preface
this trip,
Because there are new friends on the way
(the Chinese girl in the picture below)
So, in this very crowded small city
I had a good time
Here are the photos I took
And personal experience
The cameras and lenses used in this trip are mainly 17-40 and 70-200 for 5dii, 70D and lens
Visa
Cambodia's passport visa is one of the most simple and convenient visa in the world except e visa. Except for money and passport, you may need photos (I didn't meet the requirement to hand in photos), you don't need anything else.
In Siem Reap airport entry, customs see if it is a Chinese passport will ask for tips, tips have smiling face, do not need to enter fingerprints can go directly. There is a Cambodian saying "no" money,no honey.”
It's OK to go to Cambodia to prepare us dollars. US dollars have become the currency that Birrell is willing to accept in Cambodia. At present, US $1 is equal to 4000. If it is a place with high-end consumption, the specific exchange rate of 1:4050 will be clearly marked.
Essentials:
Your bath towel, sports sunscreen and cleanser.
Start my journey
When I arrived, Cambodia had just finished the new year, and new year's celebrations were everywhere. The new year in Dongpu village is from April 14 to 16 of the Gregorian calendar. It takes Sakyamuni's birthday (May 13 of the Buddhist calendar) as the era. The first day of the new year is ShouSui, the second day is qunzui, and the third day is xinsui. During the new year, Buddhist five color flags and crocodile flags will be hoisted in temples all over the country, and various auspicious cultural and recreational activities will be used to celebrate the new year.
The reason why I changed planes from Hong Kong was that I couldn't resist the temptation to watch the sunset, so I chose the window seat on the right side when checking in. After landing at Siem Reap International Airport, many Tutu drivers will come to pull business, and taxis need to queue up. Therefore, many tourists choose Tutu and don't have to wait to negotiate a good price. They go to the city for about 20 minutes and ask for $6. There is no room for any discount. You can bargain at the airport when you leave, about $4.
At present, there are three airports available in dongpuzhai: Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh is the first choice for many people to fly to dongpuzhai; Siem Reap airport is the first choice for tourists to Angkor; Sihanouk International Airport in Sihanouk city was reopened in 2007. Tourists can choose which airport to fly to according to their own needs. At present, there are more and more air spots flying to Dongpu village. There are flights to dongpuzhai from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taipei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Vientiane, Seoul and other cities. Thai Airlines provides flights to dongpuzhai from many cities in the world. SilkAir, a regional branch of Singapore Airlines, and Jetstar, a low-cost airline, have at least one flight a day to dongpuzhai and Singapore.
There are many flights between Bangkok and Siem Reap, such as atihad, Air Asia, Thai, etc. if you want to save money, you have to take bus for about 12 hours, and the price is more than 100 yuan.
With the development of tourism in Dongpu village, the accommodation industry in Dongpu village has also been highly developed, and more and more hotels appear, not only in Phnom Penh and Bian Mei, but also in other cities of Dongpu village. The types of accommodation in Dongpu village include: guesthouse, mid-range hotel and high-end hotel.
After a night's rest, I open my eyes. It's about eight o'clock in the morning. I've made an appointment with my friends to take a stroll in a small circle. I'll take my equipment and bag with me. Let's go now?
Yes, that's right. This man is me - -
Angkor tickets are divided into three categories: 8100 Riels for one day, 160000 Riels for three days and 240000 Riels for seven days (20 dollars for one day and 40 yuan for three days) $60 for seven days). For most people, the time of one day is a little short, and the schedule of seven days is too tight, so most people choose the ticket of three days. But now there is a new type of ticket: the tourist with the guide ticket can visit any three days in a week, and the tourist with the seven day ticket can visit any seven days in a month, not necessarily several consecutive days. However, if you want to buy such tickets, you need to make it clear to the ticket office in advance. After the purchase of tickets at 5 p.m., tourists can enter and visit, and the tickets are calculated from the next day. With Angkor tickets, you can visit Angkor Wat and Angkor King City, the scenic spots around Angkor King City, and the scenic spots around Angkor, but not including Lichi mountain and bengmi column. Please keep your tickets well. Sometimes you have to check the tickets in some places (I haven't met them before). If you are found to have evaded the tickets, you will be fined.
Uncle, are you not safe to smoke?
