This Is Home: Siem Reap Trip

Currently listening to : When I'm With You by Faber Drive.

Finally, school holiday had begun. So it'll be another 2 weeks of holiday for me. I don't think i'll enjoy this holiday cause there are still plenty of homework awaiting for me here right beside my study table. Sucks! But i think i had enough of rest from the half a year rest. Haha... By the way, the syllabus seems to be tougher as i'm having a tough time understanding chapter 1 chemistry. And that is only chapter 1, i still have 30 more chapters to study. So DEAD!

More studies.

Now, back to business. My second day in siem reap which also the day i visited angkor where the famous angkor wat situated. It took us about 15 minutes drives from siem reap town to angkor. Our first place to visit is the angkor wat. Yup, the one that we studied in our form 1 sejarah. See, it's useful to learn sejarah in class. The area of this angkor temple is enormous and it is surrounded by a moat. Well, what i know that this temple was run by the khlmer empire and it was build dedicated to King Suryavaman the 2nd during the 12th century. That was like 900 years ago and till today, the temple is still standing majestically in cambodia. This temple was once a hindu temple which then changed to a buddhist temple. Well, i'm not sure why exactly caused the king in angkor that time accepted buddhist religion.

Stairs were made for the convenience for the tourists.

Wonder what this hollow space for. Maybe as a swimming pool. Craps.

One of the tower in the angkor wat.

The stairs to the tower. Pretty steep it looks. Well, it is not opened to climb on that day. Guess it's not my day. Sighs...

The sculpture of the devatas on the walls.

The remains of a statue of a buddha.

Minus me, definitely will be a beautiful photo.

Next stop, we visited the bayon temple which is situated inside the angkor thom which is just about 3km away from the angkor wat. This temple consists mainly of stone faces occupying each of the tower there. I have no idea at all who this faces represents as some of the information i found on the web claimed that it is a face of king jayavarman the seventh and some said it is lokesvara. No idea. Time to do more research. Haha...

The ruins of bayon temple.

So many of those faces.

Stone with 4 faces on each side on the tower.

The pillars supporting the causeway leading to the bapuon temple.

Reflection of the bapuon temple. Well, the temple was closed due to work to repair the temple. Another sighs.

Finally, my day ended with a tour around siem reap town with a tut-tut.

Well, i think that's all for day 2 in siem reap. So folks, let us enjoy the holiday no matter how much homework or studies we gotta go through. While those who are busy studying in college, wait till your turn! Haha... Let's appreciate the time we have.

Happy Holidays Machas!