Day 2 - We visited lots of temples today. And walked the whole day! Actually i feel a bit cheated cause all the temples have been restored ('repaired') recently, so they are mostly in "good" conditions. But seriously, what can i expect right, the buildings are 900 years old!
There's a little kitten at the hotel's cafe. It's name is Kitty. SOOOOOOO CUTE CAN!!
This is where we have breakfast every morning. Pretty place right? =)
This is our hotel - Angkoriana Hotel. It's really a nice place with good service. Daddy and I surf online and found this place. Thank goodness it's much better than the reviews. Only down point is that they do not have a lift. So we have to climb the stairs evey day to our room on the 3rd floor.
That's the museum, just opposite our hotel.
The hotel's minibus drove us to the temples (25USD for this day).
We bought tickets for 3 days (40USD).
First stop, ANGKOR WAT (built in the early 12th century)...
Behind me is the moat around the temple.
One of the two 'library'. It's a place for meditation.
ALL the walls are carved! Using simple tools like chisels. Can you believe it!?
This is the heart of Angkor wat.
See how steep the stairs are!!! They are building modern stairs over the old stairs so that we can go up. But its not ready yet.
The big pieces kor sitting on are from the building that fell apart.
The four walls surrounding the center building is carved with war scenes.
I told them this is the road to the magic secret garden...
*** Went out and came back and got confused. That's all for Angkor wat I guess ***
Next stop, Bayon (built in the late 12th century or early 13th century).
This and Angkor wat are the "must sees", the rest are not that impt.
They wanted to climb up to see whats on top, but they freaked out after taking a closer look!
Check out the carvings on the outer wall.
The remains of the collapsed building.
Up the ultra steep steps to the upper terrace.
The architecture of Bayon is a lot different from the others. There are big faces all over the top terrace.
Next stop, Chau Say Tevoda (Built in the mid-12th century)
They have restored half of the 'runway'. Was telling them that this is a nice place for ANTM.
The pathways are elevated, cool uh.
Ha! Can you spot Cheryl and Kor...
One side of the column is new, and the right one is the old original one.
Then we crossed the streets to Thommanon (built in the end of the 11th century).
Then it's Ta Keo (built in 975 AD).
There's a little kitten at the hotel's cafe. It's name is Kitty. SOOOOOOO CUTE CAN!!
This is where we have breakfast every morning. Pretty place right? =)
This is our hotel - Angkoriana Hotel. It's really a nice place with good service. Daddy and I surf online and found this place. Thank goodness it's much better than the reviews. Only down point is that they do not have a lift. So we have to climb the stairs evey day to our room on the 3rd floor.
That's the museum, just opposite our hotel.
The hotel's minibus drove us to the temples (25USD for this day).
We bought tickets for 3 days (40USD).
First stop, ANGKOR WAT (built in the early 12th century)...
Behind me is the moat around the temple.
One of the two 'library'. It's a place for meditation.
ALL the walls are carved! Using simple tools like chisels. Can you believe it!?
This is the heart of Angkor wat.
See how steep the stairs are!!! They are building modern stairs over the old stairs so that we can go up. But its not ready yet.
The big pieces kor sitting on are from the building that fell apart.
The four walls surrounding the center building is carved with war scenes.
I told them this is the road to the magic secret garden...
*** Went out and came back and got confused. That's all for Angkor wat I guess ***
Next stop, Bayon (built in the late 12th century or early 13th century).
This and Angkor wat are the "must sees", the rest are not that impt.
They wanted to climb up to see whats on top, but they freaked out after taking a closer look!
Check out the carvings on the outer wall.
The remains of the collapsed building.
Up the ultra steep steps to the upper terrace.
The architecture of Bayon is a lot different from the others. There are big faces all over the top terrace.
Next stop, Chau Say Tevoda (Built in the mid-12th century)
They have restored half of the 'runway'. Was telling them that this is a nice place for ANTM.
The pathways are elevated, cool uh.
Ha! Can you spot Cheryl and Kor...
One side of the column is new, and the right one is the old original one.
Then we crossed the streets to Thommanon (built in the end of the 11th century).
Then it's Ta Keo (built in 975 AD).
Constructed under three kings, begun by Jayavarman V as his state-temple and continued under Jayaviravarman and Suryavarman I. When Jayavarman V first constructed Ta Keo, he part ways with previous kings, constructing his state temple outside of his main capital area. Construction on Ta Keo seems to have stopped particularly early in the decoration phase as evidenced by the lack of carvings.
According to wiki -
It remains unfinished. Yogisvarapandita, a high priest who became minister of Suryavarman I and "received" the temple from him many years later, says in inscriptions that a lightning strike hit the unfinished building, an evil omen, so the works stopped. Maybe works stopped simply because of the death of Jayavarman V, as there was a struggle for succession.
Really, look at the architecture, the walls has no carvings. I only understand after reading wiki.
We're resting on the ruins.
Check out the ultra steep and high and narrow steps. Really, you won't know how step is it until you actually see it!
Next, the most exciting one - Ta Prohm (built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries). It was dedicated to Jayavarman VII's mother.
Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples with visitors.
And we got lost, almost. Walked and walked, and suddenly realized that there's no one around!
We have to walk ultra far in to the jungle to find this place. And there's pretty butterflies =)
The ruins. Feels like I've been photoshop-ed in.
Ha. The door so 'cute' hor.
The ruins in the building.
And look what we saw.... An ultra big fat millipede sleeping, i guess.
Last place, Banteay Kdei (built in the late 12th to early 13th centuries). According to wiki, this monastic complex is currently dilapidated (falling into decay) due to faulty construction and poor quality sandstone.
The modern people built stands to hold the collapsing pillars. Scary uh! Imagine you walk pass and the pillars start to fall.
Hoho. That's the "mtv" shot. They were walking and I got them to turn ard for a pic.
The 2 old folks waited for us most of the time. They were tired.
We wanted to catch the sunset at Phnom Bakheng, but it was too late by the time we reached there.
Elephant ride up the mountain for 25-30USD.
Finally, that's the end of the "tour".
At night, we went for dinner at the Old Market.
We have to walk ultra far in to the jungle to find this place. And there's pretty butterflies =)
The ruins. Feels like I've been photoshop-ed in.
Ha. The door so 'cute' hor.
The ruins in the building.
And look what we saw.... An ultra big fat millipede sleeping, i guess.
Last place, Banteay Kdei (built in the late 12th to early 13th centuries). According to wiki, this monastic complex is currently dilapidated (falling into decay) due to faulty construction and poor quality sandstone.
The modern people built stands to hold the collapsing pillars. Scary uh! Imagine you walk pass and the pillars start to fall.
Hoho. That's the "mtv" shot. They were walking and I got them to turn ard for a pic.
The 2 old folks waited for us most of the time. They were tired.
We wanted to catch the sunset at Phnom Bakheng, but it was too late by the time we reached there.
Elephant ride up the mountain for 25-30USD.
Finally, that's the end of the "tour".
At night, we went for dinner at the Old Market.
