May 2007-Cambodian-Thai line

Angkor _ spiritual journey

Bangkok _ city of angels VS sex and the city

Phoenix flowers _ Cambodian-Thai tour

2007 April 29-May 8, I completed the Cambodia Angkor-Thailand Bangkok trip, short of 10 days, although unfortunately, feel very rich.

4/29 9: travel Asia later the aircraft to fly to Bangkok from Xiamen, Bangkok night local time 11: 25 landing Bangkok new airport

View from the plane, the airport of Bangkok was ablaze, the night to end, unfortunately too late to take pictures.

The aircraft, along with the crowd walked into the waiting Hall, in the face of welcome is glittering carving and meticulous Thailand Buddhist statues, let you on this Buddhist nation have a great first impression.

After inspection, the baggage, see dollar money counters, hurriedly changed some Thai baht.

Wait until the airport exit, only to find that there are so many dollar money counter, the exchange rate is higher, a little regret, HA HA! there's experience next time, do not hurry to change money. Airport Exit on many computers, telephones, coin. There are various English tourist map, here everything is very convenient.

Passengers were on the second floor of the airport exit, to fight to get a floor, airport taxi desk, management norms, playing table billing, but need 50 baht surcharge, in addition to pay highway access.

4/30 1: 30 a.m. at get Morchit bus station, the station can be seen anywhere within the vagrant and stray dogs, no one off, free.

4 a.m., riding on Bangkok-arameans of bus (first class), set off to Thailand's southern border.

5: 30 in the morning, we rest in the way of filling stations, petrol filling stations of female toilets outside a lovely female Buddha, then see the gas station along the toilet has the mood, people.

Humid tropical weather, just under the rain, toilet moth corpses everywhere.

6: 37 a.m. wake up, have a look it, found inside aisles stands a few people that think they are near the station, but a review found the whole car are filled with people, they also can be the way overloaded! we are everywhere, as long as there are housing, you can see the Buddha is everywhere, it reminded me of the Buddhist faith.

By the way: Thailand's car is keep to the left, so I'm still not used to get in from the left door.

7: 55 US Army parking in quarantine.

A man wearing a beret was tall soldier wore dark glasses, mask boarding check documents, but does not check for tourists.

This is a Phoenix flowers of the season, coach after a patch of green trees around the ground, stands a tall upright Phoenix trees, fire, deep, that impression so far in my mind.

8: 40 in the morning from the border line of the station 5KM, continue to sit on the TUKTUK, arrived in Thailand-Cambodia border checkpoints.

On the road to the left of the border Hall No.6 counters into Thailand's reentry, handed in 1020 baht, and then left Thailand. A boundary into Cambodia, Thailand and Cambodia have found the gap so large that one side is the flat headlights, neat Street, on the other side of the dusty old baby, street clutter.

A step into Cambodia border city of Poipet (Poipet), we encounter an unexpected accident.

Customs clearance in Thailand, we came across the original online contact Beijing a couple, so everyone around okay in Poipet to Siem Reap with taxi (Siem Reap).

They are our first customs, in-Cambodia border checkpoints for landing check, encountered an English-local lad, and so we arrive, they said that the young person is very good, to take us to the station by taxi. In the rush hour, we figured, so 4 people followed this young man sitting on a free shuttle runs a km of dirt road to yellow to so-called TAXI station, the station was full, and so we get off the water, the shuttle is gone. Scams started off, they charge $ 60 us go to Siem Reap. Then we found the trick, because generally the price is $ 40. Originally thought we couldn't over mud out of the station, but see the local kids were playing barefoot in the water, we immediately decided to go out on sandals. Cheats are used in the original feel we dressed to go out, I didn't think we finally does not bite the bait. After walking out of the station, we decided that the original road is returned to the border crossing points of the disc play. That day was hot, dusty road, and we just arrived in Cambodia land becomes embarrassing image. Along the way, we are trying to play, but found the English crook riding motorcycle followed, as long as the driver to take us, he would forward blocked. We felt very angry, no one can take us. Until we got to the disc, finally have drivers willing to 40 dollars with us, so we quickly tuxedoes, driver jammed on the throttle, the town developed rapidly to East wove wear, that feeling is like sitting in the car. A start not quite understand why the driver so open, until we come out of town, the car in front of the road on both sides of the channeling of two people, one person tries to stop the car didn't succeed, left the man jerked to we threw a thing, then we don't know what that thought was fun, suddenly heard a "bang" sound, the co-pilot of the left side of the glass front window was hit, glass fragments. At this point we see that the original or a con, they are the local forces, so long as the bow to them who do not, they would resort to violence. Drivers also was frightened, he switch mounted on the front, take us back to the starting point. Sitting in Beijing of Assistant driving bit arm and hand were boys glass slag pricks that oozed blood. We are very tight, the other with the help of local people, the police were called in to, they used cell phone pictures of injuries, and then hit a few phone calls and then immediately arrange another driver to take us out of the town. Our security after leaving the town, I didn't expect that glass was broken car has to take over, we go to Siem Reap.

