Day 190 (Sat 13 Jan) - Siem Reap
Up early for brekky.
Sarb still not feeling great so just had a coffee.
Met Majid and we pottered off to Angkor Wat. Although early there were hordes of people about including what seemed about 10 wedding parties.
Walked round the bas-reliefs consulting our guide book as we went. Very interesting indeed.
After Angkor we headed off to Angkor Thom. We sat at one of the cafes and had a drink and chatted with Majid. After cooling down for a bit we went walking round Angkor Thom. As we walked through the temple we sometimes got a creepy, eerie sort of a feeling. Very odd.
After Angkor Thom Majid drove us back to the hotel for a snooze and to avoid the glaring sun.
At 4pm Majid picked us up again and we headed off to a temple to see sunset. He'd also managed to get our bus tickets to Bangkok we'd asked him for earlier.
Went to a smaller temple where Majid assured us there wouldn't be too many people. Some of the more popular temples can have literally several hundred people clambering over each other to get a view. As it was there were about 50 odd people there. We climbed up and tried to get the best view we could. Unfortunately peeps were so keen to get an unobstructed view they were hanging on to bits of stone with their fingertips. Decided to keep away from the scrum and just take in the moment ( [1], [2], [3]).
Sarb still not feeling great so just had a coffee.
Met Majid and we pottered off to Angkor Wat. Although early there were hordes of people about including what seemed about 10 wedding parties.
Walked round the bas-reliefs consulting our guide book as we went. Very interesting indeed.
After Angkor we headed off to Angkor Thom. We sat at one of the cafes and had a drink and chatted with Majid. After cooling down for a bit we went walking round Angkor Thom. As we walked through the temple we sometimes got a creepy, eerie sort of a feeling. Very odd.
After Angkor Thom Majid drove us back to the hotel for a snooze and to avoid the glaring sun.
At 4pm Majid picked us up again and we headed off to a temple to see sunset. He'd also managed to get our bus tickets to Bangkok we'd asked him for earlier.
Went to a smaller temple where Majid assured us there wouldn't be too many people. Some of the more popular temples can have literally several hundred people clambering over each other to get a view. As it was there were about 50 odd people there. We climbed up and tried to get the best view we could. Unfortunately peeps were so keen to get an unobstructed view they were hanging on to bits of stone with their fingertips. Decided to keep away from the scrum and just take in the moment ( [1], [2], [3]).
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home