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This segment’s highlight was certainly our visit of the Angkor Archaeological Park. Our travel guide book described it very well as:
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Angkor is one of the world’s foremost ancient sites, with epic proportions of the Great Wall of China, the detail and intricacy of the Taj Mahal, and the symbolism and symmetry of the pyramids, all rolled into one”. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n<\/em>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em>We could not agree more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023.02.27 – Battambang – Siem Reap (Cambodia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had to order breakfast \u00e0 la carte again this morning. We had a strange feeling that we were the only ones staying in this hotel of 70+ rooms – most likely serving the city’s main business hotel. Hence it was really easy to get a late check out just in time to catch our 1:30pm bus to Siem Reap. After reaching the bus station in town, we ordered a tuk-tuk with our PassApp who brought us to our hotel. After settling into our room, we had dinner at a nearby restaurant. We quickly noticed that Siem Reap was quite a different town. It had large pedestrian sidewalks, cycling paths, cross-walks and an official Pub Street. The town was certainly the heartland of Cambodia’s tourist industry. The downtown area was very lively with tons of restaurants catering the tourists from all over the world. Late in the evening, we discovered that we could buy our Angkor World Heritage passes online . This was significant time-saving option introduced during Covid that allowed us to skip the ticket office lineup of one hour or more. As one could purchase a 1-day, 3-day or 7-day pass, I opted to order a 3-day pass for $62USD as I was hoping to try out an e-bike to start my visit of some remote temples.<\/p>\n\n\n