The attacks by accident looking, or self lucky no major bleeding events that occurred, otherwise I really do not know what will happen.

In fact, we were a little senses if, I take the Raiders had a regular step this way to Siem Reap for foreigners, he reminds the visitors do not ignoring my English-people, out of the gate, just hit the big disc Department. The result was I was put in this field. There are also local police, came back and I have reviewed the Raiders, above the local police will and evil forces, forcing visitors to get off of collusion, and then spend 60 dollars playing, also good day of police did not do so. Day 2 hours earlier than us into Cambodia's other two Shanghai tourists, we sat on a safe taxi, found the two teams head to dial in the small town of dirt roads, they even worse than we are, at least compared to their older left the dangerous place.

From Poipet to Siem Reap, nearly 200 km, 3 hours in the car, all the holes in the road bumps.

Basic only Toyota Camry cars in Cambodia, we sat in the car is fairly wide, air-conditioning is also running properly, so in the car or you can compare better rest. Although experienced adventure, but didn't affect our mood, the way I do not care, greedily watch fatigue window scenery. On either side of the road is wide open spaces, paddy fields and also haven't start planting. Open twos distribution with tall palm trees, straight stretch of blue sky overhead, this scene so I have a traveling in Africa, the vast steppe feelings, although I haven't been to Africa, but always felt very close to the grasslands of Africa. Along the way, almost to the point of no more and no crops, only wrapped up some gnawing grass head white cattle. This is the emerging from the shadow of war in the efforts to revive national to my second impression — poor, simple.

3 pm, we successfully arrived at Siem Reap in the suburbs of jasmine family hotel.

This hotel is one of the locals speak English, hotel door opening and the balcony is full of flowers, there is also a big balcony, foreigners prefer the hotel.

We stayed 3 nights rented, visit Angkor is the TUKTUK hotel provides.

Tell the truth, we are on the hotel impressions is not very good, my boss and a steward boys cunning, TUKTUK drivers lazy, care, love and angry. May also be our bad luck, it is for a pleasant journey to Angkor and add a little bitter. (Beginning to Siem Reap, I met several consecutive small trouble: Sandals belt broke, mobile hard disk drive on the road is limps out, in the Internet Cafe in copying photos and in virus ...) Oh, really put to the test person's will! but the shop of MANGO SHAKE is very good, $ 1 a large Cup, drink every day.

4: 30 we sat on the TUKTUK, off to buy for three days of Angkor tickets $ 40.

To buy tickets, you can immediately go to watch the sunset mountain nesbakken (this is a very POP sunset waiting). Unfortunately, the rain, do not see the glorious sunset, just slightly changing the horizon through the sunset light of clouds, the tourists from all over the world are not willing to leave, twos sat in the broken wall ruins, are on the rise, a distant, pairs, lone, black skin, white skin, yellow skin, do not disturb, as if they want to wait until the night of arrival willingly leave.

5/1-5/3-size Angkor

The night before and the innkeeper on good 3 days rental prices and routes, about good morning 5 drivers to meet us.

Cambodia than China time slow 1 hour, so these days are at 5 o'clock in the morning, nor feel trapped.

Since May of Cambodia during the rainy season, we began to enter into the first night it rained, 5/1 morning sky is dark, we sat TUKTUK to hit the road, a road also saw a lot more travelers, we are the same purpose: to Angkor Wat to see the Sunrise Angkor.

Like the may blooming "said, motorcycles carrying tourists driving in the dark woods, a beam of light to the distant Langer shot, if in the forest above look down, just like a string of Firefly something through the Woods. The car straight ahead, in the sudden eyes open waters, shines the light, the sky is hazy also make people feel like a piece of the whole thing. We let the driver slowed, the waters are calm and serene, the other side is a dense forest. Along the River drive, cool in the cold wind blowing through, then where Angkor? in a Flash, a big castle into our sight, it seems that far too static, in the waters of protection is so quiet, still sleeping? I heart suddenly stops, worried about "tutu" motorcycle sound to break the silence, make it ahead of time to wake up. Although in line has done a lot of lessons, but also appreciate its photos, but once you really came to it before, I feel any prepared was not enough for it to my surprise, an unexpected beauty. The driver left the Castle near the River down to my feet on this ancient land, so slowly close up in my life one of the most wanted: Angkor Temple. At this point is the 6 am.

