Travel/Cambodia diary _3.1

DAY 5 (15 February 2005 in 1845 Tuesday), sunny and very hot

Topics: Tabb cage Temple, Angkor Temple

Today's Sunrise arrangements in the Royal pool, six to find a good bit after seating, but soon was up around a group of Guangdong ' noisy and forced to move to a secluded waiting for sunrise.

Multi-day journey, not only makes us slightly lethargic, and even the sun began to love bed, has been reluctant to show up. Five step away from us, there is a visitors ' faces start white sky moment keeps adjusting advanced camera on a tripod, not out of the Sun until evaporated, I was surprised by his perseverance, quietly and to amuse in Al ridicule. The Sun finally came out, but had to climb up high, we decided to immediately go to the East. East rush of architectural style and is very similar to than grain Temple, the difference is in every layer of the architecture of the square has four elephant's stone, symbol of the elephant's giant teeth lift a piece of the universe. I really like this idea, so here are also studied. Steve took some photos of the elephant in the early morning light, very beautiful, but also not trip. And then went to cardamom Temple, is composed by five towers of brick, sandstone building is more than a grain of temple's long, now in addition to the middle of the main tower also can see some original appearance, the remaining four have almost been worn and years, but the monastery of Emboss surviving. We hurried after reverting to the Royal Bath opposite class Natick Dai. There visitors rarely, Temple tree Woods, a bit like painting the Crag in the forest, is a good place to retreat. We in it slowly, inadvertently saw a female staff holding her child sitting on the wall, a girl wearing a green little vest, tie a total angle, is playing with her mother. Suddenly she found us, excitedly waving to us face with sweet smile. Since he came to Cambodia Cape village, I think here of children is the world's cutest, tap clear eyes, the overabundance of brilliant smile, let me feel the warmth, harvest happy, just like those smiling statue-like touch my heart. Then is this morning's play-Tabb cage Temple. A "Tomb Raider" make visitors alike. There impacts of a tree and the temple, every inch of compete. Someone described them together into a life and death of the lovers, day after day this suffocating manner hold, devouring the other party. But love is the humility and giving, not competition and possession, so I prefer to use them as a tree and the Temple of war, a natural and human, life and religious war. In this long, close fight, the tree to its courage, wisdom and will gradually gained the upper hand, tumbling stone such as discarded armor-like scattered throughout, and the tree in the hard rock cliffs sprouted, creeping in. Nature to its tenacity sneered the insolent man, even the gods of power is endless.

Afternoon Angkor Temple, this is the third entry, but the first two are just outside the readability of the sunrise sunset.

Along the front of the Plaza of the corridor inside, feel like leafing through a macro monumental, deep and long. Walk through the door of the corridor, at the made of finely crafted, climb up to the next level's ladder, countless window light, showing its profound. I like a person who is just learning to swim, cannot resist the temptation of green water, jumped into the ocean. But this too clumsy, sea water is too deep, after several ups and downs after getting lost. Angkor's great non-my learning experience can read, I just threw the Browse, pick up some skimming over the back, slowly, slowly aftertaste.

Previous place of sunrise sunset is based on the guide book of recommended arrangements, today we decided to open, go to Angkor Temple beside the moat to watch the sunset.

Since the traditional attractions, there is only one River, two pairs of lovers, but also are the local people, it seems that for a few days later we started into local life. Surrounded by very quiet, no voice, no camera, cries of hawker and begging children, not even ancient temple scramble my vision, only the close to nature pure. I was sitting in the Sun of quayside, putting on new wedding dresses, shame the recesses of his red face. My thoughts fly to many years ago in the night Lugu Lake, surrounded by a dark silence, only the sky full of stars and I am seeing. Strolling, remembered the Imagist poets Hume's poem "the autumn: was a chill/walk in my field, Crimson Moon/South Bend in the barriers on/like a red face of farmer/I didn't stop greeting, just nodded/surrounding full of deep meditation stars/pale, like children in the city.

DAY 6 (16 February 2005 falls on Wednesday), sunny and very hot

Topics: Farewell to Angkor

In Angkor on the last day we decided to relax, no longer to catch the sunrise.

For the first time a luxury sleep to day light has Barolo's headed. This area consists of three main attractions: BA Kung Temple, the sacred Bull Temple and Rollei Temple. God cow is small and poor, is currently in the process of maintenance, the Rollei Temple because already dried up Lake, unable to see the original essence, therefore there is a short stay. BA Kung Temple is very large, and save a good, and because there far from Angkor resort, fewer visitors, so it is well worth a visit. It has only one main temple, surrounded by a ring is relatively small, with the exception of auxiliary Temple, the other main temple are almost always has been squared. Remains of three steps, each of the four corners also reflects like tooth Kinte moral. That day a lot of middle school uniform, then one of the boys also very generous to follow us practise English spoken, from chat that their teacher didn't come today, and therefore they do not attend classes, students door joyfully or walk, or ride a bike, groups from three kilometres away and ran to play here. Watch their friends, having fun playing hupenghuan, I couldn't help feeling wherever, skip class is always a great pleasure for students, it lets you go back to the free childhood.

Fast out of the gate, found a monastery there are only two primary schools, and classrooms.

That is, in fact, just a side opening, three sides is the wall of the building, a roof which wall dug two Windows, but not the glass. Five rows of old wooden tables and chairs are arranged sequentially, approximately sit three to forty wearing a school uniform, the bare feetStudents, the teacher is a young man, just let a child answer the questions on the Blackboard. I wonder if this school is by public temple to sponsor, if so, the gods were to Cambodia Cape village a hope primary schools.

Think of leaving Siem Reap tomorrow morning, determined in the final time and then swim once we both liked Tabb cage Temple and BA Rong Temple.

This second last went in the morning, in order to feel different environment atmosphere, capturing the light effect at different times, we will again have arranged in the afternoon. The last go Tabou cage Temple, is the most visitors, each to a spot, there are numerous Asian tourists queue group photo with the tree. I find that although Asian human personality than many Occidental to introverted, but when the camera has lost confidence of publicity (a bit like overweight at performance), regardless of how many people are still waiting for onlookers, strutting and acceptable, finely crafted, feel very good. In short, we must be embedded in the meantime just stop, regardless of whether in fact there is more of a letdown. Poor people who only according to the King, who walk not American, but extremely cultured, near quietly waiting. We also have ever encountered a Korea tour packages, tour guides in one spot before moving to speak aloud to visitors, feel like student leaders in calling on everyone to resist dictatorial Government. This is the time of the day, at the hottest moment, visitors, and is able to shoot some scenes, the shadows mottle and take a closer look at these multiplied in the competition.

Last day of the sunset to BA Rong, this is a race-eye and the Sun, the Sun will all face painted in gold, the fusion of light and shadow, and dark, yellow and black tones in the background, so I obsessed, let me crazy.

Eyes quickly search, comparison, hand over and press the shutter, greedy and want to add as many images hold in memory. When a man completely fade gold and the Earth all things was shrouded in a rosy, I ran down, at the entrance of the filmed in Angkor's last photo, watched BA Rong into dusk, the end of my trip to Angkor. Remember these days to go, sigh, have arranged for various scenic silently seats, on the magnificent and famous non-Angkor Temple Mo; on Mellon décor, exquisite exquisite Palace when pushing women; on the heart and soul, man photo by correspondence, BA Rong Temple will head; on the tree, the unprecedented spectacle Tower symbiosis, Tabb is doing, Horyu as Li Wan's evaluation of all the hairpin, went to great shangju, difficult to determine the story.