Visiting ANGKOR WAT in CAMBODIA 2024 🇰🇭 (What's It Like Right Now?)
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Today we're visiting Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples in Siem Reap, but what is it like here in 2023?
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Angkor Wat and it's surroundings were incredible ♥️ honestly well worth the hype and a MUST visit, here's why 🤩
Bravo = excellent video - I have seen many videos of this area but your presentation is by far the best I seen. You make it look effortless but you know it took a lot of work. Or else others would be doing as well as you. Cudos sir. Tip of the hat and a respectful bow.
50% of ticket sales go to the pockets of Hun Sen and his minions
Drones not allowed at the temples I have read paddy ?
I really miss the Siem Reap vibe and I googled it. Finally, it's your video. Thank you and I think I should visit soon.
I am preparing to travel around SE Asia, and from all material on youtube, your is the best!
Regards from Serbia
Just been to this amazing place for the second time. The biggest religious complex on Earth. The main temple, Angkor Wat is four times the size of the Vatican. And the entire city used more stones than all the Egyptian pyramids together, and covered an area larger than todays Paris.
It hadbeen build for 40 years lmao amazing my anchestor ❤️🇰🇭 Amazing to be a Cambodian
@@avatarlovers possibly more than 40 years , and think of the man power involved that too with all should be precise on carving ,damn . This is the greatest of greatest of greatest of architecture ever ever ever built on earth.
I feel like Ta Prom is everyone's favourite temple. For me, it shows you the power of nature and how it'll take over long after we're gone but at the same time, it also shows the harmony of how we could embrace nature into our life and create masterpieces.
Yes it’s my favorite
I miss Amok curry’s and Cambodian people. Beautiful place
I think i should clarify, since there are some people that believes angkor was “abandoned from the world, hidden deep in the jungle”...well.....”...deep in the jungle” yes, but abandoned...never. although the capital moved to another area in the country, angkor still had people traveling through it. Henri Mouhot helped popularized it, but he wasnt the first foreigner to be in angkor (and he never claimed to be the first either). In fact, wall paintings found on angkor temple itself indicated that Holland had ships sailing into angkor. The date was estimate to be from the 15th or 16th century (i forgot). Among Holland, there were other european ships found on the wall.
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Bayan temple was my favourite when I visited! I loved the giant heads looking over the whole temple.
Bayon was my fav too. The bas reliefs of 13th century Khymer life are so cool.
Loved visiting Angkor Wat! The Cambodian people are so friendly.
I visited there in 1996, It was stunning. Back in the day there were not any constructions and the temples were in good shape, It was pure beautiful !
BEWARE TEMPLE OVERLOAD
I bought a 3 day pass and saw all the temples I'd listed to see, it was amazing. My tiny hotel provided a driver and after 2 full days, I'd seen my Bucket List, so paid the driver to have the day off! Siem Reap is a nice little town to stroll around too. Great video Paddy!
It's impossible not to fall in love with this stunning place. Did you know that Cambodians and expats who have been living here for two years don't have to pay 🤠
Lovely video Paddy, beautiful ❤️ place 🇰🇭 respect from England 🇬🇧🙏
We visited in 2008 and it really was an unforgettable experience. It’s worth investing in a guide book if you’re interested in the details - on the first day we visited Ankor Watt, Ta Phrom, Ankhor Thom and my personal favourite, The Bayon. On the second day, we went further afield to see some of the lesser known places. It remains one of the most amazing places I’ve ever visited. Lovely video Paddy (I’ve watched it twice!). The six armed statue is of the Hindu god Vishnu btw.
In 2008 I wasn't born yet 😅
believe it or not
History of the Khom people
They are Thai ancestors. He ordered the construction of Angkor Wat.
is the inventor of the Khom script which is adapted from the Indian script
The KHOM people are not Khmer.
The KHOM people are the ancestors of Siam.
Ancient stone inscriptions in Burma called the Siamese as KHOM.
This is a problem that Everyone wants all the truth.
It is now 2023.
@@neoflynow1130 bruh search up Google u will know
@@neoflynow1130 Wikipedia said khom is Khmer 🤨
@@neoflynow1130 Typically brainwashed thai but nevermind :)
The Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia is one of the largest Hindu temples in the world. The temple was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, but was later converted to a Buddhist temple. It is considered the largest religious monument in the world, covering an area of over 162 hectares (400 acres).
