We had a nice and simple breakfast at the hotel before leaving the place at around 9 am Cambodia local time. Firstly,we headed to buy Angkor watt pass before heading to our destination. Angkor watt was packed with people. We heard from Guan, our tour guide that the locals called "tuk tuk" ( mostly used in Thailand) "remork".
Angkor watt is also known as" City of Temples".
It seems that the large statutes that serve as guardians are know as naga . The female naga are called nagi. According to our tour guide, most of the nagas are without head as the Siamese cut it down claiming that interfere with their religious practice.
The odd numbers are lucky number to Cambodian. Angkor watt is impressive, especially the sculpture pattern. Most of the heritage site at or near Angkor watt are under recover by various government from around the world under the observation of UNESCO.
People in traditional clothes and the" Apsara" dancers in white. According to our tour guide Guan, the beauty of the Apsara dancers are well known in legends.
We had lunch Khmer cooking empire.
From the restaurant, you can see a nice view of the lake.
My favorite food is still the fish amok and the mango shake.
Our next destination was the Ta Phrom temple, also known as the tomb raider temple, it was dedicated by the king to his mother.The place was famous for having trees with large roots that slowly destroy the temple's structure.
The place has many big trees where the big roots are covering the structure .
Next we headed to the temple dedicated by the king to himself, the Bayon temple.
The most impressive part is there is one area where you hit your chest seven times for good luck. Each time you hit your own chest near middle right, the echo created a very loud and sound voice. Next we had buffet dinner while watching cultural performance at Koulen authentic khmer and international cuisine.
We got to see the "apsara"dancers performing .
Lastly we headed to the night market, pub street and bought some souvenirs.
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