May of Cambodia has entered the rainy season, last night there was a heavy rainstorm, didn't clear up this morning, day, so we eagerly look forward to the moment Sun doesn't appear, just across the River in front of the castle of clouds was sunshine off a small mouth, seems to give us some comfort, and then the light and shrink back.

Although it is cloudy, but clouds slowly dispersed, day lit up, with the people we have embarked on a road leading to the castle of "Heaven", that in the bridge of the local Buddhist is separated in two territories of yin and Yang.

Walking through the heavenly bridge, through the first door, we entered the temple, at the foot of the Central Avenue, the main road leading to the main temple, towards the end of the Avenue is famous five steeples stone pagoda (because of the angle to the front from Avenue past only three Spire), both sides are wide large square, respectively stand two hollow stone buildings, it was once the Chinese style Pavilion, but for now, I still don't understand how collections that, since the two libraries is a stone pillar supports good stone roof, see

Storage of books.

The main hall was built in three-layer base, is three-layer square surrounded by a cloister, all stone stuffing.

The first and second floors and base is rectangular, the third layer is a square. Go to the end of the road, got on the road to Angkor Temple main hall of the first steps, this layer base side is the famous relief corridors, unfortunately, bad weather, the light is not enough, we just missed the appreciation, ready to leave and come back when I have time. The second tier level than the first steps, in the square porch swing full of statues, high, low, no head, a broken arm, as if telling was the robber looting of the past. Around the walls and pillars was engraved with many AB Suo (APSARA) fairy statue, look different, dancing in the breeze. Through stone carved abacus bead-like corridors lattices, somewhat perplexed by the refraction of light simply to dark corridor, the moment I feel like I was back at the past of Angkor, the dark corridor, as if coming from clergy hurried footsteps, clothes under the Moonlight, and what is outside the window of the world of twilight two days later, I returned to Angkor Temple, day light is very strong, golden sunlight through some broken window onto the porch, wore a miles away two of the world. Angkor ancients why abacus bead-like window? is it in order to remind people in our "one inch of an inch of gold, ownce"?

The third layer of the platform is a square, is also built on the highest level, there are five Lotus bud-shaped stupas, surrounded by a wall full of wonderful emboss, much as the APSARA, this is my favorite of the Emboss.

Around this platform a circle, wall mottled with ocher, platform also scattered around many can't be together good big stone (from 1991, the United Nations in Angkor was ongoing repairs, the ruins of their number, the collapse of carved in relief of boulders as slowly again like a puzzle so that it has been restored, there are several works in progress). My hand to touch the wall and looked up at the towering pagoda, back at the information on this architecture embodies the Hindu "mandala", it is the essence of the original meaning of "get", the symbol of the universe of decomposition and compound, as the Holy Land and the gods and the party forces gather in the universe. It is also in ancient Indian architecture terminology, such as the phase "the more or less made up of small squares and square Temple Monastery called mandala. On this platform, take a deep breath, close your eyes, the body straight, becassocked extending toward the sky, you're sure to feel ...

Feeling for a while, I was ready to start climbing tower.

Stupa surrounded with abrupt stone staircase, almost vertical, it is estimated that 75-80 degrees. I started from the West's ladder to climb, was also very nervous, hands and feet, inclined to climb, did not dare look here, never fear to courage. We got to the top of the stupa, stand up and look around, relax, and also very nice. To see Angkor Temple perimeter are green tropical trees, looking down, the ancient monastery of the vicissitudes of life. After a short break, I went into the original stupa, there are a cave, and downlevel platforms similar structure, similar to the courtyard (possible analogy is not very appropriate), the middle is the patio, surrounded by a cloister, room. Pagoda also enshrine all statues, devout people beside the bow, flashed past from time to time. Every day there are people who clean the stupa, trying to keep it holy, and the sublime. Their life is as simple as that, day after day, worshiped God, Buddha, Buddhism, devoted to the unique belief. I firmly believe that they are not believers, but has since entered the Angkor, my thoughts began to change, the belief that the word start let me on it with a renewed understanding that such thoughts, then more and more concentrated on the trip, it is like a persistent shadow. Write to the me on Angkor memories and more clear that day but also a dignified. I sauntered in Ladakh's cloister, a cloister on the side of the window is the same, like Shuttle in light of the world, was a blank, here is the place with the days of Exchange, the days can hear the call of the earth people? me this does not know the direction of, the stupa internal seems maze, I do not know is how to come out from the labyrinth, is in the East of the foot "love ladder." The stone staircase with a moving story, 1973 a couple of France to the tourist, the wife was step steep fall killed accidentally, husband of grief exception, in honor of his wife, he donated money here built a staircase. now this staircase also became a place where visitors will be logged. Other direction of stone are no security measures, this love is on the side of the ladder install thin iron shots, people can hold it slowly climbed the stairs, with a slightly larger stone steps, can give someone a little breath. Back to back to the platform, looked up at the pagoda Spire, it was in the stands a thousand years, witnessed the rise and fall of dynasties, witnessed a State of unrest, also the efforts of the world.

