Angkor Wat is a must when visiting Cambodia, it is the largest religious monument in the world and was built in the 12th century. We spent 6 days in Siem Reap and spent 3 days at the Angkor Wat temples.
Afterwards we headed to Battambang. There is not much to see but it was interesting to find out more about the sad history of the Khmer Rouge in the 70’s.
We continued our journey to Phnom Penh by boat (7 hrs) and saw a lot of floating villages. This was amazing! In Phnom Penh we went to visit Cordell and Tamara. Cordell is an old friend of Patrick. Last time they met was 12 years ago. Just crazy and nice to see them again!
Beeing in PP we visited the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum alias S21. After you finish a tour like that you definitely need several glasses of wine, beer or other strong liquor. For those who like reading and want to know more about the Khmer Rouge regime I do recommend “First they killed my father” from Loung Ung. Don’t forget your tissues when reading this book…..
Cambodia is one of our highlights so far. Cambodians are the nicest people we met in Asia and the landscape is beautiful. We just loved it!
Big Hug!
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- Bayon, Angkor Wat temples
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- Bayon, Angkor Wat
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- Bayon temples, Angkor Wat
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- Ta Prohm, Angkor Wat temples
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- Ta Prohm, Lara Croft temple, Angkor Wat
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- Ta Prohm, Angkor Wat temples
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- Angkor Wat temples
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- Angkor Wat temples
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- Angkor Wat temples
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- Banteay Srei, Angkor Wat temples
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- Banteay Srei, Angkor Wat temples
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- Angkor Wat temples
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- Angkor Wat
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- Floating villages, Mekong river
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- Making rice noodles, Battambang
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- Khmer Rouge victims, S21, Phnom Penh
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- Cordell and Tamara, Phnom Penh
2 Comments
Hi Emilie and Patrick,
in what a wonderful world you can see all the time.
Where live the most sympatical people in Asia actually? We have the impression, on every place You stay you find them right theire. That’s wonderfull. Keep the karma, You receive from the oldest religious community just till we meet again.
Good luck
Lis and Steven
Hola Lotti and Steven,
As you said we enjoyed our trip as much as we can! Every day is a new adventure and we are looking forward to many more. We met nice local people in every country but Cambodians are the nicest of them all so far, they always smile and that is really pleasant!
Thanks for you wishes
Gros bisous
Emilie & Patrick