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Angkor

We are back from the Kingdom of Cambodia and regained access to his Thai neighbor. Nevertheless, the experience of Cambodia was great, especially when you consider that this country has actually still to suffer severely from the consequences of the war. We certainly booked through our hotel, a personal tuk-tuk driver to finally visit the temples of Angkor. We had a bicycle can achieve anything, but at these temperatures (including humidity) must now not truly be. Admission for a full week, was a proud $ 60, but we got cute plastic passport with a photo, but it's worth it anyway. First of all, we wanted to to the "mother of all temples" itself, Angkor Wat, the biggest religious building in the world. Surrounded by a manicured moat, impressed even the entrance, the bridge on the first portal resulted. From there, you could already see the three main towers and was on the increase with balustrade led directly to the temple. This is surrounded by a wall and before you get inside, you have to take one of the extremely steep stairs. Since the building is almost a thousand years old, leaving hundreds of the jungle, there is no great wealth, but simply transitions, towers and smaller Wats (religious shrines). The complex is easily impressed only by the size, symmetry and charm, all the temples of Angkor, broadcast, Indiana Jones! After we had marveled enough, it went straight on to the next highlight, the temple city of Angkor Thom, which housed at peak times up to one million people. There we first took hold at the Bayon, the temple is absolutely remarkable in the area. Not only that he has received countless corridors, staircases and towers, no, the highlight is clearly the 216, some giant faces of his Gothic Campanile. Next, we went to the Baphuon, whose restoration of the civil war was interrupted and has not finished. Nevertheless, the pyramid-shaped Temple worth seeing, even if the outer area still full of ruining stones flying. Then we strolled through the Terrace of Elephants, which received its name from the sculptures at their entrances, for Phimeanakas. This was formerly the royal palace, of which today are only two sandstone pools obtained. Although many of the decorations are gone, we walked to the third floor and had a fantastic view of the surrounding buildings. Then we walked through a small wooded area and discovered a beautiful, hidden temple, Preah Palilay. It is through his crumbling walls, the building seemed incredibly atmospheric and mysterious. Then were we not only soaked, but completely exhausted and so it went only once to the hotel.
The next day we had, however, a tight schedule, because first of all, we wanted to see the finest temples of Angkor, and was forty miles from the main entrance way. So we went on our bike coach through many small villages and could not ignore poverty. sell not just the countless children, water, t-shirts or postcards, just all the people living on the breadline.
the temple the view we wanted, and was called Banteay Srei is considered a jewel of Angkorepoche. The Hindu temple is dedicated to the goddess Shiva and hides some of the finest stone carvings of the planet. Portions of this three-dimensional works of art would steal even later times the French culture minister under de Gaulle. In any case, the complex, although one of the smallest in the region, absolutely a delight and the long journey had been worthwhile. On the way back we stopped at the Pre Rup, whose lofty mountain temple gave us time to breathe. Because after that it went to the Banteay Kdei whose premises are alarmed over 700 meters. The temple was not finished with its construction, but this is not bad, because one could run either way enough. Then we enjoyed the fantastic view of the Sra Srang basin before it was back to Siem Reap. In the evening we were, as always, in one of the many Restaurants eat before it went after that into a club where you at Whisky-Cola buckets got the best people from all over the world. The next day we had taken time off anyway, but this was so necessary or so, because I had been a very bad trip is diarrhea, which I forced into less funny thirty minutes intervals to the bathroom. The whole thing was also stubborn and so the next day all the excursions were first flat. After three days I felt reasonably fit again, and at least wants to be visited the rest of Angkor. The first was from the temple Ta Phrom, the site was almost fully recovered from the jungle. There is barely a stone now and a lot of is already locked for security reasons, yet the trees whose roots have grown deep into the walls into amazing. World famous of these is the Tomb Raider tree where Angelina Jolie in the film, yet picks a jasmine flower before they jump into the void. Anyway, the temple is everything, how to get an ancient temple built in the jungle presents ... phenomenal. Then we made the last stop on the great temple of us was missing, Preah Khan. Again, this by no means disappointed, for he is after all one of the greatest ever, but we had seen a bit tired and so we dedicated the building rather little attention. Nevertheless, the entire territory of the former kings of Angkor, one of the most spectacular temples in the world, probably only comparable to Machu Picchu or the Taj Mahal. Despite this incredible cultural treasure, is what the population is not good. The consequences of war are devastating, we see countless maimed, who have become victims of landmines, which nothing else can beg as. It still die thirty people per month from the effects of mines in a country where for almost ten years, there really peace. In addition, the entire infrastructure is broke - what are highways here, have come with great difficulty even dirt roads.
We could very well experience on our return, 150 km to the Thai border in the mountains. Not only that our driver would be better not become Formula 1 driver and at least two trillion times pressed the buzzer, no, this non-existent traffic rules, the constant agony if you looked out the window and the huge potholes and Huckel, which our driver resistance 80 things assumed that was what made us create. Anyway, we recommend every rational person not to travel to Cambodia by car! Somehow we arrived at yet, but the horror continued, but this time was on the Thai side, as our minibus, designed for maybe fifteen people, at peak times over twenty people packed, reducing the travel comfort substantially. Now we are in Surin, where I will explore tomorrow by train to the northeast of the country, keep your ears stiff!