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The temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia🇰🇭
📍Siem Reap, Angkor Wat Temples
Our first destination in Cambodia! Although Cambodia is only an hours flight from Thailand, there is no doubt that you are in a completely different country. Cambodia is smaller, less developed and more rural than Thailand. There seems to be fewer crowds and less tourists roaming the streets. The first thing that I noticed was how friendly Cambodian people are, they are so so welcoming and proud of their country.
Siem Reap is home to the Angkor Wat Temples and we took a 9 hour tour, exploring the some of the main ones. As Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument on the planet, there was so much to see. We learned such interesting history of the temples and of Cambodia from our lovely tour guide. And we really felt like we were tomb raiders, exploring the ancient temples. We finished the day with a big climb up a mountain by Bayon Temple to watch the sunset.
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Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery ⛩️
Located at the base of a mountain, take a wander into a significant Monastery in Lhasa's history.
Walk the streets and smell the incense from all directions whilst admiring the traditional Tibetan architecture. 🏠
Inside the Monastery itself you'll find butter offerings to various Buddhas and admire the artistry in each room, intricate carpets and wall paintings throughout 🖼🎨
Ensure you're there between 3:00pm and 5:00pm to see the "Monks' Debate". Where Monks test one another's knowledge about all things Buddhism, Scripture and Tibetan..
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Monumental Buddhist Pagoda🛕
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📌"Giant Wild Goose Pagoda" 大雁塔
📍Address: 1 Cien Rd, Yanta District, Xi'An, Shaanxi, China, 710064
I am amazed by Xi'An's history, especially when I visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It was first built in the third year of the Yonghui reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, and it has been repaired for generations. The existing tower was restored in the Ming Dynasty. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a seven-story brick pagoda built on a square brick pagoda with a height of 64.1 meters. In 2014, it was included in the World Cultural Heritage List.
As time goes by, today's Big Wild Goose Pagoda has become a symbol of the ancient capital of Xi'an, attracting tourists all year round.
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Receving Alms
Every morning at 5:30am, monks line up in streets receiving alms from visitors. This is one of the traditions in the #unesco heritage site for centuries. Even today hundreds of monks still come out into the streets daily.
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BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA 🇰🇭
📍Battambang, Cambodia
When we arrived in Battambang, we were pretty stumped on what to do. When researching into Cambodia, Battambang was always on traveller’s itineraries, for a while we were unsure why. Battambang is certainly the least touristic place that we’ve visited, with very little on the streets to see. You are completely immersed in local life.
We booked a trip on our second day to see the typical main sites in Battambang; Battambang’s ‘golden gate bridge’, the bamboo train, the killing caves and the bat caves.
We had a really great day. Not only were the sites absolutely beautiful, as we rode along the countryside in a tuk tuk, but the tour was so informative on Battambang’s important history regarding the country’s oppression under the Khmer Rouge’s ruling.
The tour ended at the bat cave, where we witnessed 15 million bats swarm out of the cave at sunset, to hunt around the surrounding countryside. An absolutely incredible sight.
Although, it is arguable that 3 nights would be too much to spend in the rural city of Battambang, the tour that we did was definitely worth the visit!
++ Battambang is also home to the sweetest locals we’ve ever met. The children there are so sweet and excited to see you in their country. I felt so blessed to be so welcomed :)
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