Rent a motorcycle (local name is similar to Thailand's "motoby") for 10 $12 hours. Before I went to see all the strategies, it said that there was no motorcycle to rent in Siem Reap, but I found that there were several that could rent motorcycles, but the clerk would tell you not to ride to temples or Angkor Wat, it's good to promise anyway. This is the reason for the hidden rules. If most tourists choose to ride motorcycles, Tuktuk's business will be impacted, so the shop assistant will say that they can't ride to the scenic spot, but the fact is that they can ride freely, Angkor Wat can ride directly into the moat through the back door (East Gate), and then stop at Angkor Under the steps of Wat's east gate, this directly avoids all kinds of powerful and explosive groups of people coming in and out of the west gate... (not the "flow of people")
Angkor City, also known as great Angkor, is the capital of the Khmer empire from the Ling century to the 15th century, and also the longest lasting capital of the Khmer empire. It was the political and religious center at that time and one of the most prosperous cities in the world. Angkor city has experienced many wars and renovations. Today's Angkor city was built by King sheyebama VII at the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century. In the center there are buildings such as bayong temple, Bafang temple and battle elephant steps. Bayong temple is in the middle of Angkor city. The crown is the core building in the city, and it is also the most exquisite building in the city. Angkor is a rectangular City, surrounded by a moat of 100 meters. There are five gates in the city, four of which lead to the bayong temple in the center of the city, and the other one leads to the "victory gate" of the imperial officials. The east gate, facing the grand square of Angkor City, is the main passage to and from Angkor city. Senior officials of the Kingdom and foreign envoys all enter and leave from this gate.
Girls strongly asked me to shoot the child, because the eyelashes are very long, I brazenly went to the front, squatted down and quickly shot.
This is the Bakun mountain I went to... The famous Bakun mountain with a sea of people (almost every evening). Bakun mountain is located in the northwest of Angkor Wat. It is a small hill in Angkor heritage group and the only commanding point nearby. Mount barken overlooks Angkor Wat, so it is also one of the best places to watch the sunrise and sunset. Bakun temple, built on the top of the mountain, is the first temple built by Angkor, the capital of Khmer Dynasty, known as "the first Angkor". The unique architectural pattern of baken Temple represents the local people's worship of the universe and gods. It has a total of seven platforms, representing the seven heavens, and the top tower represents the center of the universe. Except for the central tower, the 108 small towers represent the 108 days of the four phases of the moon. From the axis of each side, only 33 pagodas can be seen, representing the 33 gods on Xumi mountain.
The clouds are thick and the sunset is completely invisible, about 15 minutes before the horizon sets.
It's said that this is called nimadui. It's a custom related to Buddhism anyway. If it's stone, it's going up
When I was photographing at Angkor Wat, Wen and Lao Jiang photographed the sunrise from the lotus pool below and came up to meet me. Just then, a blonde girl passed by. Wen and I laughed evil... So I chased him and shamelessly asked him not to come to take photos.
To my surprise, this sister paper is so hi. I saw my telephoto lens saying "Wow, so Long... "And without saying a word, he agreed..." I'd like to be your model!”
We take pictures under the high temperature of 40 degrees, which is also very competitive.
Wen is very cooperative. Ha ha, hard work.
A child on the side of the road is seriously painting and waiting for the buyer.
Three students followed a teacher
Angkor Wat, the moat outside the east gate.
The reason why we chose monochrome mode is that it used to be a very wide pool of about 5 square kilometers, but in the dry season, it dried up completely, so all the plants died, and it was very desolate in the hot sun.
The queen official is a temple built by the king's teacher, not the Queen's. it is known as "women's Castle" and is famous for its exquisite buildings, gorgeous colors and exquisite reliefs. Brother brother brother brother stand head and shoulders above others. It is not very grand, but it is the most unique and exquisite in Angkor's monuments. It is the "Angkor's historic pearl", "Angkor's art drill", and the essence of Angkor essence. Every inch of its skin is covered with exquisite carving, red appearance and exquisite skill to let it stand in a flock of chickens. The Queen's palace was built in 967 and completed in 1002. It was abandoned after the 14th century and was not discovered by Westerners until 1914. In 1923, the Queen's official show lost four statues, which caused a sensation. In 1975, people began to repair the Queen's palace, but after that, the Queen's palace suffered a lot of theft, ring destruction and renovation. From 2000 to 2003, in order to prevent rain erosion, the Queen's palace protection project in Cambodia and Switzerland installed a drainage system for the Queen's palace, and took some measures to prevent the building from being damaged by the surrounding trees, so as to protect this exquisite ancient building.
