Survive & Thrive in Korea
Sunset at Phnom Bakheng is one of the main highlights of the Angkor experience. Tons of tourists make the hike up the winding trail to the temple above. Some take elephants up and down while most just bear the walk. The temple has five tiers and seven levels which represent the seven Hindu heavens. […]
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The Banyon is one of the most mystical and mysterious of the temples in Angkor Thom. The highlight are the over two hundred huge smiling face carved into the stone. The faces glare down upon the surrounding area from every angle imaginable. From a distance it doesn’t seem like much, but once you start to […]
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Angkor Thom is more than one temple,it’s a complex of several sites with different temples and structures. The above is part of the Terrace of the Elephants.Sam and Jane stop for snacks. I believe this is the North Kleang which along with the South Kleang may have been palaces long long ago. The Kleangs are […]
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I think most of the photos speak for themselves. Angkor Wat the signature temple of all those in Siem Reap. Angkor Wat is surrounded by a huge moat. Around this area children and parents picnic and shopkeepers peddle souvenirs from their little stands. Water. Books. Food. Cameras. Anything can be had for your trip into […]
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In the morning we checked out of our hotel and jumped into the tuk tuks which whisked us away to the river to head from Phnom Pehn to Siem Reap. We had booked passage on a 7am river boat departing from Phnom Pehn and arriving in Siem Reap six hours later. The cost was 25 US […]
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Cambodia Wat Phnom and The Royal Palace are two of the spots that I enjoyed the most on this trip. After the Killing Fields we headed back to town and made a pit stop at Wat Phnom. Wat Phnom sits atop a high hill and supposedly the first pagoda on this site housed four Buddha […]
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