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We spent a few days hiking in the beautiful Bergell-mountains. The air probably impressed me the most, it was fresh and cool. There were so many butterflies and flowers that I have never seen before. It was for me and my dear friend annika the purest relaxation oasis.

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best breakfast ever. 

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Next to Angkor Wat you can find Angkor Thom the second most famous temple. That one was the capital city of the Angkorian empire originally. It contains the city gate, Bayon temple, Baphuon temple, the heavenly palace, the elefant terrace and the terrace of the leper king. It's a very wide area. We visited the big area at the end, that's why we grew really tired and focused on getting to Bayon temple. That one was absolutely fantastic. On the third level there were 200 faces craved in sandstone, you got the feeling like you're being observed from every side! And never forget by what simple means the workers of their time had to build such amazing, architectively complex master pieces.

Nebed Angkor Wat isch Angkor Thom de zweitbekanntisti Tempel, es isch ursprünglich d'Hauptstadt vo Angkor gsi und beinhaltet s'Stadttor, de Bayon, Baphuon, de himmlischi Palast, d'Elefanteterrasse, d'Terrasse vom Leprakönig. Es wahnsinnig grosses Gebiet. De risigi Bereich hemmer am Schluss gmacht, mir sind richtig müed worde und hend vor allem no de Bayon wele gse. De isch absolut lohnenswert gsi. Uf de Ahöchi hend eus 200 steinerni Gsichter erwartet, mer het sgfühl gha mer wird immer vo jedere siite beobachtet! Und mer derf nie vergesse mit was für eifache grät die Mensche dazumal so es idrücklichs architektonischs Meisterwerch gschaffe hend!

　

　

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Afterwards we visited some small temples, among them Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm got quite famous through the movie Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie. He's famous for its giant wonderfully beautiful trees which dominate the whole temple building. It seemed like the trees were part of the temple itself and sometimes they stand right in the middle of rooms or temple paths and show their amazing, giant roots. It was incredibly impressing how those roots can just grow anywhere. The athmosphere was so special, all those temples are standing on 200 hectars of landscape surrounded by rain forrest with monkeys anywhere. We felt like we were exploring some magical fantasy world.

Es isch wiitergange mit chlinnere Tempel und under anderem de Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm isch bekannt worde dur de Film Tomb Raider, wo d'Angelina Jolie mitspilt. Er isch bekannt wege sine wunderschöne grosse Bäum wo de ganzi Tempel dominiered. Es het fast so gwürkt als würeds wele teil vom Tempel si und stönd mengisch zmitzt drin ine und zeiged ihri wunderschöne risige Wurzle. Es isch wahnsinnig beidruckend gsi, wie die Wurzle über alles chönd inewachse. Dstimmig isch total speziell gsi, all die Tempel befindet sich uf 200 Hektar Land veteilt, überall Urwald, Affe und es het eus eifach vezauberet. :)

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In a smaller temple named Banteay Kdei we passed a small room with a Buddha and a sitting female monk in front of it. As soon as we entered she handed us a incense stick and told us we should pray to Buddha now for good luck. So we did it and afterwards she put a fine whoolen bracelet around our left wrist while praying for a long life for us.

Imne chlinnere Tempel namens Banteay Kdei simmer bimne Durchgang verbi cho, wo en Buddha gstande isch und devor isch e alti Mönchin gsesse. Si het eus sofort es Räucherstäbli id Händ druckt und gseit mir söled zum Buddha bette, das wirdi eus Glück bringe. Das hemmer denn au gmacht und nachher het si eus beidne es Bändeli umebunde, eus gsegnet und für es langs Lebe für eus bittet.

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Prasat Kravan

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Imitating chinese tourists in their photograph poses...

Am di chinesische Touriste imitiere...

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Today our TukTuk driver picked us up at 8 o'clock and first brought us to a big building where we could purchase a one day ticket for the temples. There was even a picture of us on the ticket! Then we started our journey on the sprawling area of Angkor. We started with the most famous temple of Cambodia. Angkor Wat, the biggest religious building of the whole world! We were not disappointed, after we watched a documentation yesterday about the incredibly great work of all those workers who had to build the whole thing in 35 years only, we were absolutely amazed. It's really like heaven on earth, like king Suryavarman II wanted it to be, so he can certainly go to heaven after his death. The temple is divided into different galleries, each with its own hinduistic storys and legends carved into sandstone. Around Angkor Wat is a giant moat and imagine that the whole temple was built without one bit of cement! So Angok Wat is absolutely impressive and definitely worth a visit.

Hüt simmer am 8i vo eusem Tuktukfahrer im Hotel abgholt worde und er het eus denn zersh zumne risige Gebäude bracht womer hend müse euse Tagespass löse. De Pass het sogar euses Foti druff gha! Nachher simmer denn los uf das risige Gländ vo Angkor. Eusi Reis het bim berüemtiste Tempel vo Cambodia agfange. Angkor Wat, sgrösste religiöse Bauwerch vode ganze Welt! De Tempel het eus nöd enttüscht, nachdem mer gester e Doku über die unglaublichi Leistig vo all dene Arbeiter gluegt hend wo das hend müse i 35 Jahr erschaffe, simmer eifach nume unglaublich beidruckt gsi. Es isch wahrlich de Himmel uf Erde, wie's de König Suryavarman II. bezeichnet het, demit er au ja in Himmel chan cho. De ganzi Tempel isch i Galerie underteilt mit vill veschidene Sandsteireliefs. Die Reliefs verzeled veschideni Gschichte und Epene usm Hinduismus. Angkor Wat isch umghä vomne risige Wassergrabe und stelled eu vor, de ganzi Tempel isch mit null Zement boue worde! Absolut lohnenswert und so beidruckend.