Yes, I know after the travel agency tell you your $199 travel package is now $599 after adding holiday surcharge, peak period surcharge, airline fuel surcharge, tour guide tips etc... you really don't feel like spending another fifty or sixty dollars on some travel insurance anymore. But do you know it is actually a good idea to buy travel insurance? Because a good travel …

Day 3: Bakong - Lolei - Preah Ko - Lotus farm - Tonle Sap On our way to Tonle Sap, we came across a lotus farm/field/pond. With some little donation, the owner allowed us to walk about to take pictures. And I must say, the scene was simply breathtaking! I've never seen such a large area of lotus flowers before! It's just... WOW lor! And for those of you who don't know, …

Day 3: Bakong - Lolei - Preah Ko - Lotus farm - Tonle Sap No, the Roluos group is not yet another real estate company with property agents pestering you to sell your flat. It is a group of temples located at the Roluos, which was the first capital of the Khmer Empire. Surprisingly while these temples are supposed to be the oldest, as compared to other temples that King …

Day 2: Angkor Wat Sunrise - Banteay Srei - Banteay Kdei - Neak Pean - Ta Som - East Mebon - Preah Khan - Phrom Bakheng Sunset Phnom Bakheng is Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, and a symbolic representation of Mount Meru, home of the Hindu gods, and this status is further emphasized by it's location on top of a steep hill. The temple was built in a pyramid form of six tiers …

Nope, you don't need to be George Lucas or Michael Bay to film something these days. Anyone can film it, edit it, and upload it. And nope, you don't have to be Disney to produce some simple animation. All you need are the following: some moment of brainstorming the storyboard - you really think you better than George Lucas, can shoot right away arh? something to film with - …

Day 2: Angkor Wat Sunrise - Banteay Srei - Banteay Kdei - Neak Pean - Ta Som - East Mebon - Preah Khan - Phrom Bakheng Sunset Preah Khan was built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. And like the nearby Ta Prohm, Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, so again we see giant trees eating up the temple buildings. Preah Khan was built after King Jayavarman …

Day 2: Angkor Wat Sunrise - Banteay Srei - Banteay Kdei - Neak Pean - Ta Som - East Mebon - Preah Khan - Phrom Bakheng Sunset Banteay Kdei is a Buddhist temple built during the reign of Jayavarman VII, and it is in the Bayon architectural style, similar in plan to Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, but less complex and smaller. And Banteay Kdei is also the start of our Temples …

Day 2: Angkor Wat Sunrise - Banteay Srei - Banteay Kdei - Neak Pean - Ta Som - East Mebon - Preah Khan - Phrom Bakheng Sunset Banteay Srei is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, and is a distance away from the main temple area. So this also means you need to pay your tuk-tuk or car driver extra to bring you to this legendary pink temple. Banteay Srei is pink because …

White-chan has just learned something from his colleagues. You can't work and work and work lah, you need to take a break sometimes. That's why they decided to take a break today and go pay $4/hr carpark to eat a $38+++ high tea buffet at Shangri-la Hotel's Rose Veranda. The Rose Veranda is famous for their wide selection of tea. Very wide. So wide that reading the whole …

Day 1: Bayon - Baphuon - Leper King Terrace - Elephant Terrace - Ta Phrom - Ang Kor Wat Ah yes... some scenes in the trailer familiar right? Yap, the Tomb Raider did come to Siem Reap to film part of the story, Angelina Jolie did kick and jump around in the Angkor temples in the days and eat and drink in Pub Street in the nights. One temple especially made famous and even up …