tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post5617738012435898876..comments2024-02-28T22:43:49.960+00:00Comments on Asia Vu: Sunday: A Few Photos, And Not Exactly SilentMsCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post-15428029178224825792013-09-23T03:53:22.170+01:002013-09-23T03:53:22.170+01:00Trish - cocktails were delightful. (The temples w...Trish - cocktails were delightful. (The temples were, too, but crowded.) We had so much fun with the 'Maharaja Series' - not sure if they're blogworthy - still debating! Trying to get unpacked/deal with laundry/prepare for school before tackling the next blog post, but it will be up soon!MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post-50883711524638443322013-09-22T22:54:27.585+01:002013-09-22T22:54:27.585+01:00Emma - Cambodia has been on my bucket list for a l...Emma - Cambodia has been on my bucket list for a loooong time! Was so glad to finally get there.<br /><br />NVG - Yes, January is the dry season and (supposedly) even more crowded. I understand the number of Korean and Chinese package tours has exploded in recent years, so maybe that's why you enjoyed a relatively crowd-free experience. Apparently there are so many people at the temples for sunrise now that it's something of a free-for-all these days at 6am. We didn't do any of the early sunrise stuff simply because it was raining and there was no sunrise, so I suppose we were at least spared that.<br /><br />Stacy - that is an excellent phrase for summing up exactly how we felt! By 2 or 3 PM, we were always completely worn out - it would have been pointless to do much more since we had all reached 'critical temple mass' (our family's version of 'we can't go all day...') There was ample time for cold beer, trust me!<br /><br />Nance - There's definitely a certain cultural component to the whole Asian pushing thing - we run across it regularly in Seoul - but when you combine it with a huge number of people all trying to squeeze into a doorway/vault/corridor to take photos of the same frieze/fresco/statue/sanskrit carvings, it becomes pretty overwhelming - and we consider ourselves relatively hardened to pushy crowds! Dengue fever is either 'not a large risk' or 'epidemic during the rainy season' depending on who you talk to or what you read, so I tried to take sensible precautions (eg, long sleeves and pants, soak myself in DEET) and hoped for the best, since there's no preventative vaccine. It certainly didn't deter any of the other tourists from what I could see. Of course, Dengue has an incubation period of 5-8 days on average, so I'll probably be on pins and needles until I've hit the 8-days-home mark, since all 3 of us got at least one mosquito bite despite our best efforts. Supposedly it's rarely fatal except in small children, so I've got that going for me...MsCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623997911568143459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post-66695254292995570962013-09-22T22:14:09.806+01:002013-09-22T22:14:09.806+01:00Mmmmm cocktails....
Loving the temples too :-))
...Mmmmm cocktails....<br /><br />Loving the temples too :-))<br /><br />Will wait eagerly for you to wake up properly and write more. Have been very amused by the Maharajah Series of photos on Facebook. You will be enjoying a comfy chair now?Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post-45322749769826072902013-09-22T18:33:51.554+01:002013-09-22T18:33:51.554+01:00Rick and I get pushed off sidewalks an awful lot b...Rick and I get pushed off sidewalks an awful lot by Chinese tourists in Canada, too. What is all of that about, I wonder?<br /><br />The snaps you published here, sans your derriere, are lovely. I admit that I'd have been obsessed with worry about dengue fever as well, but you at least went outdoors. I probably would never have even gone to this place with that threat hanging over my head.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post-77296903738232766992013-09-22T16:54:47.954+01:002013-09-22T16:54:47.954+01:00I believe it was our family holiday to Cambodia an...I believe it was our family holiday to Cambodia and Angor Wat when the phrase "We can't go all day, you know" was coined and adopted after much viewing of successive and, according to some, excessive temples. It comes up regularly on other holidays now and we all laugh that mirthless chuckle of agreement. And stop for a cold beer. Can't wait to read your full post! Stacyhttp://www.foodlustpeoplelove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post-69396991104762753232013-09-22T15:18:35.167+01:002013-09-22T15:18:35.167+01:00I was there 9 years ago! Bayon was one of my favou...I was there 9 years ago! Bayon was one of my favourite temples. We were there in January, which I think was probably the dry season (?) but I don't remember it being too crowded. But we did get up at stupid o'clock to bicycle out to the temples, so maybe that was our way of avoiding them. nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551977354338403876.post-30978937670207453152013-09-22T15:02:36.334+01:002013-09-22T15:02:36.334+01:00Wow, amazing pictures. I have never been to Cambo...Wow, amazing pictures. I have never been to Cambodia, would love to go though! Looking forward to hearing more soon! :) BavarianSojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701272367912860549noreply@blogger.com