{"id":1965,"date":"2011-02-08T17:29:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2015-12-15T01:50:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T00:50:57","slug":"touriste-a-siem-reap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/touriste-a-siem-reap-20110208\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist in Siem Reap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Siem Reap is the town next to the Angkor temples in Cambodia. My previous visits here go back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southeastasia.fr\/03_vietnam_laos_cambodge_2001\/03_cambodge2001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2001<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southeastasia.fr\/05_cambodge_thailande_2003\/01_cambodge2003\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2003<\/a>. It was crowded already. But then, uh... it just took on a whole new dimension. The traditional \"sunset\" in Bakheng Hill is worth the detour.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>We can manage to take some pictures that make believe a temple in ruins little frequented ...<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1966\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1966\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset on the Bakheng Hill Temple. Siem Reap, Cambodia. February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-385x257.jpg 385w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset on the Bakheng Hill Temple. Siem Reap, Cambodia. February 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the reality, at sunset, between 5 and 6:30 pm, is more like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1967\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002.jpg\" alt=\"Bakheng Hill Temple. Siem Reap, Cambodia. February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-002-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Impressive, right? Don't be afraid... \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>The temples are very beautiful, despite us tourists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd of tourists is waiting for sunset on the Bakheng Hill temple. Siem Reap, Cambodia. February 2011.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007.jpg 700w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-007-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That said, I knew what to expect, in terms of traffic, when I came back here... And I could already see, in two tuk-tuk rides and a short walk back to the guesthouse, that Siem Reap has changed a lot in ten years. Big ugly hotels have sprung up everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I'm glad to be here, back under the Asian skies. But I'm too tired tonight to do more. Tomorrow, first day of temple visits... I'll be back very soon to show you all this!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siem Reap is the town next to the Angkor temples in Cambodia. I've been here before, in 2001 and 2003. It was crowded even then. But now, uh... it's taken on a whole new dimension. The traditional sunset at Bakheng Hill is well worth the detour.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[67,76,124],"class_list":["post-1965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voyage-cambodge-thailande-2011","tag-temple","tag-cambodge","tag-angkor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003.jpg?wsr","tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003.jpg?wsr",700,467,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-700x700.jpg?wsr",700,700,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-250x250.jpg?wsr",250,250,true],"medium":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003-390x260.jpg?wsr",390,260,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003.jpg?wsr",700,467,false],"large":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/SiemReap-003.jpg?wsr",700,467,false],"default":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"8 February 2011","get_modified_date":"15 December 2015","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":130,"name":"Cambodge et Tha\u00eflande - f\u00e9vrier 2011","slug":"voyage-cambodge-thailande-2011","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":135,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Voyage au Cambodge et en Tha\u00eflande. 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