Cambodia - Siem Reap (Part 1)

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Kali ini akak nak bercerita tentang pengalaman akak bercuti ke Siem Reap, Cambodia baru-baru ini....

Akak berlepas ke Siem Reap pada 15/8/2014...

check-in.. 
  dengan flight AK540 


Sebelum boarding, breakfast lah dulu... pekena nasi lemak... nanti lapar.. sampai sana dah petang... alhamdulillah...

muka dah kenyang tu.. hik.. :))

oh ye..sebelum tu nak bagi tau... yang akak memang buat research jugak sebelum pergi tu.. antaranya terjah blog orang lain..heee..  thanks to JM.. blog sis penuh dengan info berguna.. 

Alhamdulillah...dah selamat sampai ke airport Siem Reap :)

     SIEM REAP

Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and a popular resort town as the gateway to Angkor region.

The name Siem Reap translates literally to the 'Defeat of Siam'—today’s Thailand—and refers to the centuries-old conflict between the Siamese and Khmer peoples. Under the rule of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 18th century, it was referred to as Nakhom Siam.

According to oral tradition, the name was given by King Ang Chan (1516–1566) as “Siem Reap”, meaning “the flat defeat of Siam” (Cambodians call Siam or Thailand “Siem”). It was because of Ang Chan's victory against a Siamese invasion, slaying Prince Ong, and capturing no less than 10,000 Siamese troops.

The story was told that King Ang Chan of Cambodia tried to assert further independence from Siam. The Siamese also had been through internal trouble themselves during these years. King Chairacha was poisoned by his concubine, Lady Sri Sudachan, who committed adultery with a commoner, Worawongsathirat, while he was on a campaign against Chiang Mai. Sudachan then raised Worawongsathirat to the throne. The nobles hated Worawongsathirat and lured the usurper and his family to a place outside the city where he was assassinated, together with Sudachan and a new-born daughter, during the royal family's procession by barge to see a white elephant (allegedly just captured). The nobles then invited Prince Thianracha, who was a monk in a monastery, to give up that role and ascend the throne under the title of King Maha Chakkraphat (1548–1569). Being informed of the internal troubles in Ayutthaya, King Ang Chan attacked Prachin Buri in 1549 and successfully took away its Siamese inhabitants. There he obtained information that of Maha Chakkraphat's coronation, signaling that the question of succession in Ayutthaya had thus been settled. Ang Chan therefore retreated and did not advance any further. King Maha Chakkraphat was very angry at this, but his hands were tied, because the Burmese had just come by way of the Three Pagodas Pass; they took Kanchanaburi and Suphanburi, and appeared in front of Ayutthaya.

Because King Ang Chan refused to give King Maha Chakkraphat a white elephant when he asked for it, it is indicated that Ang Chan declined any symbol of vassalage to Siam. Maha Chakkraphat's attention was now turned towards Cambodia. He put Prince Ong, the governor of Sawankhalok and Srey’s son, in charge of an expedition against Cambodia. Ang Chan counter-attacked, and shot Prince Ong dead on an elephant’s back, and his army routed the Siamese and captured no less than 10,000 Siamese troops. It was because of this victory over Siamese the that King Ang Chan renamed the battleground as “Siem Reap” meaning “the flat defeat of Siam”.


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sampai je kami... diberi refreshments.. alhamdulillah..

 

inilah dia rupa bentuk lobby hotel ini...

Kami refresh dan bersolat dulu sebelum kami dijemput oleh driver tuk tuk, Mr.S yang kami tempah pakej tuk tuk nya untuk 4H3M...untuk keluar menjalankan aktiviti yang pertama iaitu ke Tonle Sap.

Jommm..ikuti kami ke.. 
Tonle Sap...The Floating Market.. Cambodia - Siem Reap (Part2)