Out of Angkor Temple, day has it, this time is over 2 hours, an endless stream of visitors.

And we started marching next destination, it is the so-called Angkor Angkor Thom, the many temples of Angkor through Empire city.

Pagoda roof watching pagoda in the cleaners

Stupa Buddhist Stupa corridors within the decapitated?

One of the top of the ladder of love

TUKTUK flying to Angkor Tong Wang Shing Mun, stone bridge, first of all in front of the stone bridge on both sides of the fence, this is not a simple stone bridge, it tells a famous fairy tale "mixing milk sea", which in India myth is supernatural first and only time cooperation for a common goal: mixing sea, get Elixir, but both sides have to scramble for Elixir and mutual hatred.

Hindu gods called the beings (SURA), Maya is the Asura (ASURA), a close look at both sides of the fence, you can find on one side is beings (implicit almond eyes), one side is the Asura (look at circle), their hand wringing her Python in stirred milk sea. In this I also found a very strange phenomenon, as long as there is a bridge, a bridge is different terrain on both sides, one side is the grass, one side is the RiverOr small lakes, somehow. Go on this bridge, as it was in the then-ghosts together mixing milk sea grand spectacle. At the end of the bridge is a small stone gate, it was the capital of the portal, the little door is very special, small door at the top is a Spire Buddha head, two flat-topped Buddha head, it is said that the stone is too heavy, but rather to base to Apex door, this door is not too high. Door each side has three elephant, long nose like until the ground.

Enter the Angkor through Empire city, mainly visited six monasteries and some small sites, namely the BAYON BA Rong Temple, BAPHUON baphuon, PREAH PALILAY Temple Pura, Lei, PHIMEANAKAS & ROYAL Palace and Royal BATHS air bath, TERRACE OF THE LEPER KING Doig Wang platform, TERRACE OF THE ELEPHANTS elephants platform, TA PROHM Tabb, BANTEAY KDEI Horyu spot dot UC SRAH SRANG, Royal baths, PRA KRAVAN cardamom Temple.

BA Rong Temple:

Khmer smile mentioned, perhaps it is a little impression in to Angkor, I can only recall having seen the "Khmer smile", but after coming to Angkor into BA Rong Temple, when oncoming smile to welcome me, I suddenly felt dizzy, and it is not a person's smile, but a nation with a slightly mysterious and calm smile watched by tourists, monks, after a thousand years, is still clear, even smile touched people's hearts.

Khmer smile may not be as is famous Mona Lisa smile, but they represent meaning is quite different from that of, at the time of BA Rong Temple builders Sue Yates remove friction VII why build such a smile of Buddha, there has been no one unified view, it gives each of the visitors was full of imagination, this is its charm. BA Rong Temple in not only smile full of exquisite carving, and Angkor Temple of APSARA posture as everywhere, there are a whole wall tells the Khmer King Lin, Khmer victory back to people's daily life and other stories. BA Rong Temple is the center of the Angkor Empire city, the three-storey, a total of 49 seat pagoda (also said 37 seats) in the East, through in the temple, as if walking in the maze, it's all too easy to lost in history.

Baphuon:

Baphuon pyramid, is Angkor Empire heyday one of the most magnificent temple, now is the EFEO (THE ECOLE D ' EXTREME ORIENT FRANCEISE by France in 1898 in Cambodia was established to study history, language, architecture and the protection of historical monuments of organization) repair of key projects.

Gateway to the baphuon is 200 meters long, paved walkways of sandstone, Temple Center building high 43 meters east of the temple is also scattered with stones cannot be together. There are also works on the East side of the temple hanger at work.

Platt, Lei Temple:

The temples have been abandoned, left a beautifully carved stone keep, as well as the crosscut several trees next to the huge old trees, only they have seen this used to be the most artistic atmosphere in one of the rise and fall of the temple.

Air Palace and Royal baths:

Air Angkor Palace is the highest building in town, the whole temple built in the high seat, give the feeling of "air".

