Temples at Angkor (Angkor Wat)

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There was a movie on cable today titled 'City of Ghosts' and that reminded me how much I enjoyed my short stay in Cambodia. The movie is an excellent depiction of the cruddier backpacker sections of Phnom Penh and the background music really brought me back there. Cambodia is, I think, the grittiest and most disturbing country of all of SEA. There are signs all over warning tourists not to go off paths because of the mines placed during the was between the Khmer Rouge and Vietnam.

Siem Reap, otoh, is a tourist mecca for fly-in tourists to stay and see the temples of Angkor. The hotels range from backpacker hovels to 5 star palaces.
The temples are worth the trip and, if you choose your visiting time well, you can ignore the tourists.

It is interesting that the exit visa costs more than the entry visa to Cambodia.

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Thank you very much for the lesson that you add to many of your photos Lew. I appreciate it and your photos greatly. How much are the entry/exit fees in US dollars?
 
I don't remember the fees exactly, somewhere in the $15-20 range for all the temples.
If you buy the evening before, you can go in a 5 PM and see the sundown that evening and then have the next day to sightsee.

If you are staying at a guesthouse, there is a sort of gentleman's agreement that the moto that brings you from the airport will be your guide the next day.
I stayed at the Two Pheasants, a place that used to be owned by a Brit who has since gone back to the UK with his Thai wife and family.

There are more photos of Angkor at Lew Lorton Photography | Cambodia

Lew
He also ran the site talesofasia.com.
 
I don't remember the fees exactly, somewhere in the $15-20 range for all the temples.
If you buy the evening before, you can go in a 5 PM and see the sundown that evening and then have the next day to sightsee.

If you are staying at a guesthouse, there is a sort of gentleman's agreement that the moto that brings you from the airport will be your guide the next day.
I stayed at the Two Pheasants, a place that used to be owned by a Brit who has since gone back to the UK with his Thai wife and family.

There are more photos of Angkor at Lew Lorton Photography | Cambodia

Lew
He also ran the site talesofasia.com.
Just checked out the Angkor set. really great captures. Ed
 

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