Originally Posted by harihara

Just got back from a trip to Siem Reap for the second time. An amazing place! If you choose to see the temples with a guide (which I would highly recommend, particularly, if you only have a few days) a good guide makes all the difference. Our guide, Kim San, was amazing and we highly recommend him. His English is excellent, he knows a ton about Cambodian history both ancient and modern, and he's a really pleasant person. He also knows how to avoid the crowds and gives you an excellent detailed and "big-picture" history of the temples. We found great recs for him on Fodor's and Frommer's. And he has a wonderful website: http://www.angkor-guides.com/ If you email him he will promptly email you back a suggested itinerary that he is more than happy to adjust according to what you want to see.