The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previously - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Tep Pranam, Preah Palilay, Phimeanakas) BAPHUONIt was close to 6 pm but the sky is not dark yet so we thought we could do one more site before we call it a day. The... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previously - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Tep Pranam, Preah Palilay) ROYAL PALACEAfter Preah Palilay, our journey took us to the Royal Palace area. Unfortunately due me missing out the fact that the Royal Palace would have been constructed mainly of... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previous - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King) After our incredibly quick visit to the Terrace of the Leper King where we spent just 15 min (compared to the 150+ min we've spent at the Bayon), we continued to make haste.I was... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previous - South Gate, Bayon, Terrace of Elephants) It's already 4pm when we were done with the Terrace of the Elephants. We still have about 5-6 more sites on our schedule if we are not to miss our itinerary for Day One. :(The next site - Terrace... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd.(previous - South Gate, Bayon) After the long hours (2.5h) spent at the Bayon where we were walked away in awe... and a good lunch to acquaint ourselves with the local Khmer food (and we luv it!) it's time to hit the roads again. We run the... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed) - contd. (previous) There are two temples which are must-see if you are in Angkor. The first obviously is Angkor Wat, the other is the royal temple inside Angkor Thom ie. Bayon. This temple dated back to the 12th century when it was designated as the State temple... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08DAY ONE 19 Nov '08 (Wed)The first order of business for the day was to purchase our temple visit passes. When UNESCO named Angkor as their World Heritage Sites (full list), the number of tourists to Siem Reap swelled from tens of thousands to millions yearly! If the number of people walking through the... Continue Reading →
ANGKOR '08PRELUDEThe idea of visiting Angkor Wat - and possibly playing boardgames there - was first mooted way back in Oct 2006 (in the Boardgamecafe.net forum). However due to my work commitment on a consulting project (with Antony Consulting) that required me to be spending about a week in Brunei at least once a month,... Continue Reading →
Planning now for the trip to Siem Reap to visit the Angkor Wat temples. There are obviously many sites on the Internet that tells you about Angkor Wat but one of the most useful sites are theAngkorGuide.com which contains part of Maurice Glaize's popular guide to the Angkor Monument.Published in 1944 in Saigon, republished in... Continue Reading →
Lord of Midnight 