{"id":17524,"date":"2014-04-30T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=17524"},"modified":"2014-04-30T06:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T11:00:53","slug":"siem-reap-day-2-part-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=17524","title":{"rendered":"Siem Reap Day 2 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Siem Reap Day 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Woke up this morning. There are mosquitoes in our room. Ugh!! Fuckers. We killed two last night, but then woke up to find more this morning. Where and how are they getting in!!!??<\/p>\n

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\nInternet is really slow here this morning. Not happy.<\/p>\n

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\nRL managed to kill another mosquito. Our strategy has been to turn off all lights in the bedroom, and lure the mosquitoes into the bright bathroom where all the walls are white and we can easily see them. Then we attack attack attack! This tactic has worked well since Thailand.<\/p>\n

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\nA big hearty breakfast, got a lot planned for this morning. Not sure if lunch will happen until later in the day.<\/p>\n

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\nPrices are expensive here. $15 to hire a tuk tuk to take us to Angkor Wat for the day. At least there are two of us, so double bang for the buck.<\/p>\n

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\nHappy, energetic, dry, and cool.<\/p>\n

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\nOur driver puts on a helmet at the streets where police patrol for helmet usage.<\/p>\n

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\nTicket booth. We could buy one week, 3 days, or single day.<\/p>\n

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\nWe opted for the single day, and they even take a photo of us and print onto the ticket. This is to prevent people from selling their multi day tickets to second hand users.<\/p>\n

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\nHeading to Angkor Wat. This whole area is nice and forested.<\/p>\n

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\nThe moat of Angkor Wat.<\/p>\n

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\nSpotted the entrance.<\/p>\n

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\nOur tuk tuk drops us off here, and here he will wait until we return. He suggested 1 to 2 hours to visit.<\/p>\n

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\nCauseway to cross the moat.<\/p>\n

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\nOur big heads cover up everything.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s really hot by now. There’s 80% chance of rain today, so we brought along umbrellas that the hotel lent us.<\/p>\n

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\nEven inside here, they’ve got a whole row of shops.<\/p>\n

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\nMrs. L, an Asian tourist. No rain yet, but we started using the umbrella has a parasol it’s so hot.<\/p>\n

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\nThe business end.<\/p>\n

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\nBoobies!<\/p>\n

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\nEssentially every single surface is carved stone. Each wall depicts some epic story, usually of some epic battle. The Angkorians were warring people. Even though this is a Buddhist temple, almost all the stone carvings are of wars.<\/p>\n

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\nKill kill kill!<\/p>\n

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\nThe business end.<\/p>\n

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\nRight boob.<\/p>\n

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\nKL points.<\/p>\n

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\nKL points.<\/p>\n

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\nKL points some more. This is what happens when RL gets the camera, she gets photos of me pointing at things.<\/p>\n

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\nFight fight fight!<\/p>\n

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\nHahaha, I don’t think I’ve ever seen myself make this face before.<\/p>\n

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\nThrough all out the maze like passageways, there are stairs to go up and down the thresholds. So much climbing up and down.<\/p>\n

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\nThese are very violent people<\/p>\n

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\nChurning of the Sea of Milk. Google it, it’s an odd story, too much to explain here. Not that I understand what it really means anyway.<\/p>\n

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\nRandom carved stone pillars just thrown around weathering away on the ground.<\/p>\n

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\nFinally made it all the way from one end to the other end.<\/p>\n

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\nAn old man and his walking stick.<\/p>\n

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\nIt says no touching the stone carvings!!<\/p>\n

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\nHAK, short for asshole.<\/p>\n

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\nUgh, more stairs.<\/p>\n

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\nUgh, even more stairs! These stairs lead up to the actual Buddhist temple I believe. Apparently, this whole complex used to be a Hindu temple.<\/p>\n

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\nDon’t be pregnant.<\/p>\n

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\nWe had to borrow a pair of pants from the attire police to cover up RL’s shorts.<\/p>\n

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\nPunishment for her disrespect, hideous pants!!<\/p>\n

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\nThese steps are pretty steep.<\/p>\n

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\nShe looks like a clown. Even my grandma wouldn’t wear this print.<\/p>\n

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\nFor such a giant temple, there isn’t many Buddha statues at the center of the temple. This is it, about the same size as me. For some reason…I feel like Angkor Wat is more about the Angkorian Empire than about Buddha.<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a long walk back out.<\/p>\n

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\nDown we go, it’s so hot.<\/p>\n

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\nA few other statues here, but that’s about it.<\/p>\n

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\nArchitecturally imposing, violent stone carvings, and probably religiously not too devout.<\/p>\n

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\nOnwards to other sites and ruins. Angkor Wat is the most famous ruin here, but there are plenty of other ones in the area. It took us about an hour and a half just to see Angkor Wat, and we are the types to blaze through sites too.<\/p>\n

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\nTons of shops and vendors all pitching the same items. How do they make money?<\/p>\n

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\nHeading into Angkor Thom, an ancient city North and similar to Angkor Wat.<\/p>\n

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\nMonkey!<\/p>\n

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\nReached another ruin. This is Prasat Bayon.<\/p>\n

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\nThis one is under a lot of renovation.<\/p>\n

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\nI am really starting to feel the heat now. My shirt is drenched. But I guess this is better than it pouring rain.<\/p>\n

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\nStop staring at my butt. When RL gets the camera, she either gets photos of me pointing, or photos of my butt.<\/p>\n

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\nLook at all them faces!<\/p>\n

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\nLooking up one of the pointy domes.<\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a little Buddha statue here.<\/p>\n

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\nBuddha is powered by a motorcycle battery.<\/p>\n

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\nHot, and I am not talking about the heat.<\/p>\n

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\nMore stairs.<\/p>\n

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\nGoodbye temple with lots of faces.<\/p>\n

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\nOnwards to another ruin.<\/p>\n

To be continued at Siem Reap Day 2 Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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