The last temple visits left in our 3 day pass. I did planned to go to Beng Meleaa but paying extra 20USD for a ride over there is a bit pricey for us as the journey is more than an hour . So we went to the Roluos group of temple that is located a bit further away from Siem Reap town.
Our visit today at least is shorter than the past 2 days which is just nice because moving my legs was beginning to be painful due to the energetic roaming and climbing around we done the past 2 days.
Lolei
We got here early and there was no one around. Not much to see either, kinda like a forgotten 4 old towers in the middle of a village although long ago this actually used to be an island temple in the middle of its man made lake (baray). There were some orphanage groups near the place smiling giving us their pamphlets informing on the plight of the children of their orphanage.
Preah Ko
A lovely 6 brick towers temple. It used to be rather big and nearby it should be an old Royal Palace even but some of its structure are gone. Not much to see as it was basically an open space with 6 brick towers and some of its buildings (the gopura and libraries) are in ruins with their roofs missing.
In front of Preah Ko, there's a place where someone had done a miniature on some of its famous temples such as Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei. Below are the miniatures of 3 temples that we were visiting that day.
The place provided a donation box nearby, so anyone who had visited the place can place any amount of donation they like. My husband and I felt really bad that day as we do not have small change (the smallest we had were 20USD) to put into the donation box, because the miniatures and its cute dog are really quite fetching.
Bakong
One of the more impressive temple mountain of the whole bunch. We spent some time here climbing one level to the next and just enjoying the view. It is also one of my favorite. This temple is the first temple mountain constructed by the Khmer.
I like the feeling of the place. The moat there is still filled with water and the huge shady trees make the temple quite picturesque. There are also some schoolchildren and teenagers in school uniform hanging around the temples picking off fruits from the trees, eating and joking around beside the old ruins.
Cambodia Cultural Village
Afterward we were at a loss on where to go so we decided upon Cambodia Cultural Village. The cultural village highlight a wax museum, miniatures garden of major buildings of Phnom Penh and also showcasing each ethnic of village houses.
Both of us were disappointed though. I did thought that the wax museums was delightful and the judgment tunnel and miniature garden were interesting. The judgement tunnel though interesting, make my head spins. There was a blinking light around it, which make it harder for someone (or people like me who can get nauseous really easily) to stay in there too long. So by the end of the tunnel I was like "Quick!" "Quick!" "I need to get the hell out ASAP or I will puke on one of the display"
The Cultural Village is pretty good I guess if you timed your day perfectly to it schedule. If you do not feel or have time to stick around for the whole performances (the grand performance seems to be on Friday, Sat and Sun. It was Thursday for us),there's not much to see. It is especially frustrating with the lack of a proper information or boards informing who is who and what is what around the cultural village. Also the village of the different ethnicity that they showcase, all have locked doors and the houses is just a show of exteriors, excepting the Champa village. Sigh. They have a guide service, but you need to pay extra (more than 10 USD) I think for a guide. I guess in my mind I was comparing it to the excellent Sarawak Cultural Village that I walked away from the Cambodia Cultural Village feeling meh.
Foodies!
Finished touring the Cultural Village, we then asked our driver to take us to D'Wau a Malaysian restaurant at the Wat Bo area. The driver almost get us lost, because he was not too sure where it is but we did found the restaurant in the end.
Reaching there, we laughed cause we encountered the Rasa Halal Orient crew again. They also laughed and said we were late as they were just about finishing off. Terasa stalker pulak. The nicest thing when we bertembung with the Rasa Halal Orient production crew ni, the owner will be there and thus giving us opportunity to converse with the owner.
Like I said, we spoke with the owner (who is a Malaysian) and he is very helpful in suggesting us where to go and what to do. Though we only have 1 day left in our itinerary. Hehe.
The food was excellent though but we ordered only the usual Malaysian dish which was Ikan 3 Rasa and Kerabu Mangga as the food was a tad bit expensive than the usual price we are used to.
Apsara performance
As I want to see some apsara performance but loathe to go very far and sewa a tuktuk, we decided to go to a nearby club that have free nightly apsara performances. So for dinner, we went to Temple Bar at Pub Street. We just picked a vege pizza to go with our fries (I was dying for some trans fat deep fried goodness) while watching the performance.
I love it. There was the blessing dance, the apsara dance, the fisherman dance, peacock dance and other that I completely forgot the name.
The blessing dance reminds me of PGL movie when Tiara flicked the jasmine flowers to M. Nasir.
Speaking of apsara dance when we were in Siem Reap there is a lot of brochures featuring the night show at Angkor Wat that have battle scene, dances, reenactments of the olden days. The pictures I seen in the bunting looked completely amazing, though I did not asked the price as I would guess it would be pricey (a quick google search yield it is 45USD) . It must be interesting though.
Also:
Siem Reap Trip - Day 1: Arrival and The Lake
Siem Reap Trip - Day 2: Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Keo and Ta Phrom
Siem Reap Trip - Day 3: Banteay Kdei, Banteay Srei, East Baray and Northeastern Angkor group & Landmine Museum
Our visit today at least is shorter than the past 2 days which is just nice because moving my legs was beginning to be painful due to the energetic roaming and climbing around we done the past 2 days.
