The best way to experience Angkor Wat is this 10 Step Process ;)
1. Arrive in Siem Reap by taxi from Poi Pet (from Arunyaprutet, Thailand – from Bangkok). You’ll drive the rockiest road you’ve ever been on… for 4 hours! Yay!
2. Find a guesthouse. I suggest the Red Lodge (www.redlodgeangkor.com)
3. Find a Tuk-Tuk driver that will take you around Angkor Wat the next morning
4. Tell them to pick you up at least an hour before sunrise (figure out what time that would be)
5. (The next morning) Take the tuk-tuk to Angkor Wat (soak up the morning air) and don’t forget a flashlight! It’ll really help when walking in to the temples in the dark.
6. Find yourself a spot overlooking the square pond. It’ll be the north side of the main path. If you want to you can borrow a chair from one of the little restaurant shops on the northside by the trees. But definitely have breakfast there after the sun is up. Some really great food!
7. Take loads of pictures as the beauty and scene will change with every minute of the sunrise. Get the temples reflecting off the pond… ooo, fantastic!
8. Run around the Temples for a while, there’s many of them to see.
9. Check out the sweet Discovery Channel/Nat’l Geographic video on Angkor Wat while having lunch at one of the little cafes
10. Pay your tuk-tuk drivers well, offer them a coke. And after a day of walking around the Temples, nothing is better than the best and cheapest foot/body massages you’ll ever get in Siem Reap. So cash in on that.
over 7 years ago