~Chat Gpt
Spent a week exploring Angkor Wat and surrounding area way back in 2004 right after experiencing the tsunami on a Southern beach in Thailand. What an amazing place it is. From your previous video I can see that the tourist infrastructure has changed a lot and there is vastly more of it. Probably will revisit the area in the next couple of years. Thanx for the reminders and showing what it’s like there now
Thanks for sharing
Hi Paddy. Great video thanks. You're right it's easy to spend a lot of time at the Temples. I got a 3 day pass, spread over 5 days so I could rest and do other things in between days. If you go to the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng museum in Phnom Penh it's very upsetting but you have to go, out of respect for the victims. I was in tears at one point, truly. I only took a photo of the gates of each place. When I got inside I didn't feel comfortable taking pics. It is a solemn experience. Get the both of them done in one day and then you can recover emotionally. It's amazing how beautiful the Khmer people are when you consider their tragic history. Thanks, Simon.
Not been to Cambodia before, but it looks stunning. Definitely on the bucket list. Cheers Paddy
I have been there 14 years old when I just graduated from college, and I’m taking my husband there later this year. Angkor wat is really beautiful and amazing.
Hi pad, oviasly...you didn't know that Angkor is an Hindu complex. The Buddhists came later and recaved it and placed Buddha statues. But the heads and older carvings are Hindu! And they also found 'lingams' in the rubble! So...🤗😉✌🏻✊🏻
I love how you’ve captured the serenity of the place !!
Thanks for visiting Cambodia Paddy 😊! We hope you had a wonderful time here and enjoyed our ancient city Siem Reap. As I am Cambodian I still get goosebumps every time I visit Angkor Wat and other temples in Angkor national park area😍.
You have such an amazing country and special people
You hv such a creepy place there 🤣
The temple with the huge tree, that's nicknamed the "Tomb Raider" temple as it was used in the movie.
Hey Paddy so glad you are enjoying Angkor Wat!!Thanks for taking us on a great adventure. Yes Cambodia is so lucky to have these temples in their country.
Something so magical about the mossy stones, the carvings, the tree roots, the sound of the birds. Really hope I get to see it for myself some day
Thanks Paddy . Another one to add to my bucket list. Stunning.
Way back was there in 2001. Spend two full days there. It bring back good old memory after 22 years later. Must plan again to ride back there again. It just great feeling of lost time in the world
Welcome and thank you for visiting Cambodia 🇰🇭🙏 Have a beautiful holiday!
Really enjoyed this video! It gave me some good ideas how to properly VLOG this amazing heritage site. Really love this video series and getting to hear your take on Cambodia. I hope you come back!
Enjoy your beautiful day! Thank you so much for spending time in Cambodia
I have been to the Angkor Wat Temples 25 years ago and spent a whole week to see them all.
It was truely amazing when you see the sun rising over the Angkor Wat , smell the flowers and plants and listen to the birds waking up at 5.30 am in the morning .
Definately a must do on every Globetrotters bucket list !!!
I spent a whole day just at Angkor Wat itself. If you start to look at all the intricate carvings in the walls of the outer corridors, it can take very long, because each side of the quadrangle is something like a full kilometer long, and every inch of the walls is full of elaborate carvings that tell a story. I hired a Park Service professional. It was not that much-- if I recall, it was $65 per day, and I used his services for two days. He picked me up at my hotel in a nice air-conditioned Toyota Camry and took me all around, and even stopped for lunch at nice local restaurants. If you want to see all the temples in the surrounding area, you really need four days or more. He also took me to a craft shop in the city of Siem Reap where local poor youth from the surrounding countryside are trained in arts and crafts skills to make various artistic souvenir pieces, and some of them are quite accomplished now. It was fascinating to see how the art was made, and of course there is a store where you can buy authentically produced art and craft pieces at all various price ranges. Some of it is very stunning.
Great video! I was here just last week and managed to squeeze 11 temples into 2 days - exhausting but so worth it! They all have their own unique elements and even one of them alone would be worth the visit. I had a similar reaction of just staring at everything, jaw on the floor the whole time. Truly spectacular.
Not only an awesome, humungous temple; but you've just got the eye for the right picture, Paddy - respect!!
Headed to Angkor Wat in March. Excellent vid.
Superb video Paddy! Ankor Wat complex was always someplace I know I needed to visit at some point, but your video made me realize I need to put it more towards the top of my bucket list. Gorgeous!👌
Awesome video! I was there 15 years ago and did all the temples in three days. There is so much to see. I was also amazed at Angkor Wat in its entirety. You'll never forget it. Thanks for letting me relive my time by this awesome footage. A must see for sure! I like the time lapse at the end. I also saw the sunset from that viewpoint and it wasn't overly great.. no crane at that time. I also woke up super early to catch the sunrise over Angkor Wat itself, which was pretty spectacular.
Wow what a special place it looked amazing. I really like how you showed us the surrounding temples aswell instead of just the main one.
More to add to our bucket list 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Mark, it's a special place!
I visited Ta Prom and Angkor Wat back in 2011. It was awesome to see them again on your video today! You are having a nice day man! Cheers.