The Queen's castle, also known as "women's Castle", was built in 967 in the rajen Dynasty. It is famous for its exquisite buildings, gorgeous colors and exquisite reliefs. It is one of the most unique buildings in Angkor historic sites. It has the reputation of "the Pearl of Angkor historic sites" and "the diamond of Angkor art". Shiva, one of the three Brahmanic gods, is stored in the Queen's palace. Because of its exquisite carving, it is speculated that it was built and carved by women at that time. The Queen's palace faces east in the West. There are three layers of red sandstone walls inside and outside. From the main gate to the middle gate, it is about 50 meters. On both sides of the avenue, there are two rows of symmetrical vermilion pillars more than 2 meters high. Although the scale of the Queen's building is not large, the same moat has been built around it. The existing main building has three central towers and a large library. All the external walls are covered with exquisite carvings. The Queen's palace is the first building successfully restored by the "original restoration" method, which has a good old appearance.
This is the daughter of the lady who owns the restaurant opposite the gate of bengmili. She's super cute
Bayong temple is the center of Angkor City, and its architecture is the representative of Dongpu village. It was built at the end of the 12th century and took 37 years to complete. It is famous for its Buddhist pagoda and cloister murals. Besides Angkor Wat, it is the most popular place for tourists. The bayong temple is built on a three-story abutment with a circular plane carved tower in the center. There are corridors around the abutments of each floor. There are 49 towers in the middle of the abutment and on the corridor, just like mountains rising from the ground, forming a forest of towers. From the appearance, it looks like a tower like building. The prototype of the four Buddhas on each pagoda is geyebama VII himself. The Buddha's peaceful smile is the world-famous "Khmer's smile".
When introducing the stone column in the museum, it said that the building is to integrate with the surrounding trees and grass. Therefore, the color and carving of the stone column materials are close to the surrounding plants, which is the purpose of integration.
The best shooting time for the queen is from 9 am to 10 am and from 4 pm to 5 pm due to her colorful architecture. It would be better to arrive about one hour earlier than the tour group in the morning (8:30). It's very hot at noon, and the red sandstone building without shelter will make you feel uncomfortable, so it's better not to build here at noon.
Both the walls, columns and lintels have reliefs, which cover an inch of the building's skin. The technique is very delicate, smooth lines and bright colors. This is the most exquisite of all the floating farmers in Angkor. The Queen's palace is a small but perfectly perfect building, and another essence of brother Angkor's monument.
Maybe many friends who have been to bengmili have never been to bengmili (especially group tourists) on the way, because this route is a "special" route, and the local "guide" makes an exception to take tourists into the route. They need to "fly over the eaves and walk over the wall", but they can take many photos that normal tourists can't take. The tour guide fee is $10 for two hours.
There are rich wall paintings on the cloisters of bayong temple. The inner cloisters are mainly myths and religious stories, while the outer cloisters describe the scenes of real life, including war, market trade, festival celebration and other daily production and life scenes. These are very valuable resources to introduce the history of Angkor. However, the bayong temple is an unfinished temple. Some reliefs are not completed, and even the whole stone wall is empty. Moreover, the architectural span is quite large, and the artistic style is changeable. Today's building is actually made up of the West Temple of different times and shapes, so it is also known as "a mountain peak shaped and carved by human hands".
As soon as I rented the car, I immediately threw the helmet into the sheep's box and rushed out. 50 meters later, I met the traffic police, who were stopped and fined 3000 Riel, about 5 yuan. I asked weakly, "I'll keep this fine all day, no more fines,right?” Got a positive answer... At 40 degrees, wearing a helmet without safety factor...
The scenery along the way, stop the motorcycle, take out the mobile phone.
Angkor butterfly center, opened in 2009, is the largest and most comprehensive butterfly center in Southeast Asia. There are more than 30
Dongpuzhai butterfly shows the whole growth process of butterfly from egg, larva, cocoon to butterfly
This is a very rare experience for tourists. Although it's the largest in Southeast Asia, it's actually quite small, 200 square meters, but the butterflies inside are really beautiful. It's especially suitable for parents and children to visit, or with a better camera, because the photos are really beautiful!
In the center of the butterfly, I saw the butterfly just out of the pupa, trying to stretch its wings and make them dry and straight. It can be seen in the video that its wings are still bent, which is very dangerous at this time. Any natural enemy can easily eat it at this time, and this dangerous process will last for several hours.
