blurpenguin

Heh... yeah... as in the title... Siem Reap, Cambodia was literally is like a gigantic theme park of old ruined temples ("Angkor" in Khmer means "City", "Wat" is "Temple"). This small and truly third world town is wholly surviving on tourists! Admidst all the dusty roads & zipping tut-tut's are its many motels and 5 star hotels catering to its multitudes of foreign visitors. The US dollar is the currency used... and things are not cheap...


The town itself is not very big... with several roads making all of it... but the roads are long and lined with all the hotels, art & craft galleries, eateries and markets selling souveniors.


Of course will all the Tut-tuts (motorcycles pulling a carriage seating 4!) ferry all the visitors around for USD2 per trip, the place can get messy... with no regards to any traffic system and honks blaring very often. They traffic goes the american way... right side.

Overall the people are laid back... and very accustomed to foreign visitors...




Of course the main draw is the UNESCO World Heritage Angkor Archaeological Sites. Which U pay USD20 per pax for a single day pass, USD40-3day & USD60-7day. With an estimated over 2 million visitiors per year... u can see where they get their money from!

The archaeological sites, are of course unbelievable... they are the biggest in the world... spanning across 3ooosq/km. Its both impressive and ludicrous what has been achieved... So many temples for WHAT! They said the main Angkor Wat took 1 million people 30years to build it!

We went to only 2 temples... & with such humidity and heat... it was enough... u seen 1, the rest are almost the same... but it's still impressive...





We did get a balloon ride to see the view from the air...