Lolei
We got here early and there was no one around. Not much to see either, kinda like a forgotten 4 old towers in the middle of a village although long ago this actually used to be an island temple in the middle of its man made lake (baray). There were some orphanage groups near the place smiling giving us their pamphlets informing on the plight of the children of their orphanage.
Preah Ko
A lovely 6 brick towers temple. It used to be rather big and nearby it should be an old Royal Palace even but some of its structure are gone. Not much to see as it was basically an open space with 6 brick towers and some of its buildings (the gopura and libraries) are in ruins with their roofs missing.
In front of Preah Ko, there's a place where someone had done a miniature on some of its famous temples such as Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei. Below are the miniatures of 3 temples that we were visiting that day.
The place provided a donation box nearby, so anyone who had visited the place can place any amount of donation they like. My husband and I felt really bad that day as we do not have small change (the smallest we had were 20USD) to put into the donation box, because the miniatures and its cute dog are really quite fetching.
Bakong
One of the more impressive temple mountain of the whole bunch. We spent some time here climbing one level to the next and just enjoying the view. It is also one of my favorite. This temple is the first temple mountain constructed by the Khmer.
I like the feeling of the place. The moat there is still filled with water and the huge shady trees make the temple quite picturesque. There are also some schoolchildren and teenagers in school uniform hanging around the temples picking off fruits from the trees, eating and joking around beside the old ruins.
Cambodia Cultural Village
Afterward we were at a loss on where to go so we decided upon Cambodia Cultural Village. The cultural village highlight a wax museum, miniatures garden of major buildings of Phnom Penh and also showcasing each ethnic of village houses.
Both of us were disappointed though. I did thought that the wax museums was delightful and the judgment tunnel and miniature garden were interesting. The judgement tunnel though interesting, make my head spins. There was a blinking light around it, which make it harder for someone (or people like me who can get nauseous really easily) to stay in there too long. So by the end of the tunnel I was like "Quick!" "Quick!" "I need to get the hell out ASAP or I will puke on one of the display"
The Cultural Village is pretty good I guess if you timed your day perfectly to it schedule. If you do not feel or have time to stick around for the whole performances (the grand performance seems to be on Friday, Sat and Sun. It was Thursday for us),there's not much to see. It is especially frustrating with the lack of a proper information or boards informing who is who and what is what around the cultural village. Also the village of the different ethnicity that they showcase, all have locked doors and the houses is just a show of exteriors, excepting the Champa village. Sigh. They have a guide service, but you need to pay extra (more than 10 USD) I think for a guide. I guess in my mind I was comparing it to the excellent Sarawak Cultural Village that I walked away from the Cambodia Cultural Village feeling meh.
Foodies!
Finished touring the Cultural Village, we then asked our driver to take us to D'Wau a Malaysian restaurant at the Wat Bo area. The driver almost get us lost, because he was not too sure where it is but we did found the restaurant in the end.
Reaching there, we laughed cause we encountered the Rasa Halal Orient crew again. They also laughed and said we were late as they were just about finishing off. Terasa stalker pulak. The nicest thing when we bertembung with the Rasa Halal Orient production crew ni, the owner will be there and thus giving us opportunity to converse with the owner.
Like I said, we spoke with the owner (who is a Malaysian) and he is very helpful in suggesting us where to go and what to do. Though we only have 1 day left in our itinerary. Hehe.
The food was excellent though but we ordered only the usual Malaysian dish which was Ikan 3 Rasa and Kerabu Mangga as the food was a tad bit expensive than the usual price we are used to.
Apsara performance
As I want to see some apsara performance but loathe to go very far and sewa a tuktuk, we decided to go to a nearby club that have free nightly apsara performances. So for dinner, we went to Temple Bar at Pub Street. We just picked a vege pizza to go with our fries (I was dying for some trans fat deep fried goodness) while watching the performance.
I love it. There was the blessing dance, the apsara dance, the fisherman dance, peacock dance and other that I completely forgot the name.
The blessing dance reminds me of PGL movie when Tiara flicked the jasmine flowers to M. Nasir.
Speaking of apsara dance when we were in Siem Reap there is a lot of brochures featuring the night show at Angkor Wat that have battle scene, dances, reenactments of the olden days. The pictures I seen in the bunting looked completely amazing, though I did not asked the price as I would guess it would be pricey (a quick google search yield it is 45USD) . It must be interesting though.
Also:
Siem Reap Trip - Day 1: Arrival and The Lake
Siem Reap Trip - Day 2: Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Keo and Ta Phrom
Siem Reap Trip - Day 3: Banteay Kdei, Banteay Srei, East Baray and Northeastern Angkor group & Landmine Museum
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but, when we like something, we'll go all out about it isnt it....
:)
Kalo bab berjalan, memang rajin.
shu:
Yups, yups. Kalo dah suke tu. Ok je. But penat jugak la afterwards.