Pictures From Angkor - Part 2

Hi back,
I'm still in Paris. I told you the transition wasn't easy.

I had to get used to the ridiculously expensive prices for pretty much everything.




So I've found a job so that I can afford to spend 450 bahts (10euros) for a not so good meal.




Anyway the topic of the post is "Pictures from Angkor Wat" so here is a sample of the pictures I took during my second trip to Angkor. The whole album is available here

Trip to cambodia 2: Angkor Temples

And for those who just wanna see a sample, check below

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Trip to cambodia 2: Sihanouk Ville - Pictures

Here are some pics o of that part of the trip.








And this is the link to the whole album (there are not that many pics however)

Trip to cambodia 2: Sihanouk Ville

Just click on the last pic to open the album.

Trip to Cambodia: Sihanouk Ville

The first part of our trip started in Cambodia.
Well, actually it started in Bangkok but we quickly left Bkk to go to Phnom Penh.


For several reasons among which was time we took the plane.

The cheapest company to fly from Bangkok to Phnom Penh (PP) is Air Asia, which is incidently the best low-cost company in southeast asia (for the prices I mean).


I have a philippino friend who lives in PP who tipped me on some useful details and send me a driver to pick us at the airport.

There is only one flight a day with Air Asia and it's at 7am so you better up quite early in the morning


Couple of hours later we took the bus to Sihanouk Ville, a city on the gulf of thailand with some beautiful beaches.

Oh btw choose the Mekong Express bus company, it's $2 more expensive for an overall "woopping" $6/person.

This trip is 3hours and for some yet-to-find reasons they have this b****y karaoke which is d**m loud. But if you have some in-ear headphones you will be fine (just like I was).


For the ghesthouses, on the Ocheutal beaches side, count $10-13 for a double room with AC (air conditioning) in a decent ghesthouse.
And do choose Ocheutal beaches, its the best side with a good standing.


If you want pics, its in the next post

Journey in Cambodia (again)

Hi back,

It's been a long time. I didnt have the time to blog before leaving to Cambodia.



This is my second trip to Cambodia but this time it was more interesting since I visited more cities including sihanouk ville and Phnom Penh (see the previous post for the complete plan).


I dont have that much time (yeah I know I keep saying that but its true). I'm just doing a quick pit stop in Bkk before moving forward tomorrow.


This is just to post some photos I've taken during this amazing trip.




The photos are still uploading so I think I will post few of them on the next post.



To access all m pictures, again you have http://picasaweb.google.com/tntresor or my photobucket account http://s179.photobucket.com/albums/w314/tntresor/


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Here are some pictures taken in Angkor. Enjoy!

Pictures from Angkor

 

Angkor Wat, the main attraction. It's somptuous. It was 6 AM when the picture was taken.

 

The right aisle of Angkor Wat

 

Just Me, inside Angkor wat main temple

 

The Library. Just beautiful AND amazing.




These are just few pictures I've taken during this trip.

I've taken around 150 pics, Foly has taken around 220 pics. You can add Moly's and Rebecca pictures as well.

You can call us pictures freaks. We dont care, the trip was just so amazing!


Of course I've created one web album dedicated to that trip.
Just click here to get a bigger sample of the pictures. And watch them as a slideshow, especially for the sunrise.

Enjoy!


More to come soon on Banttambang.

Trip to Cambodia: Part I

I just came back from this amazing trip in Cambodia.

I dont have the time to blog about it in details so I've decided to divide this story in many parts, here is the first one.


I went first to Siem Reap which is the closest to the Angkor sites.

Siem Reap is quite a touristic city. Which means that the city life revolves around the tourism.

This fact has some importance on the way people behave as well as on the prices of goods and foods.


First thing, you have to find where to stay. We stayed at the "Popular guest house" which is actually quite popular, at least among backpackers.

The price of the rooms is very fair. A bedroom for two (two beds) with ceiling fan will cost you 8$. We pay $9 because we were three. Thats just $3 each.


The next thing you need to do is to decide by which mean you will go to Angkor. You have the choice between renting a bike (DIY method), take a tuk-tuk (usually for the day), take a taxi (virtually nobody do that) or rent a car.


For the tuk-tuk the price range is $5 to $10 each depending on how many you are.


Then you can go to discover the city. Just walk around and you will see a LOT of open-air mini shops. They are trying to sell you everything you might expect them to sell.

Bottom line: NEVER PAY THE PRICE GIVEN. You bargain, the harder the better.

The more items you take, the lower the price/unit is. For example, we get altogether 6 T-shirts for $1 each instead of the original $3 "price".


The funny thing is that they ALL trying to sell you EXACTLY the same things.

There are 8 or 10 books, and everyone is trying to sell those (there are actually photocopies but with the cover which really looks like the real books one). Same thing for the T-shirts. It's amazing really!


One thing which is not so amazing but which is nevertheless surprising the first time is that a fair percentage of sellers do speak french.

It was at first quite disturbing since we, french-speaking people, usually switch to french when we dont want others (especialy sellers) to understand whatever we say.


I wanted to speak of the food, but I'll dedicated a post on the food in Cambodia.

On part II, I will speak but essentially show you the pictures of the Angkor site itself.

Post from Angkor (Cambodia)

I'm currently in the city of Siam Reap, the closest city before Angkor.



I've been visiting the temples all day long. And I must say that it's just one of the most amazing experience ever.

You have to take at look by yourself. Its just beautiful.

But if you cant, I've got an incredible number of pictures that I'll post in few days (as soon as I get back actually).


We wake up at 5AM to be on the site before the sunrise to see it from there.

And I must tell you that from there, you get one of the most incredible view you can imagine.

I dont know if the pictures will show how great it is.


several cities were built in the area, so you have a bunch of temples, with some differences in the architecture.

You have NO IDEA of how beautiful it is, evry single wall is sculpted minuteously.
I cant even imagine how much time they devoted on building those temples.


Anyway, I'm gonn blog about it later. I didnt came here to stay in a cyber-cafe :-)



Cant wait to post the pics.

More to come soon...