soda bottles.

and the kids again.

bearbear reading history of temples but never explained to me.

my great curious bearbear.

saw this old man at east mebon.

pama still at east mebon.

climbing up the tower.

a well prepared tour guide.

bearbear's sandals got spoilt. so he was wearing this ugly flip-flop which he bought at 2.5usd.

im so confused of their so many many gates.

cool or not?

our tuk-tuk driver, kim.

neak pean for a holy bath. served the same purpose as roman bath in london.

hello!!

sometimes i love my straight hair for i dun hav to do hair straightening. sometimes, i hate her for making my ponytail so like the old-time chinese corpse's braided hair. all in all, i dun like its volume for being too thin like my bodyline. no joke, wth!!

i couldnt describe how hot and humid the weather was. but i just lost my patience easily.

tiny door.

at one of many temples-lah.

at beng melea.

the perfect way to transport piggies.

bearbear and pama chillaxing at the hostel.

whats wrong wiv this bearbear huh? so many things to read meh?

sms-ing ms. wong which cost me a pretty penny.

more of this hostel.

more of this hostel.

more of my bearbear.

more of my pama.

tadaa!! this is the guesthouse we were staying, the babel siem reap. highly recommended to all, cuz its too cozy which i loved it so much, a bit pricey, operated by a joint-venture of french, spanish and italian.

my room.

more of my room.

the apsara show.

apsara dancers. the performance could be better if the transcription was in english.

buffet dinner which costs 9usd per pax. kim then managed to get a discount of 1usd for each of us.

this is a rare pic of me wiv a damn so serious face. i love my smile, so you can hardly see my pics without sweet smile wth.

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