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ENTRY PER PERSON FOR 3 DAYS IS US $40 (RM 131) AS THIS IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS YOU SHOULD STAY IN THE TOWN OF SIEM REAP.
UNLESS YOU OWN YOUR PRIVATE PLANE AND WISH TO FLY INTO SIEM REAP BY 9 AM AND FLY HOME TO KL AT 6 PM WHEN ANGKOR WAT CLOSES---THEN THE 1 DAY PASS IS US$20 (RM 66).
IF YOU WISH TO SPEND 7 DAYS TO ENJOY ANGKOR WAT AND THE NEARBY TEMPLES TO THE MAX, THEN THE 7-DAY PASS COSTS US$ 60 (RM 197).
YOUR PHOTO IS NEEDED BUT THE TICKET ATTENDANT WILL SNAP YOUR MUGSHOT AND INCLUDE IT INTO YOUR PASS.
REMEMBER, ANGKOR WAT IS WORLD FAMOUS AND MANY THINK SIEM REAP HAS ONLY 1 TEMPLE CALLED ANGKOR WAT. BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TEMPLES! AND THE FAMOUS SMILING 4 FACES OF BUDDHA CARVED ON PILLARS SEEN IN MILLIONS OF PHOTOS ARE NOT FROM ANGKOR WAT BUT BAYON!
SO THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 MAJOR TEMPLES TO VISIT!
MOST TOURISTS SPEND 2 HOURS IN ANGKOR WAT BUT I SPENT 5 HOURS AND STILL FOUND IT INSUFFICIENT! I THINK 6 HOURS IS PERFECT SO YOU CAN WALK SLOWLY AND TAKE TIME TO ADMIRE AND SOAK IN THE DAZZLING VISIONS CARVED IN STONE!
BUT IT IS USELESS AND SILLY TO VISIT ANGKOR WAT WITHOUT A GUIDE WHO CAN REGALE YOU WITH FASCINATING STORIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ANGKOR WAT AND THE GODS AND DEITIES FOR WHICH IT IS DEDICATED. WHEN A PROFESSIONAL TOUR GUIDE TAKES YOU ALONG THE CAVERNOUS COMPLEX OF ANGKOR WAT AND POINTS OUT THE EXQUISITE CARVINGS AND EXPLAINS THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND MEANING, THEN ONLY CAN THE STONES COME ALIVE AS EVERY CARVING TELLS A STORY!
THE BEST TOUR AGENCY IS AAA TRAVEL & TOURS WHICH I USED AND CAN PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, TRUSTWORTHINESS AND INTEGRITY!
Contact John Teng (he is Cambodian and not Malaysian Chinese as I thought from his name!) at aaatraveltours@gmail.com
THIS IS THE MAIN GRAND ENTRANCE TO ANGKOR WAT! I CAN IMAGINE THE ANCIENT KINGS, PRIESTS, COURTIERS AND POPULACE ENTERING ANGKOR WAT USING THIS AVENUE! TRULY AWESOME AND A HINT OF MORE TO COME INSIDE
KEE HUA CHEE THANKS BUDDHA AND AAA TRAVEL AND TOURS FOR THIS EPIC VISIT TO THE ABODE OF THE GODS
ANGKOR WAT AGAIN! THE FIRST TIME I VISITED ANGKOR WAT WAS WITH DR BEH THE FAMOUS HEART AND CANCER SPECIALIST BUT THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO OR MORE!
ANGKOR WAT IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES YOU MUST VISIT BEFORE YOU ENTER NIRVANA
ANGKOR WAT IS A MUST-SEE BEFORE YOU JOIN THE GODHEAD
ANGKOR WAT PROVES THE ANCIENT CAMBODIANS MUST BE GENIUSES OR HOW ELSE CAN THEY BUILD THIS IN THE 12TH CENTURY?
ULTIMATE OUTING!
ANGKOR WAT AS I APPROACH
THE MAIN STUPA OF ARRIVAL
STATELY PALM TREES GUARD THE ENTRANCE
NAGAS ALSO GUARD THE ENTRANCE FROM EVIL SPIRITS
KEE HUA CHEE WAS CENTRE OF ATTRACTION IN HAPPY ORANGE
THE 9 HEADED NAGA, KING OF SERPENTS AT EACH SIDE
NAGA BALUSTRADE
MAIN ENTRANCE
INSIDE ANGKOR WAT!
KEE HUA CHEE IN ORANGE WHICH IS ALMOST SAFFRON LIKE MONK'S ROBE
KEE HUA CHEE WITH WINGED CAP
BUT CAPS AND HATS MUST NOT BE WORN INSIDE THE TEMPLE
VISHNU STATUE
PRAYERS
STATUE OF APSARA THE DIVINE DANCERS
THE PASSAGES CREATE AN OPTICAL ILLUSION
LOOKS LIKE THE PASSAGES GO ON FOREVER LIKE ETERNAL LIFE
KEE HUA CHEE BY THE WINDOW, THE SUNLIGHT CREATES DRAMATIC EFFECT
THE RUNGS ARE MADE OF CARVED STONE! AMAZING AS THEY LOOK LIKE WOOD WHICH IS EASIER TO PRODUCE!