Four mounds are steep stairs, in addition to the West there are for the convenience of tourists climb built wooden staircase. This Palace according to legend, had lived a snake, the night turns into a woman, the King must each night to sleep with her in order to avoid the King and his Kingdom with disaster. With this curiosity, I decided from the front of the Tower (should be in the South) to the top to see snake entrenched place, Gu not warning signs erected next to the effect that "from this surface climber at your own risk". Save camera, back pack, I began to regret hands and feet stuck up a climb, the heart is also a little afraid, just can't look back, climb, I found my line is the S-shaped, I have not stopped the amended route so as not to climb to the top edge, because there's not a good climb, climb, standing on a high platform, breeze blows, watching high audience, there are "Overview" of small hills. High on the stage of the Palace also has three layers, circled and corridors. I'm on the second floor of the ambulatory of the window left a shadow, is cool!

The Royal Bath is in the air at the back of the Palace, a rectangular pool, surrounded by tree-lined, saw a group of Sun boy riding a bike to sink in and took his pants fall flops jumped into the water basin, and began to swim, splashes, others have urinated in the reeds, old Royal to patronize the baths, now seems to have become a children's play paradise, perhaps they do not know this used to be their ancestors clean body, washing the feeling of Royal shrine.

They are so fun, simple, they are living in the city children have more natural happiness. Children's laughter, playing acoustic, reflection in the water of the shadows, there's a cool breeze in the air intoxicated me!

Doig Wang platform and elephant platform:

Doig Wang platform is actually a royal crematorium, the Platform stands a statue of a nude but clones.

Elephant platform of King watch public celebration is a huge viewing platform, you can imagine the Angkor Empire at the height of parade, elephants, dragons, soldiers go through a central square. These two platforms is connected, spacious Grand Central Plaza.

Tabb Horyu:

This is a submerged in tropical jungle temples, ancient trees towering, interlinked, huge tree root to expropriate the monastery of the wanton every corner in the monastery walls, Windows and doors, corridors are developed strong roots that this ancient monastery fiercenessof strength and disintegration.

Here, the tree and the integration of the Temple have fusion, who is unable to separate them, styling peculiar tree root has become a symbol of Tabb long, I met two people photography from Laos, they took all of threeTripod and a professional camera, in the temple, also greedy. Here was the film Tomb Raider "backlots, indeed in the shade of the thick, roots-wound Temple, a person would feel ghastly terrorist, but this time I'm more excited and amazed.

Spot dot UC, Royal baths, cardamom Temple:

Spot dot UC te is a very quiet small temples, Temple at the top of the portal is also a Buddha, expression serene.

The Royal Bath is on the spot to the East of the cascade of Daisy, a 800 * 400 metre pool, the pool side is facing East and two statues of stone sculpture. Originally looked at it to see the sunset, but the weather was bad, just sitting in the Sun of quayside pictured, feel the old Royal splendor.

Cardamom Temple is a Hindu temples, composed of five red brick pagoda in parallel, only left in the middle of a block are also preserved.

The Tower has pishinu carving.

5/1 of the trip is over, now it's getting late, we sat on the way back to the hotel TUKTUK, a way to see what is in the morning to go out of sight, motorcycles carrying tourists driving in the dark woods, a beam of light to the distant Langer shot.

At this point I though rumbling, but my mind is full of Angkor to my surprise, shock, my heart is very satisfied.

5/2-5/3 Angkor Empire city-extension of time and space through

Buy a 3-day pass, the Angkor 2 days continue in Angkor temples and traveling, respiratory, stays, and hoped that time slowly.

5/2 Srah Srang-Pre Rup- - Banteay Srei-Kbal Spean- East Mebon- Ta Som-Neak Pean-Preah Khan-Angkor Wat

5/2 5: 30 in the morning, walking along the outer ring of the Angkor Empire city, first to the Royal Bath, would like to wait for the Sunrise, unfortunately it is cloudy, sit on the shore, quietly restless, Lake seems to still have a layer of mist, although no glaring sunlight penetrates clouds, but also vaguely see the light in the clouds after trying so hard.

Pictured at dusk, the Royal family playing in the pool edge, so they are there to getting up early, early to rise again after the pool edge do? leave Royal baths, came to the temple than grain is 6 am, at first glance this temple is located in a green, dark red walls in the clouds, this is used to hold is King cremation ceremony of temples, more shows its inexplicable mystery, and even a little dark. According to the instructions on the book, I also pay special attention to dash away ashes shicao.

