Desktop holiday for you: Asian Edition - happy days travelling with friends in beautiful Siem Reap (Part 1)....My own bit of sunshine (in the plane, on the way to Siem Reap).....
Happiness is: being on a plane, on the way to a holiday (aka. Flying away from work).....My first breakfast in Siem Reap - soupy pork noodles & really wonderful iced coffee (At the Soup Dragon Cafe). The noodles were just ok, but the coffee *Drooool* - it was so good!:
Tasted like Chinese style pork noodles.....
J whispers, "I miss yooouuuu....".....The main Siem Reap town area:
So colourful, and dusty too!.....First stop: Angkor Thom entrance!
Some of the stone guardians protecting the gate.....
Big ancient "highway" :) .....Next: Our first temple visit, Bayon temple:
A small looking but beautiful temple.....
Many decapitated statues (defaced/ stolen during the war).....
Comparing feet :).....
Beautifully detailed carvings adorn the walls.....
Hordes of tourists in the temple area.....
The famous smiling faces of Bayon (Hmmm, I wonder what they're thinking about?).....Lunch time! Local Cambodian food, washed down with an ice cold local beer - BLISS!
Hot day + ICE COLD beer = happy J.....
Having a bite of local Amok - sort of like green curry - yum!.....
We were given a free dessert that was so so yummy - like a thin layer of mochi paste wrapped around a small chunk of slightly melted palm sugar, with a sprinkling of young coconut shaving (I guess it's a bit like onde-onde but somehow much more refreshing).....I think I'll stop here for now - I'm afraid I'm overdosing you with photos.. :)
(I took so many photos in this trip - Siem Reap is so beautiful!)
Hugs,
J
THE REST OF THE SET - J'S SIEM REAP 2009 PHOTOS:-
Siem Reap 2009, Part 2-
Siem Reap 2009, Part 3-
Siem Reap 2009, Part 4- OR go to
J's Main Travel Page for more options. :)
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you didn't showcase the pineapple wine (?) ah?
ReplyDeletecan't remember if u said it was good or not....
OOoh, that's ALOT of tourist. I'm there were much less people the last time I was there a few years back. Eeck!
ReplyDeleteI was just back from Siem Reap too! Did you went to Phluk Village?
ReplyDeletei like the USD 1 then USD 0.50 cents beer by the jug along that famous row of shops in the square! Good food cheap beer, plenty of sunshine for a tan and loads of walk.. fantastic! (this was one of my best southeastasia hols i tell ya!)
ReplyDeleteplanned to go there before Jenn was pregnant.. but she got pregnant out of the blue so my plan has been postponed until I-don't-know-when
ReplyDeleteto j:
ReplyDeleteIt was only ok (and couldn't taste any pineapple)... I prefer the beer! :)
to allie:
Oh cool. I went in Feb (so this post is super delayed actually *blush*)... but didn't go to the Phluk Village. Sounds like fun tho! :)
to CUMI & Ciki:
That too, definately!
(Yay for cheap beer+sunshine+awesome scenary!)
to thule a.k.a leo:
See lah. All because you 2 never "plan" properly... Tsk tsk.
(*lol* Sorry man, just teasing - hey, wait till your baby is enough then bring her along! Or get your parents to babysit her for a few days)
:)
to QwazyMonkey:
ReplyDeleteYeah... wait till I post up my photo from the temple sunset! There were swarms of tourists - SWARMS, I tells ya!
Hey so nice...holiday ! Please show more photos lah, I've never been there, still in the process of thinking whether to xplore this place.
ReplyDeleteto nyonyachef:
ReplyDeleteI'll try to do so quickly. It's been difficult trying to go through the hundreds of photos I took!
(Can't post them all up, right?)
:)
to anonymous:
Spam? :(
Hi J,
ReplyDeleteEnded up here while searching for info on some restaurants. Anyway, just wanted to say...cool & interesting blog :)
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to cc:
ReplyDeleteHi there. Thanks for the compliment. :) :)
(Appreciate it)