I-Siem Reap ngumzi kwiphondo elifanayo kwintsimi yaseCambodia . Imbali yayo ihambelana ngokusondeleyo nakwimvelaphi yoBukumkani baseKhmer. Ngubani owaziyo ukuba yiyiphi ikamva le ndawo, ukuba ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-9 leminyaka, uJayavarman II, akazange azibize ngokuthi ngu-devaraj, unkulunkulu wamakhosi emazweni akhe. Kukholelwa ukuba kukho ngeli xesha ubukhosi bukaKhmer bubonakala. Ndiyabulela ukuba umlawuli wasendulo waqala ukwakhiwa kwegrandiose, kukho ezininzi izinto zakudala eziseduze naseC Siem Reap. Eyona nto inomdla kuzo zonke iindawo ezinxuwa zedolophu yakudala yase-Angkor, efihlakeleyo ehlathini ekuphumeni kwamehlo eminyaka.
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Ulwazi jikelele
Njengoko kuchazwe ngasentla, isixeko saseC Siem Reap sisondele kwelinye lezona ziqheno eziphambili zaseCambodia - izakhiwo zetempile zaseAngkor. Ukuba uqhuba uhambo lwe-Siem Reap ngokwalo, ngoko uya kuba nelithuba elikhethekileyo lokujonga kwimifanekiso yamandulo evezwe kwiindonga zezakhiwo ezintle. Baya kukuxelela malunga namaxesha oqoqosho kunye nomkhosi we-Khmer umbuso, kwakunye nokunqoba kwawo kunene. Kule ndawo, ubugcisa bokuqala baseMpuma buvumelana ngokuvisisana nezakhiwo zanamhlanje ezibonakala malunga nekhulu leminyaka edlulileyo. Ekuqaleni, kwakunokwenzeka ukuhlala kuphela kumahotele aneendawo ezincinci, kwaye ngoku e-Siem Reap iindawo ezifumanekayo zokuzonwabisa nokuchuma. Nangona kunjalo ukuba le sixeko iphondo, umntu akafanele alindele iholide ephantsi. Iholide e-Siam Ripa yindleko eninzi kwintsimi yaseCambodia. Ixesha elihle kakhulu lokutyelela i-Siem Reap liwela ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba-ekupheleni kuka-Oktobha. Ngethuba leenyanga (emva kokuphela kwexesha lemvula), ukushisa komoya kuya kuma-30 degrees. Abahlali basekuhlaleni bathi ngelo xesha isibhakabhaka sihlambulukile, kwaye izityalo ziluhlaza ngakumbi.
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Izakhiwo zethempeli laseAngkor
Kuzo zonke oza kuzibona ngexesha lohambo lwe-Siem Reap, okwenene, okhe khumbulayo ngu-Angkor. Kukholelwa ukuba olu bunzima bunzima lwakhiwa ngexesha eliphakathi kwekhulu le-12 nele-13. Iinqaba ezakhiwe apha zihlotshiswe ngobuso obunqabileyo obunqambileyo boothixo. Ukungena kwintsimi yaseAngkor, ngokukhawuleza uqala ukuziziva ungumgwala phantsi kweembonakalo ezibonakalayo zamatye. Kuyamangalisa ukuba, ngokuxhomekeka kwinqanaba eliphantsi kokukhanya okuwa kwizithotywe, ubuso babo bubushintsho. Ubuso babo, unokufunda i-grin engummangaliso, kwaye emva koko unomdla wokuzonda. Iingcali ezininzi zenzululwazi zikholelwa ukuba abahlali bendawo baqaphela oku. Mhlawumbi yeso sizathu beshiya ezi zakhiwo ezihle kakhulu. Abahlali be-Buddhist kuphela bahlala bethembekile kwi-alma mater yabo. Kukholelwa ukuba abantu abahlala apha, besaba, babaleka emaphandleni ukuze baqeshwe kwiindawo zokuhlala. Kodwa ngokwenene isixeko sasingenanto, ngokukhawuleza kwakhiwe iinkawu, izilwanyana kunye nezilwanyana ezinobuthi ezinobuthi. Le ndawo yayiyiminyaka emininzi idlulileyo elalilahlekelwa ngabantu kwiintlanti zehlathi, kwaye ukukhankanywa kwayo kwacinywa kwimemori yabemi basekuhlaleni. Ufumene isixeko kunye nobutyebi obungalindelekanga kwiXesti yeXIX. Kwenzeke ngethuba. Omnye umhambi waseFransi waphulukana nendlela yakhe ehlathini waza wagwetshwa ngengozi kulo mzi. Ngaloo nto, yonke into apha yayinempahla negolide. Njengoko unokuqonda, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bonke ubuncwane be-Angkor basuswa, kodwa nangona kunjalo, izakhiwo ezinkulu zetempile zenkqantosi ziye zasinda nanamhla, eqinisweni, zikhangele iindwendwe zaseCambodia.
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Ekugqibeleni, uhlala uxelelwa ukuba ukhawuleza kwaye ulungele ukufikelela kwi-Siem Reap. Kulo uvuyo olukhulu lwabatyeleli, ukuba baceba ukuphumla apha, esi sixeko sinesiza-moya saso, esiphezu kweekhilomitha ezintandathu ukusuka kwindawo enkulu yezakhiwo.