Caroline's travel diary-Cambodia-Angkor-5

February 1, 2009, Angkor

Stroke: Royal Bath Sunrise, spot dot Sakti, Ben, the Tower's plans, dragons, ban it, and the Holy Temple gdepri

Earlier today for half an hour, because the Royal Bath is slightly farther away, so we set off at 5 points, but unfortunately because cloudy, didn't see the sun rise, but the advantage is because to early, you can avoid the tours, as well as a large number of tourists, the small temple, scattered in Angkor, many do not have to spend too long, the last of the Holy Monastery of larger, more to play.

Affect the comparison is some Hindu Hinduism murals, Dick, so the envelope often see large, small, long, short, stands in the middle of the temple, I don't know if you take the children's parents how to explain these to kids. Hehe.

At noon, back to the Old Market lunch, buy things, because it is at noon, the people do not eat, we chose Khmer Restaurant, a Thai pork Curry, a chicken Eggplant and together with rice, the taste is very good.

Later went to the old market shopping, classified ad, last too tired, not too insistent, bought things go.

In the afternoon, return to Angkor, and spent an afternoon to enjoy the fine, the afternoon visitors have many, many tours, in the corridors of the mural at best with a tour guide, we get the books while also has a detailed description, but if you want to put the book describes a one-to-one correspondence with murals, or take some time, and there may be problems, some of the book is wrong, the map was not found.

We get several Taiwan mission (no touch the Mainland, Taiwan people over there seemed very much). Interestingly, the same murals we heard several different versions, each tour is more or less content, the good news is that these are myths, legends, there are several versions of the legend is also not surprising. Read the fresco, to walking, you will see each side has a spacious pool, and, of course, is not water, it is said that was before the visit to the temple is to cleanse, they think before you from room to heaven is to bathe in the net. But look at the pool is deep, like swimming pool size, I do not know how to use before. Through these two bathing pool, really came to the foot of the temple, the gate through the last line, a square to round type construction, stands in the middle of a very mixed with 5 Temple, Angkor temples have characteristics that are the steep steps again, this is no exception, but also because of the higher, so it looks extremely steep, now don't let up, be sealed up, in the South, also see the famous France ladder, as that in the unfortunate death of woman in France. Also see seems to be the most northern of the wooden staircase was built already, than the original stone bench width at many, unfortunately not yet open, believe in the near future, you can open the visitors like to visit. But although not able to climb to the top, the claws of the building is also enough we appreciate, every window on the form that is unique, there are next to the column of the statue. In the little square to rest for a while after that, her husband and discovered a very beautiful place, in the second road on the South side of the fence to get out and see the side of the building, the side also has a similar small square, people rarely, very quiet, we sat in the North West, quietly enjoy a sunset of the day, although not the best view of the sunset, because some will be stopped in front of a cloister, but only two of us, sit at the top of the temple, with sunset afterglow, enjoy a moment. By the way, come to think of it that afternoon to visit the cloister frescoes of a monkey, should be a wild, we fed it a piece of sugar, it is wise to pick up and running, sit to a corridor of hiding underneath the eat slowly, very cute. Because reluctant to leave, so although the Sun falls, there will be visitors, staff off (because it's because high, steep stairs and there is no lighting, night is at risk) but we do not want to leave, and later on in the outside of the first door of sit down to rest beneath the side and no one came over to catch us until very late, after a 7 point thought to see the inside of the lamp, but it seems like late, this time, there has been no visitors, only by the local staff busy connection exposure lights, there are some local people, they seem to be unrestricted, you can access here. More interesting is that very night, when I was filmed at night on the channel, a staff up and asked me to understand English, I thought he was going to catch me, quickly pick up the camera, to laughter and discomfort, didn't think he'd rather be said that the rhetoric to me for a long time, introduction, Angkor Wat, also said they are rehearsing some large productions, February 9, there will be a great show, this square will converge with the crowd, wearing festive clothing, playing musical instruments, reproduce those events so that we can come back to the ancient, he have said, I also noticed that not far away indeed some young people in the drum, talking about musical instruments, I thought their locals night at the fun, the original is in preparation for the big event, I'm sorry we did not see such a large scale performance, but it is said that a year, major activities are organised several times a year, however. From his talk can deeply feel the Angkor in their local importance of the eyes, the eyes are was proud, it is hoped to be able to continue such a stable peace, bestowed on this precious gift a good protection.

7 points more days is all black, poor sambol also in the parking lot waiting for us, is already empty, others have long gone, I just talked to sambol said sorry he waited so long, have been more sambol can't wait to tell me another thing he said was the go-day car because Vintha mother-in-law was ill, he had arrived in the afternoon of day to another (verify the mother-in-law indeed is the son-in-law of pension), it cannot be

Send us and said that there is another friend can recommend. Because originally the day was going to collapse mealea, booked a car, but today we all feel that Angkor hasn't seen enough, so a temporary decision tomorrow or the tutu sambol, cancel the disintegrating mealea, female the Royal Palace, in the morning to go back to than grain Temple and cardamom monastery, still go to Angkor in the afternoon. How billing 20D, not because think Sambol is also not easy, but I got to know, and probably our prices are slightly higher, perhaps because the English good sambol, so it may slightly higher prices, even so, should the difference also 5D within it. In the evening back to the hotel, we had sambol band once local cooked food stalls, he said that here the fried rice and delicious and inexpensive 1d, near our hotel, we would also like to try their local local food, so pleased to, taste was OK, nothing special, and internally, but we found that if a local person to hold the same rice with only 1000 real, foreigners to 1 knife, but even so big gears was not near the bar street, there is also a formal English menu, the waiter knows English, this really is a cosmopolitan tourist city!