Trip Cambodia-Laos ( Part 2 - Angkor Wat )

Hari kedua di Siem Reap, jam 5.30 pagi kami dijemput dari hotel oleh driver tuk-tuk kami, Nasri. Kami nak mengejar kan sunrise sebenarnya. Perjalanan tak jauh sangat, tapi sejuk sangat ditiup angin waktu subuh-subuh tu. Akak tak ingat dah repeat Angkor Wat ni dah brapa kali..

Sebelum sampai ke Angkor Wat, kami dibawa ke tempat kaunter tiket Angkor Wat dan diambil gambar sekali dimasukkan dalam tiket kami. Bayarannya ialah 20usd.

Tetiba... teringat pulak nak tanya korang... Tau tak apa maknanya Siem reap tu? hmmm... Siem Reap, maksudnya 'Siam telah jatuh'... dulunya adalah sebahagian dari Thailand, tapi selepas perang, Siem Reap telah ditawan oleh Cambodia. Terjadinya perebutan itu ialah kerana adanya Angkor Wat, sebuah Archeological Park yang telah diiktiraf sebagai UNESCO World Heritage pada tahun 1992. Maka itu, Siem Reap dinamakan Siem Reap Kingdoms of Cambodia. 

Tour guide angkor wat ini bagai meminta-minta untuk diambil servis nya. Kami pun rasa kesian dan setuju untuk ambil dia jadi tour guide kami dalam angkor wat dengan bayaran 20usd.

Puas kami menunggu sunrise, namun matahari tidak muncul. Agak frust jugalah rasanya. Cuaca sangat berkabus tika itu..

Sedih melihatkan anak-anak tempatan ini mencari sesuatu di tong sampah..

Angkor Wat (Khmer "Capital Temple") is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world, with site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 sq meters). It was originally constructed as a Hindu temple for the Khmer Empire, gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple toward the end of the 12th century. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yaśodharapura (Khmer present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Breaking from the Shaiva tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to Vishnu. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.

Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west; scholars are divided as to the significance of this. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls.

The modern name, Angkor Wat, means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer; Angkor, meaning "city" or "capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor (នគរ), which comes from the Sanskrit word nagara (Devanāgarī: नगर). Wat is the Khmer word for "temple grounds", also dervied from Sanskrit vāṭa (Devanāgarī: वाट), meaning "enclosure". (source)

 Kami mula memasuki ke dalam Angkor Wat dan diberi penerangan..

Ok, bila dah puas rasanya menerokai kisah-kisah yang digambarkan melalui ukiran-ukiran di batu dinding dalam angkor wat ni sambil bergambar-gambar, kami pun meninggalkan angkor wat ini. Banyak lagi temple yang lain..antaranya Bayon Temple, Ta Prohm (tempat shooting cerita lakonan Angelina Jolie) dan lain-lain...

 Ada elephant ride juga, tapi akak tak naik dah kali ini sebab trip yang dulu dah pernah naik. Kalau tak silap, bayarannya ialah antara 15usd-20usd seorang.

 Dahaga sungguh...

Lega dapat air kelapa yang besar ni... 1usd sebiji...

Ok, kami balik duluuuu... penatnyaaa... :))

okeyyy... sambungannya nanti story ke Battambang pula, selepas akak balik dari India ye, in shaa Allah... nak siap-siap ke airport pulak ni... tungguuuuuu....

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