Cambodia (Tonle Sap, Killing Field, Old Market & Pub Street)

Selamat Hari Raya and Merdeka people!

Two celebrations in a same day, and Malaysia gets a week holiday! How awesome is that, but not me lah, I worked on Monday and gotta work on Friday as well. :/ *im hardworking. XD*

Seriously I couldnt remember what I did on the last Merdeka. Let me recall that. Hurmmmm. Dang. Still couldnt recall what I dont know what I did on my last Merdeka Eve. *stressed out on this lil thing but urghhhh* 

Aarrghhh, fine. Not gonna think of it. Wanna blog about my previous Cambodia trip in May. Damn champion, blogging about it, 3 months later. Few claps for myself *clap clap clap* 

My very first time, I brought a very LIGHT luggage to a trip! Im so proud of myself! *smile widely*

I witnessed the so called sunrise and its so beautiful. :)

Hello beautiful blue sky. I love looking at you.

Landing in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

And oh, landed. Hot humid air. 

Feel like a resort.

Check out my red OCBC hand luggage bag for 4D3Ns! Really proud of myself. HAHA

Dragon Royal Angkor Hotel - The Lobby

The Room

Swimming pool view

Driver for us! Oh yea, we booked Air Asia tour for airport transfers & tour for the first day!

Was brought to this Tonle Sap Restaurant. 

Siem Reap food, so-so lah...

Hahaha. How can they named their villa "No Problem Villa"? LOL. Make sure there isnt any problems in the villa or else... *larfing out hardly*

Our first destination. Tonle Sap Lake.

If you dont know anything about Tonle Sap lake, it is the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia and is an ecological hot spot that was designated as a UNESCO biosphere in 1997.

They have this village called floating village where people live on the lake. No kidding. With the continuous change of the water level, the people who live on the lake have to move their houses away when the water level goes down. Whole villages including schools, shops, churches, and pig farms are getting pulled away to a place where the water is still high enough to float.

My period of visit was dry season and the low water level was making the trip a lil bit more longer than our estimated arrival time in floating village. 

Rented a boat.

Eeeeww! The river is diiirrrtttyyyyy!

Hello, sexy man. LOL.

Aiks! Saw this lil girl swimming in the lake. :( It looks dirty tho. 

Their floating school and its empty inside. :(

Eeeeww! Kept avoiding the dirty splashed water from the other boats!

Im so tanned. >.<

Beautiful. :)

It took us approximately 45 mins to reach floating village. Darn long.

Say hello to the floating village, like finally! *phew*

Floating shopboats

You lil boy, sexay nude-posing for me? Congratz, you did it! ;D

Floating "kedai runcit" 

Crocodiles!!

The whole view of floating village

A floating church! :/

Lurve this pic. :)

English speaking tour guide. Not that bad but prepare to give some tips! They're waiting for it.

Our own "private rented car" with driver and tour guide for the day! 

Feel so queen in that whole trip. Those drivers and tour guides are real good! They opened up the door for us and I told them "Thanks but you dont need to open the door for me, I can open it myself. :)" But that doesnt work on them. They still opened the door for us in every stops that we made!!! Well, tips are expected from us, thats why. :)

Siem Reap tuk-tuk cars

Second destination: Killing field. A very interesting place to visit.

The Killing Fields are a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1970-1975). 

1.7 Million Cambodians Dead

The killing fields document death. From 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge soldiers killed 1.7 million Cambodians, or 21 percent of the population, according to Yale University's Cambodia Genocide Program.

A soccer-field-sized area surrounded by farmland, the killing fields contain mass graves, slightly sunken, for perhaps 20,000 Cambodians, many of whom were tortured before being killed. The bordering trees held nooses for hangings.

A memorial building stands in the center of the killing fields. Many of the skulls inside were pulled from the mass graves.

Skulls of the victims in the memorial stupa at killing fields

It is VERY heartrending to know about the history of killing fields but in the same time, it is interesting to get to know some other country's history as well. Imagine the millions were cruelly killed by their own people; own government in their own land for no reason at all (actually its for the country's social equality but innocent people especially those educated ones were killed in a painful, tortured and horrible ways like drilling/ nailing into the brains, people were buried alive, and worst, prisoner guards took away babies from the mothers and... *sob sob* crushed the babies skulls in front of them). T__T That's damn brutal and... sad, real real SAD. *sob sob*

Saw one of these in a website.

It's hard to comprehend the motivations behind an atrocity like the Cambodian genocide. What could have been going through the minds of the Khmer Rouge officers and their leader Pol Pot?

"Hey Pol, I've got an idea, man. Let's turn the country upside down and get real primitive. Evacuate all the cities, march everyone out to the country. And then start farming, man! Big time. And if anyone resists, let's execute them. In fact, let's kill a whole lot of people. I'm talking hundreds of thousands. Maybe millions. And do it real cruel-like. Bash their heads against trees, electrocute 'em, drown 'em in vats of cold water...

That's insane! I really cant take it no more. *sob* 

Read more about Cambodia Genocide here and here.

Soon after we left the killing field, we were brought back to the hotel and it was free and easy after that! We then took a tuk-tuk to explore and to see what to shop in old market. 

Argh. Sandy roads! 

There you go, Old Market. 

Old market, a popular tourist place that offers the deepest selection of souvenirs and curios of any of the traditional markets. There are souvenir vendors on all sides off the market and into the interior, especially on the south (river) side offering silks, silverworks, statuary, art and handicrafts as well as t-shirts, dresses, Cambodian pants, post cards, books and so much more!

Tips: Remember to negotiate for a "better" price! ;D *winks*

Got no idea what was this and I just tried it out. Not that bad actually! :)

DARN shocked to see sucha cheap alcohol drink! 

HOLY SHIT!!! Oh yea, in USD currency but still DAMN CHEAP! Pfffftttt!

Oh gawd... AWESOME PRICE!

USD 2.50 (RM 7.50) for this big bottle of Angkor beer. HAHAHA.

Stopped by and had our dinner at some street stalls.

:O

Couldnt remember the name of the dishes already but I still miss Malaysia food 

*yea, who ask me to blog after 3 mths*

Pub Street!

Cheap alcohol and affordable international cuisines!

You can find all kinds of cuisines on and around Pub Street like Khmer, Thai, Western, Vietnamese, Indian and variety of international foods! Most of the bars open as early as 5pm where tourists take advantage of the various happy deals *no need to grab various deal also darn cheap like hell already* and also to chillax after returning from walking under the striking hot sun around the temples. Kewl. :))

Massage. No PIRANHA! Like DUHHH-UUHH?? LOLLL!

The bf wanna watch a football match and me chillaxing and trying to online with wifi in there.

Cheers! 

Syiok myself when he's busy with his football match. 

Next post, second day in Cambodia. Angkor temples.

You gotta check out the pictures that I took. ITS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL *perasan but I dont deny that*! :)) Am glad and proud to visit Angkor Wat temples, like seriously, worth the money although we gotta walk and spent much of our time walking under a blardy hot sun. 

Stay tuned, people! *wink wink*

Once again, before heading to bed, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitiri, Maaf Zahir & Batin and Happy Holidays to the non-Muslims! :))

Good night peeps!

munyee says good night and sleep tight and sweet dream