A Travel Memory

Today is free topic, so I wrote about Combodia trip. This blog's content is same with my Basic Writing class's document. However, I'd like to tell you this memory, because Cambodia is my favorite place.



My best travel memory is going Cambodia. I went to Cambodia as a trip for a week last March. I wanted to visit Angkor-wat, before being National Defense Academy student. So I stayed in Siem Reap, famous for Angkor-wat. When I decided to go to Cambodia, my parents didn’t agree with my plan, because as you know, Cambodia is recognized as a dangerous country. However, I really wanted to go.

The most fearful thing was in Vietnam. There was no direct flight between Narita and Siem Reap, I had to change airplanes at Ho Chi Minh airport, Vietnam. I didn’t hear any Japanese there. The airport used English and Chinese. If I missed the airplane, I had to give up. After about for 8 hours flight, I arrived at Siem Reap airport in the evening. The airport was very small, and it was hot. The temperature was around 40 degrees everyday I stayed. I moved to a hotel. The hotel was great . I was surprised as soon as I entered the hotel and I was satisfied its facilities. They could provided even Japanese food ( however, I didn’t eat. ) . Those were all of the 1st day.

The 2nd day and the 3rd day were adventure days. On the 2nd day, I saw a sunrise at Angkor-wat. I went to all of both Angkor-wat and Angkor-tom. Angkor-wat is an ancient temple, and Angkor-tom is an ancient capital city. In addition, I rode an elephant and an auto tricycle. I climbed a mountain and the remains. I walked and walked. I ate Cambodian food. I drank Angkor beer and some fresh juice. I visited to War-museum, Landmine-museum and Killing-field. I also could shoot a real AK47. I experienced various things. I had a good time.

And more, I saw many things. For example, there were children in the remains. They came and asked to me just only “This is 1 dollar. Buy it.” Some children even spoke Japanese to get money. 1 dollar is not expensive for us, but in there, they can eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. Everything is different from our common sense there. I want to go again.