Rowie's Scribbles

After a busy Day 2 around the temples, we had breakfast at the hotel before heading out to the Old Market. This time we had a fruit platter and I think the bananas here are amazing. The Old Market is where the locals buy vegetables, meats and there is a wide variety of souvenirs. We walked around for at least an hour bargaining over T shirts! One good skill that we picked up was to say "cheap cheap" in Khmer. It threw most of the merchants off guard and we could plow our way towards our desired price :D Fruit platter Entrance to the Old Market Fruit section Dried stuff Aromatics We had lunch nearby at the Khmer. This is a basic restaurant but the prices are decent and the food is pretty good. We had our 1st draft Angkor beer here too.  Menu on display Restaurant interior Vegetable and pork soup Spring rolls Amok curry again! Coconut shaaake USD 0.50 HELL YEAH We ordered spring rolls, simple vegetable and pork soup with 2 ...

After a good night's rest from Day 1 , we left around 8.30am with tuk tuk and got our temple pass (USD 20). Warning: there will be many pics and not much words in this post as pics do say more than words. This map by Canby Publications is a handy guide and you should be able to get this free from the hotel.  Our 1st destination was Ta Phrom. This is popularly known as the Tomb Raider temple as the movie shot some scenes here. Some parts were under restoration and conservationists reconstruct certain sections with the same and/or new stones.  My temple pass Passing by the river A majestic welcome It was a short walk to Ta Keo. I've not been to this temple before. Believed to be the first temple constructed completely out of sandstone, it was built by  Up up up We then proceeded to Bayon in Angkor Thom.    From Bayon we walked to Baphuon and climbed up and down 300 steps for a view of the mirror lakes...