Up at 5am to catch the bus for Siem Reap....
Dans le bus:
On the bus:
6h de trajet pour arriver a Siem Reap. Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer, les paysages etaient magnifiques!
6h on the bus to get to Siem Reap. What an awesome scenari, I didn't see the time go.
Depart de Phnom Penh - Leaving Phnom Penh
Petite pause dessert, achat de bananes enrobees de riz sucre le tout cuit dans une feuille de banane...
First stop:
I bought those delicious bananas in sweet rice, cooked in a banana leaf :)
Bananes cuites, j'avais goute ca dimanche au marche et le gout est assez surprenant, mais delicieux, comme tout ce que je mange ici! - Cooked bananas... I tried that on Sunday at the market and it was quite good... O:)
Oui, ce sont bien des araignees, et non, je n'ai pas eu le courage de gouter... - Yep, they are spiders.... And yes, I was too much of a coward to try some
Nous nous sommes arretes par la pour recuperer les passagers d'un bus en panne... Il n'y avait pas vraiment de place dans notre bus donc les gens etaient debouts dans l'allee (a ce moment la il restait encore 3h de route).
Second stop:
We stopped around there to pick up the passengers of a bus which broke down. There wasn't much space in our bus so most of the people were standing in the aisle.... For the last 3h of the trip...
Achat de mangues :)
Third and last stop:
Bought few mangos :)
Arrivee a Siem Reap:
Il est 14h, me voila arrivee a Siem Reap :)
Je me trouve un chauffeur de tuk tuk qui va s'occuper de moi jusqu'a demain soir (m'amener a la guest house, au coucher du soleil a Angkor et me transporter de temple en temple le lendemain).
Arrival in Siem Reap:
It's 2pm, I'm finally in Siem Reap. I pick a tuk tuk driver who is going to take care of me until the following night (trip to the guest house, to Angkor for the sunset on that day and to Angkor for the full day tomorrow to see the temples!).
Smiley Guest House:
Old Market:
Marche a Siem Reap:
Walk around in Siem Reap:
Old Market
Preah Promreath Pagoda:
Par hasard, je tombe sur la Preah Promreath Pagoda. Une seule personne parlait anglais mais tous les bhikkhus etaient adorables, ils voulaient me montrer leur pagode et leurs statues de Bouddha. Ils m'ont propose de revenir vers 18h pour assister a une ceremonie mais j'avais deja demande a mon chauffeur de tuk tuk de m'amener voir le coucher du soleil a Angkor.
I loved this pagoda. Only one person could speak English there but the Monks were really nice and wanted to show me the pagoda and their Buddha's statues. They said I could come back later on in the evening to see a ceremony but I already made arrangements with my tuk tuk driver to see the sunset at Angkor...
Marche a Siem Reap:
Walk around in Siem Reap:
Stations Essence:
Petrol Stations:
That's at around that time that: 1. I realised that I was late to meet up with my tuk tuk driver to go to Angkor, 2. the raining season decided to show me what rain was... 3. I realised that I was kind of lost in a really residential area with no roads, not tuk tuk, nothing.... I tried to find my way when I heard 'Moto lady, moto?' Off I went on the moto to get to my tuk tuk appointment!!!!
Les enfants sont dehors et jouent sous la pluie
Je suis trempee, mais dans le tuk tuk!
Le coucher de soleil a Angkor (Pre Rup):
The sunset at Pre Rup:
Ticket!!!
Croyez le ou non, ca ne rigole pas a Angkor!!! J'ai du me faire prendre en photo pour que ma bouille soit imprimee sur mon ticket pour entrer sur le site d'Angkor (on peut acheter des billets pour plusieurs jours donc ca evite les reventes a la sauvette).
Believe it or not, the Angkor ticket people printed my picture on my ticket so that I couldn't buy a 3 or 5 days pass and resell it to someone...
Sur la route:
On the way to Pre Rup, in Angkor:
For USD 20, you can climb up the hill on an elephant.
Walking to Pre Rup:
Arrival at Pre Rup:
This is what I saw of the sunset... Clouds!!
Soiree a Siem Reap:
Night in Siem Reap:
Excellent diner, visite du night market (super touristique) et massage Khmer d'une heure pour finir!
Awesome dinner, visit of the Night Market (quite touristy) and an hour of Khmer massage :)))