Siem Reap travelogue IV

We went to Ta phrom after spending some considerable time at Angkor Thom, and this is the place where Angelina Jolie shoot her Tomb Raider. As I have said earlier on, there are a lot of reconstruction being carried out in Angkor, Ta phrom is one of them. Some of the places looks different from other photo taken last year, coz they have built the pathway and block some places.

The trees are just too strong and had conquer the ruins

Amazing roots

If you have visited the night market before the Angkor city, you should roughly know the price to get the souvenirs. No you are wrong, we realize that the price can be really low. But don't squeez the people too much la... They are also earning for a living. You can find a lot of souvenirs seller as well as books sellers in Siem Reap markets and Angkor city. No need to worry there are no souvenir to buy, but actually, the variations are just limited- books, silk, scarf, drawings, key chains, t shirt, bla bla bla...

The toilets here are just superb. The toilets are built further away from the ruins, but all the toilets are clean and 5 stars, according to my tuk tuk driver. :)

After we came out from Ta phrom, oops, we realize there are 2 entrances & exits. The gate we enter is not the gate we came out. We tried to walk around to find ways, locals offered motor taxi, but we wanted to walk on our own. Finally, we turn back into the temple again and walk back. Well, the view that we walk back is different from the way we walked in. Not bad, at least we see something different.

And when we are out, it's lunch time!

fried morning glory with minced meat. It's pork!

khmer style chicken

I have forgotten what else did we ordered, but the total bill was 12usd. Yes, another 12usd again, but we were already immune to it. Later when I checked with coll Peter, he said the local brought him to those place where 1 meal is just 1-2 usd. T_T well, we are tourist there, okla... spend a bit more...

Just when we finish our lunch, the rain came. It was so heavy that we need to wait until the rain to ease before we continue our journey to Angkor Wat.

And voila~

The famous Angkor Wat

It's not easy to catch the view. you have to go down on the grass and look diagonally towards the building. If you don't have the tips, you will just get to view 3. Another 2 is symmetrically at the back of the left and right tower.

Whenwe got back to our hotel, we met Peter there and we let the tuk tuk driver off work. We went Maybank branch to make a short visit and went to pub street to have our dinner and chill out. We went to the Temple bar, and had our dinner there as they have this free khmer dance.
And as a routine now, we report to the massage parlour again before went back to our hotel to rest.