Vast temples, tentacular jungles ... and huge crowds. Cambodia has long been one of the most popular destinations in Southeast Asia, with Angkor Wat alone attracting millions of tourists. However, trips are still reduced by the Restrictions in progress COVID-19 in China, the sublime of Cambodia, the wonders of Cambodia remain quieter than they have been for decades. Abi Blasi made a solo trip, organized by Wix au Carré, specialties on a tailor-made trip and experienced the entire captivation without the crowd.

When I arrived at Siem Reap, I am greeted by Silen Truy, my female guide. Our first stop is the Siem Reap river, by the Siem Reap river, respectful of Jaya House River Park, with two tropical courses, each with an outdoor swimming pool. The suites are designed for languid days: balconies overlooking the water, high ceilings, and a graceful tropical style scented by jasmine oil. While we intervene from the dusty street, the staff give us cool cold towels. Cambodian hospitality is still as beautiful.

The same goes for his temples. Your PROHM, the Jungle temple at Angkor Wat, is now almost indistinguishable on its tangle of roots, climbing plants, and strangled figs. Silen and I are the only visitors, as the explorers discover him for the first time. Since his appearance in Tomb Raider in 2001, he is almost always assaulted. It is perhaps because we are alone, but Silen scares me: she underlines that a face looked at the knot of a root, like a spirit trapped in a tree. At the Bayon temple nearby, there are only a few monks for the company, their flaring dresses like chrysanthanums against altered granite.

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Get up in the dark to see Angkor Wat at dawn, waiting for the sun to get up. Only a handful of tourists have made ready tripods here. "Usually there are hundreds of them," whispers Silen, while we are waiting for the domes of the temple to acquire in the tinted fishing light, reflected in the pond in front of us.

There are more in Cambodia than in the main sites. Wix's route took me to see a much more modern wonder: desert rats, formed by the Apopo charitable organization, which sniff terrestrial mines. Explosives always haunt the Cambodian campaign, and I am fascinated by this very innovative but traditional solution.

Later, we visit the Circus flagship. Their acrobats and musicians graduated from the Lighthouse Circus School for disadvantaged children, giving young people a chance to take the spotlight. Open butcher, we look at their skills inducing the dressings, conquered the rest of the general public by their courage, their creativity, and their pure heart.

In Phnom Penh, Wix has arranged so that I stay at Rosewood Phnom Penh, a sparkling skyscraper that is a world far from the relaxed sensation of Siem Reap. The models derive from the elevators, fresh out of the podium in Phnom Penh Fashion Week. At Cuts, the high -end high -end steakhouse of the hotel, we look at shimmering views through the city on all sides, feeling that we did it. In the tasting room, you can taste some of the 3000 labels selected by the star sommelier of the Eden Gnean hotel, while soaking in the city view.

The Culinary scene of Phnom Penh Bushes. Wix's itinerary took me on a culinary journey through Zingy, The Beautiful and the Incredible to Sombok: smoked Japanese scallops, passion for salmon, and crisp frangipani flowers sprinkled with coconut oil. It is a gastronomic Khmer cuisine, served under the stewardship of its two female chefs, the Kimsan Twins, and their entirely female team.

Since Singapore Airlines is the most direct way to reach Cambodia from London, a stopover in Singapore is a must. At the Naumi hotel, a charming hotel in the city center, I see a different side of Singapore. The glass and metal towers that dominate the city are only a few streets through, and yet they feel like a whole world. The surrounding streets are lined with colonnades and traditional architecture, with hole restaurants in the wall and small stores.

While I was walking in the neighboring Muslim district, around the central mosque of Singapore, the call for prayer echoing in the narrow streets in bright colors, full of small bars and shops selling clothes, bristles, and lamps scintillating. Nearby are the Singapore botanical gardens, with its extraordinary series of greenhouses, so vast that there are aisles and waterfalls inside. Steel and glass mushrooms, like huge flowers.

It's so different from Angkor Wat. And yet, the skyscraper and the temple testify to the creativity and the will of human beings. But the best time to amaze them, as I discovered, is when it is not too much.