THANK YOU, Paddy, THANK YOU ! Wonderful video ! I'm hoping, but may not make it there, so this was great to see ! Happy travels !! 👍
Make sure to check out Kampot if you haven’t already paddy! It’s lovely. We stayed at The Hideaway, it was just out of town on the river, the owners are lovely. If you don’t stay there I recommend a sunset drink or for a swim
Thank you for the video, Paddy! And please do it more.. Lovely to see it through your eyes, and heart as well... I literally was here a couple of weeks ago and my God.. It was unbelievable.. Can't wait to come back again one day! ♥
Wow, wow, wow. If this wasn't already on my bucket list, it certainly would after seeing your video. I can only imagine it looks even more spectacular in person, especially the Tomb Raider temple and those trees!
Places like this are simply amazing. And that final shot - fabulous!!
incredible!
Ta Prohm is just magical, with the jungle providing a beautiful serene soundtrack.
Just got back from Cambodia and Ta Prom was my favorite by far. The weight of history was very heavy there and inspired a sense of awe you don't often feel these days.
The most stunning piece of history, I have ever visited myself Paddy, thanks for bringing back great memories. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Very nice guide. Stuff we wouldn't have known if you hadn't stepped up to show it to us.
Thanks so much for all your efforts, Paddy. Definitely putting this one on the list!
Glad it was helpful! this place was a MUST
Angkor Wat is an amazing remnant of the past. Thank you for your effort in bringing us here.
Wow. What an amazing place.
Just added to my bucket list.
Thank you for making this video Paddy.
Rob and Benci, Toronto, Canada.
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Hi Paddy, I’ve really been enjoying your Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia series. I’m planning a trip to all 3 so it’s been very helpful and wonderful to watch. Thanks for sharing 😊
My pleasure 🥰
Love your video so much! The best video I ever since
Hi again Pat! Glad to see you are relaxing and enjoying yourself.Lower your stress level. Your pictures are still amazing! Keep it up...
Glad to see Cowboy again, I hope his kid is ok 🙏.
I followed up, he is just fine
@@PaddyDoyle. Glad to hear that
@@PaddyDoyle. any way to get in touch with him? I am planning to visit Siem Riep in March, would like to use the tour service and support him...
Thank You for showing us that awesome historical place. 👍❤️
Such a spectacular episode paddy,temples were beautifuj
Hi Paddy..what a beautiful spot..enjoyed this video Thank you..well done.. be safe xo
It amazed me , too, when I visited back in 2011 that no signs, “Do Not Touch”. Amazing to walk through but oils on people’s hands can be detrimental. This was my favourite, too. Angkor Wat was crowded when we were there so you were lucky!
Ever since seeing this about 10 years ago and on Tomb raider it is so magical and I haven’t been there yet … But wow thank you for showing us this spectacular place and I will definitely be visiting this site soon . Loving your journey in Cambodia 🇰🇭…
Glad you enjoyed it!
Outstanding video where you didn't let your personality get in the way and I felt like I was really there. In Asia now so I'll see it next month and now I'm much more prepared! Thanks so much 💕
While in Siem Reap, go for excellent Khmer food at Malis. Mango salad, beef sour soup, and freshly baked fish were so so good. Get the palm fruit dessert also. YUM. The Malis in Phnom Penh sucked big time. Go to One More Restaurant instead if you are in PP.
I was looking forward to this one. Thanks, it was great. I can't wait to go.
Hope you enjoy it!
amazing! thanks for giving us an in person view, so amazing to see the perfect symmetry on this building, what an advanced people they were.
I researched Ancor Wat , it was found in a jungle of exotic plants , when they cleared away the jungle they discovered a metropolis of farming villages with a complex system of aqueducts completely surrounding the many temples , all overgrown and swallowed by the jungle
Ta Prom was my favorite as well, by far. And we were lucky, did it the 1st thing in the morning with barely 10 people on the grounds. Was perfect.
Absolutely stunning 🙏
Thank you! Cheers!
An amazing place, lucky enough to have had the chance to visit Angkor Wat.
I don't usually like to get tour guides but for Angkor Wat it was a must I believe, they are so well educated on the subject and the place has so many hidden stories and information.
Excellent work on letting us viewers experience this awesome place of ancient humanity. Love your ‘style’, low-keyed reverence and respect for a tremendous cultural ply important place. Many thanks….
The 1000 Lingas is not too far away, and is amazing. 1000 Lingas carved into an active river bed, all coming from a small spring on the top of a mountain. Unreal experience.
@@_Alfa.Bravo_ Maybe an hour in car? I've done the drive, loads to see on the way there.
You said just enough !!! You know when to let the camera talk. Excellent work getting the feel of the place out to all of us.
The site is magical and incredible Khmer art ! Murals are superb 😍
Thanks Paddy !
My pleasure 😊
Paddy we’ve visited Ankor Wat twice, and will go again. Such a beautiful interpretation why we love it so much.
