Siem Reap: 15 to 20th December 2010

After a 7 hours bus with the locals (all of them singing thanks to the karaoke screen; and us both seated like sardines as their seats are d...


After a 7 hours bus with the locals (all of them singing thanks to the karaoke screen; and us both seated like sardines as their seats are designed for Asian body shape!! We fell so fat here!) we finally made it to Siem Reap; destination that we were so looking forwards.
At our arrival, like every time in Asia, we are greeted by 15 to 20 men that all scream louder than the other:"Tuk-tuk?? Tuk-tuk??" I promise you that as much as it's folkloric, sometimes you just want to scream back to them: "shut up, motherfuckers!!!" which just cross your mind a quarter of a second when you are exhausted!! Of course, you must not do it!!!!!
Well, we managed to find Tony, our tuk tuk driver for the next 4 days. We are very lucky, as Tony will be looking after us very well (buying us our breakfast: banana sticky rice, and our bottle of water at local price) and showing us around Ankor Wat and more.
When arriving at Angkor Wat on 1st day, we are surprise by the number of tourist everywhere. I know, we are a little bit simple minded! I had these taught that we would be trekking on the jungle and that after a 2 hours walk we would be acceding to our 1st temple!!! Like in Tomb rider!! Forget about it! Temples are cleared, roads build everywhere, no birds anywhere apart of in cages, and as much tourist as you can imagine (like Disneyland!!) That what make it so fun when taking pictures... You must try to have the best shot, of the best corner, without no one crossing at these precise second!! Wahou... Pretty intense! And we managed to take more than 200!!






Very honestly we taught that visiting these temples would be so spiritual, but we didn't connect that much. It was definitely a must see, but just bare in mind that you are surrounded by so many tourist, and that hundred of locals run after you at the end of each temple, or sometimes in the temple to sell you anything possible.
The good part, was the visit of the floating village Tonle Sap ( few kilometres away) and floating forest. We didn't see any tourist , as no one want to pay $40 to go and visit a village. Again we are the silly one!! But it was worst it!




We are now approaching Chrismas, and we decide to head to Sihanoukville for a week.

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