"Angkor Wat and Cambodia" a Angkor Wat Travel Page by bluedeep

The trip to Angkor Wat was for my mother. She had been saying that she wanted to see the great Angkor. We were there in June during the monsoon, but as people online mentioned, it was not bad at all. It only rained few times and each was for short time. And it was not as hot as we thought it would be, in fact, it was fairy cool a couple of days. Angkor Wat looked beautiful with the blue sky and the greenery which we could not get if we traveled during the dry season.

I chose to stay at a high-end(??) guest house so my mother could have contacts with the locals while she had basic hotel-like comfort. We spent the money we saved on accommodation for a private driver and a guide, and the tip for them.

Seeing Ankor Wat was great but seeing the effects by their wars were more shocking--it surely made me think about war and peace

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The stains, paper texture, the stamp
and text were composed in Photoshop
to create the postcard.

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I have been feeling this way for quite sometime after seeing many old arts, monuments and ruins. As an artist, I was once fascinated in restoring old paintings and was interested in learning it. However, I now don't agree with complete restoring. Instead, we should just let them age naturally, and create a museum near the original which has a miniature, replica, 3D illustration or video image based on good study to show us how it was originally. I do think the reasonable amount of restoring for the maintenance purpose is necessary; however, I feel by restoring so much, we're loosing something important.

Restored arts are never the same as they were originally. Nothing is permant and we need to let things go back to nature.

I took the street picture then the stains, paper texture, the stamp and text were composed in Photoshop to create the postcard.

We were quite happy with our itinerary. Hope this will help you to plan your trip.

Map of Angkor temples:
http://www.cambodianonline.net/angkormap.htm
*The numbers after the name of temples in this itinerary are in the map on the above site.

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Day 1

PM
Arrive at Siem Reap airport.
Relax at the GH(guest house)

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Day 2

early AM
Angkor Wat (sunrise) *20

AM
Byon, Angkor Tom *31

PM
Angkor Wat *20
Old Market *Siem Reap

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Day 3

AM
Banteay Srei *14
Ta Prohm *24

PM
Prah Ko *2
Bakong *3

Evening
Traditional Dance Show *Siem Reap

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Day 4

AM
Tonle Sap Lake *South of Siem Reap

PM
Prah Khan *27
Neak Pean *28
Phnom Bak (sunset) *North east of Siem Reap

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Day 5

AM
West Baray Reservoir *West of Siem Reap
Silk Farm
Visit Shadow Theater group *Siem Reap

PM
Landmine Museum *Siem Reap
Killing Field *Siem Reap
See Children's Dance Practice *Siem Reap

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Day 6
Return to Tokyo