As an English learner, I love your English accent. Anyway, thank you for showing us to the world. You may also check the Southern part of Cambodia(Kampot, Kep, Sihanoukvile, Koh Kong), and the Northeast part of Cambodia(Mondulkiri, Ratanak Kiri).
Absolutely beautiful and right up my street. Must go sometime.
I was there just after the lockdown were over. There weren't that many people. Incredible place!!!
Thanks for the video on angkor wat
Just Epic, so beautiful and amazing Paddy, you are inspiring me to get off social media and go travel exploring again. Awesome video very much enjoyed it. Looking forward to more.
You should!
Angkor is a magnificent place. It's like a labyrinth, where you can lose yourself for days, maybe weeks. There is more laying beneath our feet, to be discovered. Some of the smaller buildings at the main temple are built on top of older ones. It's was revealed thanks to modern ground scanning technology. I hope you are enjoying your time in Cambodia.
Thank you for making amazing videos in our country 🇰🇭
From the moment I subscribed to this channel at the beginning, and you went to your first temple, I have been waiting for this vlog. I went to Angkor Wat in 2012, and it remains one of the most amazing places I have ever been to. You lucked out with the low crowds at the main temple. Good you didn't go at sunrise, which was overrun with tourists. And how about the monkeys? There were a few near the entrance when I went. I also got lost in Ta Pram (Tomb Raider temple). Thank you for this! Top vlog, Paddy. 🙏🛕
Exciting! I will be visiting there next weekend!
Paddy my friend, thrilled you finally went to see Angkor Wat, all thru your Cambodia vids I'm like, 'why Paddy not visit most visited site, Angkor Wat' but that first site you went, so visually impressive and just wow, Tuk Tuk driver really went above and beyond so you see it as well, before main site. Just superb that tree even grew like that. Loved the latest video, Paddy, always can count on you to share your experiences (even the 'secret' sunset spot with a meh view) crowded, still beautiful and thank you for sharing with me-and us-loved it. Stay Safe and healthy!
The beauty kind of got me emotional. We'll be there next week! Thanks Paddy! 🙏
Hiya Paddy. Your videos always have great content. So good to see you went with cowboy again. You will change his life with your videos.
You're a legend. You have a big heart of gold.
Love the tour of all the magical places. Always feel I am alongside you.
Great narration around. The temple with the tree. Wow.
That is great for free food. I hope his child was ok.
Loving the narration. Love hearing the history of all the places. Great video.
Thanks Nicky ☺️
I really enjoyed to see the temple's again! It was one destination of our honeymoon trip and we loved it!
Good you visit Angkor Wat
I love your outlook on this because when I went there I felt very similar vibes. It’s absolutely stunning in nature has melted into the temples and created such a masterpiece. I can only imagine what it was like when people were living there and where they had to go to poop. Thank you good sir.
Great vid, Paddy!
You know, there are even more temples deep in the jungle that were still part of the ancient city. We were taken to temple, that had just been rediscovered a year or two prior. No restoration had yet been done. It was a jumble of giant carved stones covered in moss and vines under the canopy. It was fascinating to see.
Glad you’re love Cambodia
Very well made videos Paddy. You know when to be respectful and when to enjoy yourself.
I’m very happy to see this video from you thank you 🙏 so much for your support of Cambodia
Thank you so much Paddy for this video.
So amazing!
Welcome, welcome, thank you for visiting Cambodia 🙏🇰🇭
From the toon , great video 👍😉🇬🇧
Thank you 🙏 Angkor / Cambodia 🇰🇭 is a must visit.
Visited last week and it was such a dream come true. Truly an amazing place.
Wife and I visited Angkor at Christmas 2009. We did three days. Was hotter than hot. Siem Reap has grown tremendously since then. I recall for the busier sites like Ta Proem and the Bayon, there was a set pathway to keep the flow of visitors in check. The other, less confined temples you were free to explore on your own. Definitely recommend hiring one of the certified guides -- they aren't that expensive. They give valuable insight into some of the history and they know "where to go".
believe it or not
History of the Khom people
They are Thai ancestors. He ordered the construction of Angkor Wat.
is the inventor of the Khom script which is adapted from the Indian script
The KHOM people are not Khmer.
The KHOM people are the ancestors of Siam.
Ancient stone inscriptions in Burma called the Siamese as KHOM.
This is a problem that Everyone wants all the truth.
It is now 2023.
Absolutely. Some people skimp off getting guides, but having a good guide makes a world of a difference and makes the entire experience more meaningful. Also, it's important to do your research about the history of the temples to make the experience more enriching.
Nobody believes this fake information. The Khom people are Khmer people.@@neoflynow1130
I’m proud to say, that I’m Cambodian 🇰🇭
Angkor has stay with me in my heart ❤️ it's incredible how some places just make such an impact ✨️ this was for me one of the most incredible things I have ever done.
Thank you for sharing!