Next stop is the daughter of the Royal Palace, which is today the first highlights of the trip.

This temple was built by the pink sandstone, very small, but very exquisite, mesh's are fine carving, each pillar, every wall, every door is carved on a complex of God, Ghost, animal, flowers and other fine pattern, no wonder it was hailed as the "Pearl of the Angkor monuments" and "Angkor art drilling". The Palace houses the Hindu women of Shiva (male), is in fact a Shiva temple, but why is considered a haven, unknown woman, perhaps the soul and the temple the carving on, perhaps for Imperial concubines were temporary escape the war. For me, it's history and show the image in the world are so endless imagination, perhaps what's between the two. In fact there is a statue of the God statue of a monkey hanu Mann, unfortunately head was stolen a few years, formerly known as also, but now they have disappeared, probably be collection to the Museum of Phnom Penh. Female Palace entrance there is a sacred Bull statue (possibly Shiva's Mount God cow winandy), somehow being horizontal split in half, some tourists due to curiosity, stepped on it was taking pictures immediately stopped by the staff, because for them anything inside the temple is holy, not profane. Not many tourists in the morning, you can let me in this small Palace in the thin browse, admire the walls, pillars beautifully carved, unfortunately I am on the carving of allusions know very little about, or some cursory taste. Most attracts me is the small door to the South of the Palace was engraved with the library of the Ramayana Yan (RAMAYANA) myth of a story: Shiva sit at the top of the mountain, left shoulder is his wife Parvati, Yamashita was an attempt to lift the Mount Kailasa (Shiva Himalaya on home) Bull Dobby's luocha King. Out of the Palace, it's the right small slope, I have also seen a strange statue, carefully look at the photos, it is a lion's head on the ground floor is a male person, both hand and foot cross. I did not find the corresponding allusions and introduction, deemed to be a mystery, but this carving always makes me recall last year saw the ta'er covered with Tibetan Buddhism teach Tantric joy, very mysterious forces ...

Leave the female Palace, TUTKTUK drivers contained we go to a more distant attractions high Boothe, approximately 40 minutes by car, along the dusty, muddy bumpy.

Along the way to see the living conditions of local people, and emotion. Most of us live in are very flimsy thatched houses, wooden supports, two-storey, first layer of livestock and poultry, second floor tiles of wood, the family lived together, lit, inside basic only tatami mats, a black-and-white television and basic cooking utensils. This way of living conditions in poor areas than China's remote also bad. But material poverty does not necessarily bring spiritual poverty, people here seem to not care about such hardship, they each look very peaceful, adults and children each have their own happiness, simple life, how the spiritual world? abroad these days, the word "belief" in the moment of impact on my mind.

Finally reached their destination, high Boothe is to shore mountain stream is known throughout the land of a thousand forest, forest land is the male genitals, is also a symbol of Shiva (Shiva is the destroyer, mastering the world of reincarnation).

A few years ago here or mines in high-risk areas, through the hard work of deminers, now here is security a lot, but deep in the woods or a prohibited place. After walking into theWalk along streams, will soon see a river bed is covered with forests; carved, very spectacular. Surprisingly there are next to the river rock engraved with Buddha, or even look down at the foot of XI stepped on the shore of big stone has a sleeping Buddha. I took a lot of similar statues, but later in the Internet bar processing photos when accidentally omitted, it is a pity!

Leave high booth, we return to the original road, passing through East rush, in this short stay.

This temple and temple than grains of architectural style, most notably in platform a Simian all stand and really like size similar carvings of elephants, this is derived from the ancient Indian mythology: four God like the separation of the Quartet, to support the giant teeth universe. In the monastery, I see a blind man in the violin, the piano as v.; in monasteries outside, I saw a brother, they stripped stand well with flush Frolic, tanned skin wet, so happy. See my lens, they also don't Dodge, very generous to me. In Angkor days, I always easily some of the usual things touching, sometimes really admire them a so simple and pure heart.

Tower's is a small temple, its architectural style is BA Rong-style, surrounded by fig tree bathes, Simon look back at the entire lobby is a giant tree package.

This trip is the second highlights, longpan pond pool central island have a Lung Poon monastery, the island is actually a small hill, mountain of stone carving a coiled serpent.

Pool consists of four square small pools, the water in four outlets, from lions, elephants, Buffalo, horses four animals mouth spray water, pour into the central pool. The pool there is a statue of the Central great flying horse sculpture, it also originates from the Scriptures in a myth, the legend of the seas, the Buddha incarnate businessmen were killed as a horse, the victims from the water carrying, "flying horse rescue" statue has over 800 years of vicissitudes, some parts have been damaged. The pool has no water, I walked along the pool's outer ring a ring, sitting in the pool on the steps in the book understanding more of allusions and origin.

