More Siem Reap

around ANKOR and more crazy stuff

on my second day around the temples a girl approached me and asked me if I wanted to share a TukTuk the next day to go to a more remote temple and the floating village....hmmm sounds nice

So that evening I met up with Louisa from Lissabon and we had dinner togehter and then had a funny foot massage from FISH .... ahhh this was great ... it does tickle a bit in the beginning but you get used to it. The eat away your dead skin.... and you get a free beer with it.

The next morning the TukTuk driver picked us up and drove us to the samll and remote down of Rolous where we got us a boat to the FLOATING VILLAGE OF KOMPONG PHLUK. This was great and very scenic.

The kids here in Cambodia are soooo cute and nice and friendly.... look at them

After this great trip we got into our TukTuk again and drove about an hour to the temple of BENG MEALEA. WOW .... no tourist buses full of hordes.... no one trying to sell you something .... and THE BEST TEMPLE ever.

Because it is like I imagined them to be, right in the jungle with trees growing out of them, fallen down, in the middle of the jungle. And this was it ...it is a huge temple and it is fun climbing around, we did have a guide, well he followed us and showed us the way.

Riding on jungle swings.... this was great.

After 2 hours of climbing around this great place we were ready to get back to Siem Reap. A american girl approached us and asked us if she could get a ride back to town with us, because she was working in the village in an orphanage. Ok ...no problem....BUT she did bring on board a huge life turkey. And most of my friends know, I am afraid of brids. VERY afraid. But we managed and the bird was very quiet and fel asleep right away.

Being thanksgiving tomorrow, she was preparing him for a group of expats here in Siem Reap. It was a very interesting ride, she gave us lots if insight into the country and the people.

My last day I skipped the temples and took a KHMER cooking class....mhhhh  was this fun and good.

We started at the market ...

frog with no clothes

happy smiling pig

I learned how to make a green mango salad, fish amok and coconut sticky rice with fresh sweet mango. Also again lots of fun with interesting people.

Look at OUR food.... so nice looking

and it tasted great!

After that I had a massage from blind people, which was great as well. And ended my day with a cup of latte at the FCC ... what a nice place. Thanks Michael for the Tip!!!!

Thursday I am leaving Cambodia to go back to Hong Kong to see my friends and to have a great last party fun weekend!

I will be posting more updated ... including a best of  ....and some pics from my big camera.

See ya soon, Sabine

CAMBODIA - SIEM REAP

THE TEMPLES OF ANKOR in SIEM REAP ..wow

So I took the plane to Siem Reap and got there very fast. At the airport I wanted to get a taxi. But the guys were no way only one bag take motorcycle ...and off I went to town for $2. The driver having my backbag in the front ....funny and I got there safe.

I found a guesthouse near the center ...its nice and cheap and clean ... and close to everything at night and the market ....mhhhh shopping

I arranged with my driver to pick me up again next morning to do my first day of TEMPLE DAY ....
I got myself a 3 day pass ...$ 40  ... not that cheap. But worth it.

So on my first day I did the big ONES like TA PROHM, ANKOR THOM with BAYON and ANKOR WAT and other smaller one which were great ...

WOW this is amazing  ...they are sooo great an there are sooo may of them ...all different. There are a lot f tourist around here and some temples can get very busy. I believe Japan must be empty right nw, becaue all the japanese are here ..hihhihihi.

But some can still manage to find some temples with not so many tours getting of a bus.

Coconut juice  ...mhhh

BAYON

ANKOR WAT

and after ALL the walking and climbing in and around temples ...mhhh foot massage at the night market

TEMPLE DAY 2:

So for day 2 I hired a TUK TUK ..very comfy ...and fun to ride ..He picked me up in the morning and we went to some of the more far away temples. Inlcuding a nice place in the jungle ...

I will not go into detail with the names and history of the temples, if you want info, get it online. It is just toooooooo much.

And the children are great here, so cute and adorable ...NO wonder Angelina Jolie picked one up here when she was filming Tomb Raider in Ta Prohm .... 

So I have 2 more days here ... let's see  ...more temples, massages, a khmer cooking class .... more food ... ahhh and more shopping ...

see ya  ....by the way I will be flying back to Hong Kong on the 26th of November YEAH and getting back t Vienna on December 1st ...