Cambodia – Angkor Wat

The 7 days in Cambodia has finally come to an end.
It is my first time in Cambodia, and the short 7-days trip has
totally changed the impression I have of Cambodia.
There weren’t much shopping, no extravagant and expensive shopping, no fancy restaurants,
and I was dressed in filmsy singlets and wearing dusty slippers everyday, but it was totally awesome!
(just like how Kungfu Panda would describe)

There are lots of pictures in this post.
Click on if you wanna see Angkor Wat through my eyes!

I spent 6 days in Siem Reap and had a day tour around Phnom Penh.
I very much prefer Siem Reap to the latter.
It’s just nicer. Don’t ask me why. Ok, I should stop yakking on and on.
Here are some pictures I took in Siem Reap @ Pub Street.

Don’t know about you but Pub Street sounds damn ‘hiong’ to me.
Like it’s bustling and got freaking a lot of sneaky business going on there.
But the truth is, it’s a really laidback and chillout place. I love it.

Day Two was kept solely for Angkor Wat.
I have heard a lot about this place but I’ve never been there.
Having conquered (part of) The Great Wall, I was less worried about visiting Angkor Wat.
Ok, still a bit worried at first
I really hate walking. Hahaha.
Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples are really magnificent.
These gorgeous temples are made up of more than beautifully carved stone structures.
Some corners gave me a sense of serenity and calmness, and some just made me feel happy.
It may be because of the way the sunlight peeked into the gaps between the stones,
or probably because of the sudden appearances of friendly-but-persistent
Cambodian stall owners who kept going “Lady, lady, cold water for you lady!” every time you leave a temple.

I love every single shot I took and I hope you’ll be able to share the moments with me
as you look through the photos. :)

I loved everything from the sweating, the stress of not being able to find a toilet in Angkor Wat
to the painstaking climb up one of the temples to watch the beautiful sunset.
And above all, it was her company that made it really enjoyable.

We had a lunch break and had a simple meal, something equivalent of the familiar Maggie Goreng
at one of the homestyle restaurants over there.
The food was really nice! I love the noodles because I’m a real big sucker for instant noodles.
Heh.
Don’t be fooled by the humongous coconut though, big but not sweet one.
A bit salty somemore!

The next stop is Ta Prohm – one of the temples that I was quite excited about.
I like looking at the details of the various temples and I love how some of these pictures turn out to be.
The pictures below show Ta Prohm, both A and I agreed that this is one of the prettiest temple
we have visited on this trip.
I really like the green stone walls, all covered with moss.
And also enjoyed seeing how the quiet and modest looking trees engulf the once-sturdy stone structures.

Looking at some of the trees here made me feel so young, so ignorant and very minute.
It tried to imagine how this place looks like before it started getting crushed by the growing trees.
I wish I was able to watch how the roots of the trees wrap around the structures on a fast-forwarded video.
That would be interesting.

A and I wanted to watch both the sunrise and the sunset at Angkor Wat.
She caught the sunrise at Angkor Wat on her previous trip there, and told me that it’s gorgeous.
And being a Google whore, I also looked up on the pictures of sunrise at Angkor Wat before my trip.
The sunrise looks breathtaking on pictures!
But the thing is, we overslept.

So, this is the sunset. Heh!
There are many other people sitting around waiting for the sun to set! :p

Check out the shadow moustache I gave A! :p

And this is how the beautiful Angkor Wat and its surrounding temples has taken my breath away!
I’ll be back with more updates to share more about my Cambodia trip. :)

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