Cambodia, a solo trip through modern Angkor

 Cambodia

April 5th-9th

Siem Reep  

Siem Reep is the small gateway city to the ancient Angkor temples and monuments. The city is about five kilometers from the Angkor UNESCO world heritage site which contains Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom. The temples and palaces were built around the 12th century by the great Khmer empire and used as their capital for many years.

 I rented a bicycle and explored the ruins. It was one of the most impressive places I've ever been. The ancient architecture is all encompassing and unbelievably vast. I ate at several small restaurants inside the city and the surrounding area. Cambodian food is similar to Thai food but more basic.     


シェムリアップ

シェムリアップはアンコール・ワット、アンコール・トムなどを含むアンコール遺跡群の観光拠点となっている。 アンコール遺跡群は１９９２年に世界遺産として登録された。僕はかりた自転車でアンコール遺跡群を探検した。この遺跡はほとんどクメール王朝時代（１０世紀末-１３世紀初）に建てられた。

The entrance to Angkor 

アンコールの出入り口

The triple headed gateway

Angkor Wat

Carvings of the ancient Khmer battles

The hallways of Angkor Wat

Angkor Thom

Angkor Thom

Incense placed at the top corridor of the temple

プリヤ・カーン (Preah Khan) は、カンボジアにあるアンコール遺跡の一つで、仏教とヒンドゥー教の習合寺院です。

Preah Khan is a Hindu temple built in the 12th century. It is located inside the Angkor Wat UNESCO park and is just north of Angkor Thom.

Preah Khan

Phnom Penh

 Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia and has been since the French Colonial days. Unfortunately during the bloody days of the Khmer Rouge the city was completely deserted aside from a few military establishments and prisons. Now the city has around 1.5 million inhabitants and feels like an up and coming Asian economic hub.

 プノンペンは、カンボジアの首都で、特別市です。僕は三日間いろいろなお寺や博物館を見た。同じ旅館で泊まっている人たちと仲良くして一緒に観光地を見に行った。とても楽しかった。でもキリング・フィールドっていうところに受けた印象ほど鮮やかに心に残るものはない。キリング・フィールドは、ポル・ポト政権下のカンボジアで、大量虐殺が行われた刑場跡の俗称です。現在は博物館と記念館となっています。ほんとうに泣かされてしまった。

Wolfgang, my German hostel roommate

Best Kebab in Asia!

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields (Khmer: វាលពិឃាត viel pi-kʰiet) are a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the communist Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1970–1975).
Analysis of 20,000 mass grave sites by the DC-Cam Mapping Program and Yale University indicate at least 1,386,734 victims of execution. Estimates of the total number of deaths resulting from Khmer Rouge policies, including disease and starvation, range from 1.7 to 2.5 million out of a 1975 population of roughly 8 million. In 1979, communist Vietnam invaded Democratic Kampuchea and toppled the Khmer Rouge regime.

The beautiful National Museum

 

Phnom Penh