Lung Poon pond in the northeast of the sword in the temple, the Holy Temple is the grand finale of this trip.

It is said that the Moldovan dussouillez pull II to his successor a swords, hence the name. The temple is the Buddhist monks live and learn. The book of the original proposal is West East out because many want to see, we just west of West. Holy Monastery of great scale, monasteries and Simon front is a paved with stones long Avenue, Avenue on both sides is forest land, through the road to a platform before Simon, sides and a supernatural mixing milk sea sculpture, impressive. Through the entrance to the monastery to Simon on each side there is a statue without a head statue, on the left the wall you can see a complete God bird plus statue of Ruda GARUDA. The monastery complex of the building structure, tall columns support the stone wall, covered with MOSS by the tower and courtyard with chain. After entering the temple, we've been through in the deep of the lane, the hole from the top of the tower into the light everywhere headless statues, pink fairy dance and variety of Buddhist wall sculpture. Go to the Holy Office, suddenly open some, a stone carving of swords and straight flushes Tower cave, looks really pretty awe-inspiring. Through the seemingly endless Tower and courtyard, came to the East, the door is a spacious platform, the tourists are tiny in this open space, take pictures. And then we'll go straight to the monasteries of another aspect, which is at the East side of a big two-story building. This Palace is the Angkor complex in a hollow in a unique two-tier structure, is said to be the ancient Romanesque architectural style. Standing next to the post, seems so small, I from every angle of this magnificent building framed. The Palace opposite a high platform, is said to be the local cangjian, nobody knows. High on a group of young foreigners are happily chase each other.

Leave the Holy Temple is 5 p.m., we quickly get to the Angkor Temple, to a long-awaited sunset.

Back to Angkor Temple, through the Central Avenue, watch the sunset in a good location is already States visitors occupation, we had to find a high platform in a place to gather, start looking forward to that glorious moment. Today's sunset can only be described as slightly to satisfy our hearts, we saw the light of the sunset, after is the thick clouds obscure the only light. But otherwise, see round the Moon and bright. Quite sad to leave the Angkor temples, it's getting late, the moon when you least expect them to have jumped onto the surface of the water in the moat, the deep blue of the sky moon lit up the whole Angkor shadows on both sides of the riverbank and reflection in the water's full moon so stunning, really a bit "sea Moon, itogether" artistic, attracted a maniac lvyoumen, I devoured by a camera shutter, missed this beauty. Unfortunately, I didn't bring a tripod, camera work is not good enough, in my presence in this irresistible charm not fully unfolded in the photos.

Blowing breeze, we once again on the return journey, heart full, full day! GH delicious cuisine is also in calling ...

5/3 Angkor Wat & Beng Mealea

Today is the last tour ticket for one day, our main purpose is to see Angkor Sunrise, sunset, enjoy the Angkor Temple corridor, go to the collapse of dense column see hidden among the trees of the damage of historical sites.

5: 20 we got to the Angkor Temple, where the tranquility has been us members break, in order to Angkor Sunrise, attracted by the project, who do not understand the incredible, because in Angkor, everyone is that not the same as the sunrise sunset and excited, it's just you wait to Angkor to feel.

I rely on the railing of the Central Avenue, looking towards the sky, micro-light of sky in a bright red, light and more, but the sun appeared in and we hide and seek, a will hide in the clouds, a little light will show. I held the camera patiently looked ahead, suddenly the Sun seemed to sweep aside the clouds, to wait for people some hope, golden light start to shoot out, clouds began to resist the temptation of the blazing sun, little by little the Golden clouds and the Sun's face is exposed,The crowd cheers. But in the end is the rainy season, in the Encore, the Sun is flexing its head, left to the people a little regret, perhaps it would like people to stay in Angkor, a few days and it could be more intimate contact. At this time the day is light, tourists have their dispersed, shadows and sunk in the magnificent great buildings.

Collapse of dense column from the Angkor Temple 1.5 hour by car, it is also a tourism company management, and therefore also bought $ 10 tickets.

Collapse of dense column in a small village near the entry site, after a long Avenue, on both sides is the snake God protect NAGA (NAGA in Angkor, is the image in the singular multi-head, five, seven, nine). Here and the place before, have no well-preserved buildings, Woods Cross seven vertical collapse at Boulder murmured, statue, went into this site, as if there is a feeling of jungle exploration, we'll go over those walls, drill a door, put on corridor, in the quiet world we seem to have brought it to life. Standing on the roof of the temple, look around as though he could feel the then flourishing of prosperity and monasteries, monks in temples, corridor inside the shuttle. Climb to the Boulder High barrier from the ruins, but there is a "list" of small hills. Sitting in the broken walls, edges and fellow Alice chat, while also noting the forest grass occasionally strange insects crawl out of the heart cannot help fight the cold war.

