Angkor Wat, Cambodia

My enjoyable Cambodia Trip on 19-Apr~22-Apr 2009....

1^st day:We reached airport at 9.04am msia time. We ride Tuk tuk car heading to Mandalay Inn for check in at 9.50am. After unpack, we stop by Neary Khmer Restaurant for breaklunch at 10.59am. At 12 noon, we were heading to first destination Silk Farm which located 16km from the west of town. It takes about 30 minutes ride. Silk farm is a workshop where we can see the entire silk creation process and it’s more to educational tour. There is a retail silk shop selling souvenir. Next, we were heading to War Museum (reached at 1.43pm) with admission fees usd3. There, we could see the unattended helicopters / plane (quite big) which were used for war, mines area….and etc. At 3.00pm, we reached the Artisans d’ Angkor which quite near to our staying place. There, we can observe the woodworking, stone craving, silk painting workshop. Some of the workers there are students. After resting for about 1 hrs, we were heading to Phnom Bakheng at 4.10pm for sunset views from the summit. Before reaching the place, we have to walk a distance which takes about 10 minutes. What a nice sunset view, finally it has come at 6.45pm. At 7.15pm, we started to walk down the hill. To ease our foot pain, we decided to go for foot massage. We choose Lemon grass….erm..what a good choice!!!...After massage, we go for dinner ear Pub Street. We decided to have our dinner at food stall just opposite the Funky munky bar and restaurant. After dinner, we walk to Noon Night market for souvenir hunting.

2^nd day:Early in the morning, we depart to Angkor wat for sunrise view at 6am. We are very unlucky; Foo and I overslept and delayed the time. We reached at 6.47am. Luckily we still can catch up. U r beautiful (sun)!!! Before visiting the inner center of Angkor War, we had our breakfast at a stall which just next to Angkor wat. I had omelet with bread and a cup of hot chocolate (actually the taste is exactly like milo with more milk). We took about 2hrs to explore the Angkor Wat. At 10.30am, we reached temple called Bayon. The highlights included the complex of the face-tower. Next is Bapuon and terrace of the elephants and there is another one temple which I had forgotten the name. We dropped by Rumduol Angkor restaurant to fill our stomach. A very nice environment and decorated with plants. As usual, we ordered khmer curry, and amok. Eventhough the colors of the dishes are almost the same, but the taste is really different from each other. At 2.30pm, we reached the Ta Phrom temple. At 3.30pm, we are heading back to hotel for resting and bath. At 6pm, we went for 2^nd time massage. This time, we choose body massage. Next, we walk around Pub Street for dinner and finally we selected Khmer Kitchen restaurant. The taste of the foods was really good and of course not forgotten the fruits shake. After dinner, we walk around to hv a drink. We found a restaurant which the logos and the colors similar to the hard rock which named “World lounge”. We went back to Inn at 11.30pm.

3^rd day:At 8.50am, we had our breakfast at Thida Spean Neak restaurant. It is located on the way to Banteay Srey at Triang village. We reached the Banteay Srey which translates to “citadel of the women”. The carving is so beautiful and embossed compare to others. Next, we visited Lolei, Preah Ko and lastly Bakong. At 1.30pm, we are heading to Tonle Sap Lake. It takes about 1 hr to reach there. We rent boat to look around the village on top of river. We left about 4.16pm and heading to Angkor Wat and reached at 4.50pm. We sacrifice our lunchner just to have a nice view of sunset at Angkor wat. Erm, worth it!! We left at 7pm heading back to Mandalay to clean ourself up. At 8.40pm, we selected Traditional Khmer restaurant for dinner. This time, we ordered pumpkin with prawns, pork rib, kako soup and khmer spices. Taste good!!!

Next, we go for 2^nd time shopping at noon night market for final shopping. At 12.30am, we are heading back to World lounge again for Angkor Draft beer. We enjoyed our beers!!! It’s final nite….so we stay longer at Pub Street till 1.30am (msia time).

4th day:Departed back to Msia at 8am..