THERE ARE SOME 5,000 APSARAS IN ANGKOR WAT, MANY ARE LIFE-SIZED!
APSARAS ARE DIVINE DANCERS CREATED DURING THE CHURNING OF OCEAN OF MILK
BIG BOOBS
THIS APSARA IS THE MOST AMAZING OF ALL AND FEW KNOW ABOUT HER!
WHY IS SHE SO FAMOUS?
OBVIOUSLY SHE IS UNIQUE AND ONE OF A KIND!
NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR APSARA? SHE LOOKS LIKE ANY OTHER APSARAS---PERFECT BODY AND BEAUTIFULLY FORMED AND LAVISHLY DRESSED...BUT...
LOOK CAREFULLY
THIS IS THE ONLY APSARA SMILING AND SHOWING HER TEETH!!!!
ALL THE OTHER 5,000 OR SO APSARAS ARE SMILING BENEVOLENTLY BUT WITH CLOSED LIPS AS THIS IS OF COURSE SEEN TO BE MORE ELEGANT AND CHARMING!
SELFIE!
THIS IS THE ONLY APSARA IN THE WHOLE OF ANGKOR WAT WHO IS NOT SMILING ENIGMATICALLY BUT GRINNING HAPPILY!
THE ONLY APSARA WHO SMILES AND SHOWS HER PEARLY TEETH!
THIS IS AN ANOMALY AND MANY SCHOLARS TODAY STILL ARGUE WHY THE ARTIST DID THIS. MOST ASSUME THE POOR ARTIST AND STONE CARVER WAS BORED WITH CARVING SO MANY IDENTICAL APSARAS HE DECIDED TO MAKE WHO WAS DIFFERENT BY MAKING HER SHOW HER TEETH! IT WAS ALSO MIRACULOUS THIS APSARA ESCAPED DETECTION AS SHE WOULD PROBABLY BE RECARVED WITH CLOSED MOUTH IF SHE WAS DISCOVERED WHEN SHE WAS FIRST CARVED!
2 APSARAS
KEE HUA CHEE INSISTS HE WAS ONCE AN APSARA TOO
KEE HUA CHEE
KEE HUA CHEE
AGAIN KEE HUA CHEE
THE GRINNING, TOOTHY APSARA IS LOCATED DISCREETLY AT THE LEFT BY THE WALL WHICH WAS WHY THE ORIGINAL TEMPLE AUTHORITIES DID NOT NOTICE HER SMILING SHOWING TEETH!
ANGKOR WAT
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED AREAS! BUT ONLY YOUR AAA TRAVEL AND TOURS GUIDE CAN BRING YOU STRAIGHT HERE!
2 ANGKOR WATS!
QUITE DE HANDSOME TOURIST
FABULOUS
INCREDIBLE ANGKOR WAT
ALL THE SUPERLATIVES TO DESCRIBE THIS INCREDIBLE TEMPLE COMPLEX
LOOK AT THE REFLECTION
THE BLUE SKY
KEE HUA CHEE ONCE LIVED HERE IN A PAST LIFE
KEE HUA CHEE LOVES ANGKOR WAT AS WILL YOU
KEE HUA CHEE ALMOST SLIPPED INTO THE POND
KEE HUA CHEE WITH HIS SIGNATURE POSE
KEE HUA CHEE HAS PATENTED THIS POSE
KEE HUA CHEE'S SIGNATURE POSE TO SHOW HIS RINGS AND BLING
PALMS UP FOR ANOTHER POSE
DARLING DOGGIE ADMIRING ANGKOR WAT
DARLING DOGGIE DRINKING FROM POND
SO SWEET THE DARLING DOGGIE
MY GUIDE FROM AAA TRAVEL AND TOURS TOOK ME TO THIS SELDOM USED SECTION FOR BEST PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON THE AFTERNOON SUN!
AND AWAY FROM THE HORDES!
SO PEACEFUL BUT TOURISTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO COME TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF ANGKOR WAT FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY!
AMAZING ANGKOR
INCREDIBLE
STUNNING ANGKOR WAT
NG KUN TEK
VERY DE KERWEI POSE
KEE HUA CHEE POSES EXACTLY THE SAME
ANGKOR WAT RULES!
IMPRESSIVE
LONG LIVE ANGKOR WAT AND CAMBODIA!
WE ENTER THROUGH THIS GATE
EXQUISITELY GEOMETRIC
WELL PROPORTIONED
KEE HUA CHEE INSIDE STONE WINDOW
MYSTERIOUS
ALMOST INFINITE PASSAGEWAY!
STUNNING
THIS PIECE OF WOOD IS ORIGINAL SO IT IS SOME 800 YEARS OLD TOO!
LOW RELIEF CARVINGS ON WALL
THIS ENTIRE WALL, LIKE ALL THE WALLS OF ANGKOR WAT, IS CARVED WITH RELIGIOUS SCENES THAT TELL STORIES FROM JATAKA THE BUDDHIST HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS EVENTS
KEE HUA CHEE AT BREAKFAST AT PARK HYATT SIEM REAP, THE BEST HOTEL IN SIEM REAP!
KEE HUA CHEE AND NG KUN TEK
KEE HUA CHEE AND NG KUN TEK CLIMB THE STEPS TO HEAVEN
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