Cambodia 26-30 July 2007
Singapore-Siem Reap-Phnom Penh-Singapore
26th July 2007 : realli sianz thing to be post-call (TTSH gen med call at that too..) and to wake up in the early morning for a flight to Siem Reap .. thank god i insisted on silkair rather than jetstar asia where i heard from tianrong that we would need to have our balls under continous positive pressure for 4 hours to taipei. flight to siem reap was uneventful .. was given some unedible scrambled eggs that tasted like fluimucil powder in Hartmann's solution.
the taxi-ride out of siem reap airport was just simply audacious. the driver just wouldn't pushing his stupid tour guide services even though we said we weren't interested. in the end when we chose another tour guide to start our tour, he called us 'stupid idiots'. welcome to cambodia.
The enigmatic faces of Bayon, of whom the half-smiles are almost similar to a certain respi. consultant in KK..
Half-way up the horrendous stairs of Angkor wat ..
The horrenous stairs of Angkor Wat up close.. definitely not for the osteoarthritic or the faint-hearted.
The trail leading into the Bayon complex and a thousand indistinguishable shrines/temples/etc.
Still orientating myself within the faces of Bayon .. thank god for Lonely Planet.
Ok I must admit i was really tired at this point .. 50% point of temple overload.
26th July 2007 : realli sianz thing to be post-call (TTSH gen med call at that too..) and to wake up in the early morning for a flight to Siem Reap .. thank god i insisted on silkair rather than jetstar asia where i heard from tianrong that we would need to have our balls under continous positive pressure for 4 hours to taipei. flight to siem reap was uneventful .. was given some unedible scrambled eggs that tasted like fluimucil powder in Hartmann's solution.
the taxi-ride out of siem reap airport was just simply audacious. the driver just wouldn't pushing his stupid tour guide services even though we said we weren't interested. in the end when we chose another tour guide to start our tour, he called us 'stupid idiots'. welcome to cambodia.
The enigmatic faces of Bayon, of whom the half-smiles are almost similar to a certain respi. consultant in KK..
Half-way up the horrendous stairs of Angkor wat ..
The horrenous stairs of Angkor Wat up close.. definitely not for the osteoarthritic or the faint-hearted.
The trail leading into the Bayon complex and a thousand indistinguishable shrines/temples/etc.
Still orientating myself within the faces of Bayon .. thank god for Lonely Planet.
Ok I must admit i was really tired at this point .. 50% point of temple overload.
Street-kids pestering kossie to buy everything from apsaras to bayon relics to cambodian undies..
the mysterious temple of ta-phrom.. really love this place.. the perfect place to diurese your temple overload. it's distinctly different from all the other sites in siem reap. great place to explore if you have the time , which we did.
bad move i did - unless you fancy red ants on your ding-dong.
since we all LOOOOVED the concept of jungle in a temple like in ta-phrom, we decided to follow our lonely planet's gospel advice to go to this lesser known site : Bang Melea .. it's more like a temple in a jungle. as kossie shows, survival is only possible with a can of DEET.
it wasn't easy getting this shot. carefully treading through those treacheous blocks does it.
the abandoned library of bang melea...
ok the start of a reallllllllllllllly horrenous boat trip from siem reap to phnom penh .. on top of the fast craft with little to prevent you from rolling over into the mekong and far less to protect you from the elements..
yes, we were lying like refugees for 5-6 yrs exposed to every ray of light.
crazy ang-mohs awaiting their melanomas to grow.
it was like 5 hrs when i decided enough was enough. when we entered the cabin, the sudden still air made us realise we were THOROUGHLY burnt through and through.
me being in a state of depression.
at phnom penh tuol sleng genocide museum : a very gruesome and chilling peek into one of cambodia's darkest moments.. minimal photos taken here, needless to say.
i felt that this picture could be photostated and given to some of my patients on my night-calls.
the mysterious temple of ta-phrom.. really love this place.. the perfect place to diurese your temple overload. it's distinctly different from all the other sites in siem reap. great place to explore if you have the time , which we did.
bad move i did - unless you fancy red ants on your ding-dong.
since we all LOOOOVED the concept of jungle in a temple like in ta-phrom, we decided to follow our lonely planet's gospel advice to go to this lesser known site : Bang Melea .. it's more like a temple in a jungle. as kossie shows, survival is only possible with a can of DEET.
it wasn't easy getting this shot. carefully treading through those treacheous blocks does it.
the abandoned library of bang melea...
ok the start of a reallllllllllllllly horrenous boat trip from siem reap to phnom penh .. on top of the fast craft with little to prevent you from rolling over into the mekong and far less to protect you from the elements..
yes, we were lying like refugees for 5-6 yrs exposed to every ray of light.
crazy ang-mohs awaiting their melanomas to grow.
it was like 5 hrs when i decided enough was enough. when we entered the cabin, the sudden still air made us realise we were THOROUGHLY burnt through and through.
me being in a state of depression.
at phnom penh tuol sleng genocide museum : a very gruesome and chilling peek into one of cambodia's darkest moments.. minimal photos taken here, needless to say.
i felt that this picture could be photostated and given to some of my patients on my night-calls.
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