 | Siem Reap and the temples
2008-05-16, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: kay1968 | | We had an early start today in order to make it to the temples before the crowds arrived and whilst the temperature was still cool. Our tuktuk driver suggested doing the small circuit in the reverse o... |
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 | Phew!! Got to see the champions league Semi
2008-04-30, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: stevoshell | | Hi all, my experiences od Cambodia have been amazing. Michelle no doubt told you about the driving and Angor Wat temples. There a lot of poverty in the area and very sad. Its hard not to give your mon... |
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| Angkor What?
2008-04-30, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: stevoshell | | Hello from cambodia, after the longest bus journey ever we arrived in Siem Reap in cambodia, it took us 12 hours on the bus (that was air conditioned, thank god!!)and it was also the scariest bus jour... |
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 | 14: Greetings from the Kingdom of CAMBODIA!
2008-01-27, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: Geerty14 | | Grace and Peace People!
I am currently in Cambodia (a very poor country to the east of Thailand). I really love it here. We arrived here last night by bus. It was a 6 hour drive on what "Lonely... |
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 | The Tourist Influx Scam Show
2008-02-14, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: mala | | It's a good psychological trick, but it didn't quite work on us. Here is the idea: you start by apologizing for all the lies that have surely been told to the group before you, reveal a single truth t... |
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 | Our day of rest...
2008-02-17, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: bennicci | | Hello all!
Today, we had a nice sleep in until 11am, was great. Haven't really had a nice long sleep the entire holiday. Well so it feels... Having missed breakfast by an hour and a half, we decided ... |
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 | Welcome to the Kingdom of Cambodia!
2008-02-16, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: bennicci | | Hello all!
Sorry about the absence of entries over the last week... We have some unfortunate news. Our beautiful new underwater camera decided to no longer be water proof while we were diving off Bam... |
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 | The other world.
2008-01-13, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: ajmartino | | Well, Cambodia has been an experience, likewise with Thailand. Seeing how the rest of the world lives, makes me grateful of Perth, however; I am not a patriot.
The other night we went to a childre... |
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 | Angkor Waaaat?!
2008-01-09, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: ajmartino | | Today was amazing. We walked through the ancient temples of the khmar people of Cambodia. They are more than 800 years old.
we are going to be spending 3 days exploring the temples and their surro... |
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 | PREK TOAL
2007-12-04, siem reap, Cambodia. By: cobber1 | | the bird sanctuary was great.what can i say all different types of birds,Painted stork,milky stork,eagles,ibis,heaps of fish and flooded forrest,used the same company again tara riverboat they have sm... |
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| TONLE SAP LAKE
2007-12-03, siem reap, Cambodia. By: cobber1 | | heard in siem reap the police controlled check point entry is now $20 per person,looked around for a tour company in town and came across a company called tara riverboat company,they arranged pickup f... |
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 | Going Overland
2007-11-20, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: dilleybug | | I am going overland from Siem Reap to Bangkok. Just so someone back home knows a general plan. Don't worry, nothing bad will happen, just safety first! I travel to the border at Poi Pet and cross to t... |
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 | Angkor Wat
2007-11-18, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: dilleybug | | Tomb Raider! That is the name of the movie with Angelina Jolie at Angkor. Anywhooooo, it IS amazing - the grandeur of it is boggelling. Angkor Wat is only one temple in an enormous complex covering ap... |
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| Impressions of Cambodia
2007-11-16, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: dilleybug | | Travelling through Cambodia is like travelling into the past. Not only because the internet is slow and i can't upload pictures! But also - the people here are simple and happy. I could easily fall in... |
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 | To Lake Tonle Sap
2007-01-28, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: lostrock | | Left Siem Reap on a bone jarring tuk tuk ride to get to the boat that would take us to Lake Tonle Sap. We ride thru small villages of shacks and rice paddies to stop at another shack and give some gu... |
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 | Amazing Angkor
2007-07-30, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: mashman | | Walking through the Killing Fields over human remains and half buried clothes, whilst in the shadow of a mountain of human skulls was not only harrowing, but completely defied all sense of logic and b... |
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 | Angkor Wat
2007-03-15, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: cmciver | | We were up at 4:30am for our visit to the temple of Angkor Wat, to watch the sun rise. The temple was just as spectacular as in the photos, maybe even more so. Angkor Wat was built as a Hindu temple i... |
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 | A chance to see the real Cambodia
2007-03-14, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: cmciver | | After an early flight we arrived in Siem Reap and got our first look of Angkor Wat from our mini bus. That afternoon we travelled to Tonle Sap lake and took a boat across the lake to a small village. ... |
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 | On to Cambodia!
