Siem Reap (Cambodia ) - Day 2

2nd day - Angkor Archeology Park

Tuk tuk = USD12 ( Include Sunrise ) = USD9 ( Journey Begins at 7+am)
Map for one day trip

http://www.canbypublications.com/maps/templemap.htm

We took the USD12 package and enjoying the sunrise at Angkor Wat. There are plenty people waiting for the sunrise. For me, USD12 is worth enough since the tuk tuk driver have to wait for you whole day and bring you around the Angkor Park. The Angkor Archeology Park Entrance fees is USD20 for one day. You can buy 7 days pass for USD60. For me, One day is much more enough to go for those most popular Wat. They'll take your photo and print it on the ticket and you need to show it for the guard at some temples. If you lost the ticket, you probably need to pay for another USD20~!

Angkor Wat

The wall carving is amazing and the whole angkor wat is actually made by stacking up all the carving rocks. There's one guy approached us and ask us whether wanna pray or not. I thought it's kind of respect to their god or something so i just say yes. After that, they ask us to donate some money for them.. so i feel that it's kinda been cheated.

Then, the tuk tuk brought us to the central Angkor Thom area where it's consider as a very big compound you needed to explore yourself.

Angkor Thom Map

http://www.canbypublications.com/maps/TempleMapaap2at.htm

There are few wats are situated in this area : Bayon, Terrace of the elephants, Baphoun... etc. Bayon is the most famous wat in this area.

























Then, Mr tuk tuk bring us to Takeo, Bantrey Kdei and Ta Phrom. You will be experienced a 80 degree staircase where the stair case is about half of your step size. It's quite challenging and worth to give it a try. Ta Phrom is actually a wat which seems like hiding under the root of the tree. Quite special!






















































Then, we have our lunch at East mebbon area. The price is listed as USD3 but we manage to get it at USD1.50. I believe we can get it at USD1 but i'm too lazy to bargain as the cook offer USD1.50 herself. Sprite for USD0.50. White rice is provided.























Then, we go to Predup and Prasat Karvan. Nothing really special there. After that, we went to our last wat of the day for sunset-- Phrom Bakheng. You need to take around 20 min walk up to Phrom Bakheng. But you can go up by using elephant instead which cost USD12 and USD10 for walking down. The sunset started around 5.45pm.



























After that, we went to Wat Thmei which is known as the small killing field in Siem Reap which is situated somewhere outside the entrance of Angkor Archeology park. The entrance fee is free.































After that, we took tuk tuk back to hostel. After having a bath and nice rest at hostel. We decided to take our dinner at pub street. I ate fried rice noodle with mango shake for USD1.50. I've found that no matter fried rice, rice noodle or noodle, it tastes the same because they fried it by using the same brand chilli sauce. And we ordered one "LOK LAK" with plain rice with USD1.50. LOK LAK refers to fried beef.





































I ended up the rest of my day in pub street. Quite a good place to hang around where you can plenty of pub there. I've found on scorpion immmersed in the wine~!