intense days in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the Cuzco of South East Asia...a city that is catering for any budget and welcoming any colour and any language, and all the good and the bad things with it; a must stop for many people passing in the region and one of those places that maybe needs to be visited before leaving this planet (eventually)...
The Angkor Archaelogical park, in fact, is an incredible excursion, just few kilometres north of the city, and it brings to present the magic of the power that the Khmer (Angkor) civilization has been...
The area is huge and so are the masses of tourists waking up at 4 o'clock to enjoy of the sunrise that honestly was not as spectacular but that at least it gives you a reason to enjoy of the early hours of the day that are the cooler..
Yesterday, maybe more the style of my traveling, I joined Sam Ath, a management university student that runs half day bike tours in the villages around Siem Reap...
His company excursion has basic stops at local families experiencing simple things as fresh coconuts, pigs and rice fields as well as more interesting ones as rice wine production, rattan basket making and rice noodle making, stopping by a local farmer market too in a 20 km loop around countryside roads and canals..
It seemed an amazing way to spread money around the community and people that don't really have the chance to interact with all those tourists that come here to get the perfect shots of the temples or maybe the perfect selfie for their weekly facebook profile...
Supporting also the young students and generations that still need to recover from a heavy past...
I have been pleasantly surprised by the energies and the smiles and the colours of the experience, yesterday's (pictures) post cannot really tell....
The Angkor Archaelogical park, in fact, is an incredible excursion, just few kilometres north of the city, and it brings to present the magic of the power that the Khmer (Angkor) civilization has been...
The area is huge and so are the masses of tourists waking up at 4 o'clock to enjoy of the sunrise that honestly was not as spectacular but that at least it gives you a reason to enjoy of the early hours of the day that are the cooler..
Yesterday, maybe more the style of my traveling, I joined Sam Ath, a management university student that runs half day bike tours in the villages around Siem Reap...
His company excursion has basic stops at local families experiencing simple things as fresh coconuts, pigs and rice fields as well as more interesting ones as rice wine production, rattan basket making and rice noodle making, stopping by a local farmer market too in a 20 km loop around countryside roads and canals..
It seemed an amazing way to spread money around the community and people that don't really have the chance to interact with all those tourists that come here to get the perfect shots of the temples or maybe the perfect selfie for their weekly facebook profile...
Supporting also the young students and generations that still need to recover from a heavy past...
I have been pleasantly surprised by the energies and the smiles and the colours of the experience, yesterday's (pictures) post cannot really tell....
Bayon temple
the power of nature over Angkor
2 comments:
hey Joyce,
I am pleased to read your commente/message (that I actually didn't mean to delete, and that I dunno how to restore it!!)...the intentions were good...
keep in touch and keep believing...
cia
No worries Francesco! Glad to hear that you reed my comment:)
Stay in touch, love joyce
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