2007-03-13, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: gtontour | | Heys guys and gals
Its been a while since we updated so this could be a long one!! After Hanoi we spent a night in Hoi An, which was really nice. It was boiling hot so we went to the beach! Also di... |
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 | Angkor
2007-03-05, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: tannerscot | | Alright, so Angkor Wat is certainly worth visiting. I spent the day there yesterday . . . and it's basically one of those places you have to see to understand, in other words, I can't really describe ... |
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 | Newbies, Busses and scaaaaammy micscammersons
2007-02-17, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: sbfeley | | We are in Cambodia, and very near to the Angkor walls! YIPPPEEEE! ALSO, cousin Tom is here... one more YIPPPEEEEE! Tom arrived at midnight two nights ago and I promptly jumped on him as he was walk... |
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 | Angkor watt
2007-02-07, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: hamsouth | | We awoke at 5.30am to try catch the sunrise(just our luck it was cloudy) and to go to see all the temples before the sun really kicked in,because we'd been warned by other travellers how hot this are... |
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 | the road from hell
2006-09-30, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: tamtam31 | | We had to be packed and ready to leave pretty early this morning. The bus ride from Siem Reap to Bangkok is infamous for being closer to a leftover mine field than an actual road. The total journey ... |
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 | Bumpy bus
2006-10-14, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: aw80sa | | Well, we are safe in Cambodia after many adventures and crazy stories of scam busses but the stories must wait. I'm sorry. I have to go. |
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 | the longest day EVER
2006-09-28, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: tamtam31 | | I groaned when the alarm went off at 4:25am this morning. We were to wake up and photograph Angkor Wat during sunrise, which meant we had to be on the road by 5am. Catherine, Natalie and I all wante... |
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 | monkeys and elephants and temples, oh my!
2006-09-27, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: tamtam31 | | The alarm went off WAY before I wanted it to. Only having slept a few hours, getting up at 6am was not feeling good. We packed in a hurry, ate breakfast, then met outside to be taken to the airport.... |
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 | Si em and Weep (Siem Reap)
2006-09-07, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: hrd1977 | | Our short flight from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap meant that we arrived at our hotel just before lunchtime the following day. The weather was fantastic so we decided to opt for a little relaxation by the ... |
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 | The Angkor Temples & the Boat of Doom
2006-09-01, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: jandtrish | | We travelled overland from Bangkok to Piopet (on the border). a tuk-tuk and a short walk took us over the border into Cambodia. Then we grabbed a taxi with 2 random people (and met our second Civil ... |
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 | Angkor Temples
2006-09-02, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: jag | | Hi again, yet another delayed journal update, I really have no excuse apart from being lazy.
So after getting ripped of at the Cambodian border by visa officials and then enduring a 8 hour journey ... |
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 | Ta Prohm
2005-02-06, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: norahs06 | | We exited Angkor Thom through the Victory Fate east of the complex....passing by Ta Keo and Banteay Kdei.
A visit to Ta Prohm is a must. This place invokes an outworldly feeling, while the other te... |
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| Angkor Thom
2005-02-06, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: norahs06 | | We sauntered out of Angkor Wat at about 8.30 am. Having had breakfast at the hotel that left much to be desired, we decided to walk over to a cafe just opposite the site for some coffee/something to e... |
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| Angkor Wat
2005-02-06, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: norahs06 | | [b]6.00 am[/b]
Now it's been sometime since i woke up at this ungodly hour then. I remembered having done that as a kid getting ready for school in Kuala Lumpur, brain still not up and shuffled int... |
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 | Siem Reap
2005-02-05, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: norahs06 | | It amazes me sometimes how the majority of ppl here would spend quite a bit of money to travel to far off places when there are such beautiful sights to behold within the same region. The visit to the... |
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 | Angkor Wat
2006-06-03, Siem Reap, Cambodia. By: hamjo | | From Bangkok we caught an early train to the Cambodian border where we arrived to be (of course) taken to the wrong entrance by a tuktuk driver. Eventually we made it through to get a Cambodian Visa w... |
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