Today's time is very abundant, bid farewell to the mix, we'll stay in the woods for a while, a cool breeze blows and the leaves rustling, sat on the stone book review on holding the days of travel, make notes, occasionally there are also yellow dog came to beg for food and very comfortable!

2 p.m., we hit the road, the last stop is the return to Angkor Temple, enjoy the galleries in the relief and the sunset.

Most of the Sun at this point, we sat in the car on the Sun of grilling, drowsy. However, no tired and not reduce my mood, I like the tropical sunshine, like the tanned, it makes me always energetic.

Finally back to the Angkor Temple, where light is suitable, the sun shines in the corridors, Abacus bead into a Windows form and shadow of interwoven, shadow projected on the wall, take me back a thousand years ago.

Angkor Temple of corridors is an art corridor carved on the walls so that people in the 800-metre-long corridor, on return, it is the world's longest "relief corridors".

Visit the Emboss a cloister is from the West entrance, counter-clockwise travel, this should also pay attention to, just like in the tour of Qinghai Lake, counterclockwise from the southern to the Northern line to walk.

We appreciate the order 8 group relief, mainly taken from Hindu Mythology, followed by South West corridor are the decisive battle of Lu, wild "the present number of Moldova Ke, depiction is like a family and a vast Lo-degree family two congeners final decisive battle between cousins; South Gallery West Wing of the soulie PostScript Mo II Army", depicting soulie PostScript Mo II led his army in the jungle of the Khmer marching; South Gallery East Wing Yan Mo trial law, depiction of heaven and hell, the good, the bad guys in heaven to enjoy receiving punishment in hell; IEC South Wing of the mixing milk sea ", this scene is already in the Angkor monuments appears multiple times, is the only one of the supernatural cooperation for Elixir, depicting the many gods of image; IEC North flank the pishinu defeat qunmo", depicting the riding of Phoenix and Ruda Pishinu and encounter the scene when qunmo; North Gallery East Wing of the black days and hit the "class, black days is another image pishinu; North Gallery West Wing battle of the supernatural, the gods riding their mounts and Devil pitted against each other, such as the water God rode five Hydra that Galileo, Mars riding the Peacock, the gates of riding God goose; West Gallery, the cord to flail battle (Battle of Lanka), derived from the Ramayana Hin-that is, the Ramayana and God monkey hanu Mann monkey army defeated the devil-League, that's just out of wave Ramayana's wife noted that much of the plot.

In this short time to learn to read the contents of the relief, you really need to do a little homework, I started cramming borrowed before India myth fast memory again, standing on the relief front, readily kept through page〈 may blooming > introduction, only in some little knowledge while also intermittent listen to guide the introduction, or feel that rush of Angkor history and myth of superficial India.

Corridors as if time tunnel, the road in this tunnel, supernatural, heroic saucy, vicious or graceful image constantly jump out, there is a feeling of Quattro and engaging.

Near dusk, visit Emboss visitors gradually dispersed, I finally had the opportunity to stand in long narrow transparent corridor, sunshine to post refractive to the ground on the wall, forming one rectangular box, put the whole tablets embossed into the world of light and shade intersect, also because the light Gallery roof of refraction, like waves of alternating light and dark.

So the fascinating place, I do not know how to use the language to describe it.

The Sun was setting, then you can start sitting in Angkor Temple before try to enjoy returning to the sunset.

The five-seat minaret reflection in the pond, with softness, so how could see a lake. With the emergence of red cloud on the horizon, I took the camera and at the central square of the library and Central Avenue entrance pishinu Hall. The Temple of the sky on a slice of fiery red, temples and green tree silhouettes in backlighting, formed from every perspective has different landscapes, far away from the edge of a hot air balloon rising slowly, the temple roof, hot air balloon, the shadows in the twilight in this amazing, the lens was the eternal moment. Twilight beauty attracted countless people race to the Chase, who are likely to do a back beauty stands, suddenly appeared in front of the lens, we all figure heart smile, what is tedious and annoying.

Three days in Angkor's cursory, let me deeply sorry to read this piece of land, could understand it, but to leave again.

I said to myself "I'll be back again!"

I believe everyone can find his place in Angkor.

5/1-5/4 Angkor, Siem Reap cost, restaurants