He rode directly to the long corridor of Bafang temple. Bafang temple is located in Angkor City, northwest of bayong. Built between 1050 and 1066, it is the center of the third Angkor city in history. It is also the national temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva established by King udayadyebamo II of Zhenla. Bafang temple is a Xumishan temple, which consists of three layers of Xumishan terrace. It is the first building with a stone gallery and a central stone tower. There are two cross shaped Sutra pavilions connected by a passage above the ground. The Sutra pavilions have four arches. The platform is shaped like a golden pagoda, and there are a large number of exquisite floating rats on the corridors around it, which are drawn from Indian epics, reflecting the prosperous and developed culture at that time.
Car rental: 10 dollars for 12 hours, about 4 dollars of gas for a whole day. To rent a motorcycle in one place and wander around is the real travel I like. It's more free and I can stop and take photos everywhere. Put on sunscreen and set off. No matter how dark you are, you are not afraid.
This is my picture of the Royal Bath in the dry season. The Royal Bath was built in the 12th century. It is a man-made lake and a place for Royal bathing ceremony. There was a temple in the center, but now there is only a stone foundation. Royal Bath has always been for water, there is a large-scale beautiful platform, leading to the pool central platform is cross shaped, surrounded by giant snake railings and two squatting stone lions. The Royal Bath is the most beautiful at dusk in the rainy season, making it one of the best places to enjoy the sunset.
Angkor Wat's moat, as can be seen from Google maps, is surrounded by many paths on both sides of the moat, which has become a place for many Cambodian couples to watch the sunset in the evening. It's really romantic.
A little monkey bathing from the moat~
This is the only temple in Angkor city that does not check in. There are very few people at any time of the day, so it's very suitable for shooting.
In the evening, it was taken on the highland to the east of Bafang temple.
In the evening, I took photos at the pool on both sides of the long corridor of Bafang temple. Most of the buildings of Bafang temple have collapsed, so it is difficult to reach the top. However, a passage on the east side can lead to it. You can go straight along the passage, climb the first layer of tower stone steps, turn left, and circle the temple, so that the inkstone of the temple site can be on your right.
On the last morning, I wrote some postcards to my friends.
It's time to say goodbye... The international flight here starts 2 hours in advance It's 4-6 dollars to take a tux from downtown.
When you enter the interior of the bayong temple, remember to bring artificial lighting tools, such as hand-held e-commerce, because even at noon, it is dark inside. If you want to have a better understanding of the relief murals, you must patiently listen to the guide's explanation, because there are many different meanings in the relief murals. Listening to the explanation will help you better understand the bayong temple and Khmer culture. In the morning, the air is better, the light is better, and it is not hot. In the evening, there are fewer visitors, so you can choose to take photos in the morning and evening.
Smiling Khmer, this is the very intriguing bayong temple
Angkor Museum National It is necessary to go to the museum before visiting Angkor City, which can help you get a deeper understanding of Angkor's history and culture. A 12 dollar ticket. The earphone in this picture is a voice guide browsing tool. It's 3 dollars each. It's very necessary to rent one. See the guide is in Chinese, take it and go, the results open found!! Nanny? In Japanese
Angkor National Museum was built in 1920 by the French with red brick, for Khmer and European style pottery
Buildings. The museum, including the exhibition hall of art relics and pictures, displays more than 5000 fine works of Khmer religion, culture, art and other aspects from the 4th century to the 13th century. All of them are the representative works of Angkor Dynasty in various periods and are authentic. It's a good place to learn.
The east gate of Angkor Wat
I had no idea that the Royal Bath would be so big in the drought that there were fish and fishermen in the water
I began to think that he was reading a book in Angkor Wat. When I went back to look at the photos, I found that... What's that on my hand
Angkor tickets are divided into three categories: 8100 Riels for one day, 160000 Riels for three days and 240000 Riels for seven days (20 dollars for one day and 40 yuan for three days) $60 for seven days).
Angkor Wat saw a child, took a picture and rewarded him with a sugar, he was super happy
The kid who sold me postcards
A child in a temple
A scene seen in Angkor Wat
Here, ice brick is a very common commodity, because the red "refrigerator" on the roadside does not use electricity, but uses ice to cool down.
Bayong Temple
A lintel in the Queen's palace
Stone pillars in the Queen's Palace