Thursday, December 2, 2010

October blooming Day3: Twilight of the gods

If you say in Angkor on the second day of the spiritual culture of enjoyment, the third day is a feast of Visual Arts.

There are several scenes in the morning to catch, the Guide small macros these days continuous reception tour packages, plus the temperature is high, was tired of heat stroke, so changed the age a slightly longer tours. This guide is in fact very solid basic skills, we talked about a lot of Cambodia's history, culture and customs, but since the previous day trip more tightly, and some colleagues to soak it in the evening, so early in the morning the car was silent, everyone at sleep. But only I ESPRIT, attentive to "listen" induced and does not stop the noise, harassment of eyelids quack falling by SUKI, in fact, the day before yesterday is also very tired, but my secret to success lies in the fact that breakfast to a cup of coffee, and they are sleeping I wake up alone! passing Royal baths (Srah Srang), it is past the Royal Bath ceremony held, since the rainy final, so the area of 700M * 350M "bath" in a tank filled with water, is a reservoir, in the underwater ruins of a temple, in the dry season can be visited. Want to come in this Royal huaqingchi bathing is dwarfed by the face.

First stop is make up Tower (Pre Rup), also known as temple than grain.

Here is the ancient royal crematorium, Cambodians died with cremation, the accidental death of the only mining burial. Previous King aristocracy died in the cremation, is said to be from India doctrine of reincarnation of good and evil, and make up to God himself, the resulting "make up" theory. Antonio represents the crematorium is Chinese people more afraid of, not just visitors. But we go emotionally or underground cars with great interest. There are two than grain Temple wall, East side of the layer of outer and inner layer between the six a lined off the main road are disaggregated Santa, which enshrine the King's father, Queen 's, etc, to indicate that the first people leader. There are three main road, and the day before the steps of the hole is similar, most people choose a photograph in a layer, as compared with the previous building, there really isn't anything special, but I still pick up the order and SUKI. A local kid told me not to sell postcards, actually like to be here, incidentally introduces the surrounding attractions. The day before the trip and the ubiquitous compact visitors I decided today to sit down and have a good feeling peace of Angkor. Fortunately quickly 8, 9-point here or have visitors, but also fresh down rare clean, consistent with this building's atmosphere: solemn, nor is it because East Asian cultural proximity, lest this class places. The glare of the Sun from 6 after irradiation from the Tower, the tower guard with two lions, but rather that seems to want to be closer to heaven. Suddenly, everything becomes sacred. No noisy crowd around, sitting in front of the bench, was the original forest, was once again quiet, enjoy the feeling of that time. Inspiration burst into the camera adjust tonal, shot in black and white contrast, Sun crisp architectural lines, the effect was surprisingly good. Perhaps this is true than grain Temple, wash all the scrape off the world, return to the original colors in the world — the most direct of black and white.

The next station to female Palace (Banteay Srei), is not to say that Cambodia really exists "Queen", actually it was a women's refuge, for the construction of this building there are a variety of real intention.

Female Palace built in a.d. 967 year, is a fine with pink sandstone construction of the Palace. Most of the rendering of the building before it is black or yellow tone, while the female Palace in the sunshine, the bewilderment shot as a hesitant adolescent skin like rose colour, very special. The size of the female Palace is too small, then the little girl could not accommodate several bars, light walk don't even 5 minutes. However it is a mini Palace, each craftsmanship, finely we make people linger. Someone will she become Chinese paper cutting than, a kind of creepy and intricate beauty. Door, window, door, Palace, wall, roof, all patterns and engraving, fine honey extremely cumbersome and expensive, so its artistic value is lower than any other building blocks of Angkor. You can play the craftsmen Endowment space, art are incisively played. It is said that the adoption of the Royal Palace and the women are also relevant, they rock than Angkor stone used for other more rigid than, craftsmen can deep engraving, along with the nature. You can do is breath-taking view, failed to rise, it is a great masterpiece, you can even use both hands and gently feel their exquisite fine. Exquisite door frame and window can be seen everywhere, many local little girl would lie in his garage, inadvertently, the formation of the portraits of the raw figures paintings. Here, does not require that you are a photographer, you are required to lift your camera, your work can be called art. Woman was a Royal Palace in the outer ring, pond pond surrounded by several visitors are foolishly staring at her. I walked along the trail, try from a different angle, female the Royal Palace as if watching a beautiful shy young girl in Cambodia, Bud, slim. This would then go in and walk around to experience the great art, but watch tells me it's time to hit the road.

Our buses go to the next destination, passing a seat and than grain monastery architectural style is very close to the temple, we know is under the East Buon Temple (East Meben).

Car in a winding deep stop small mirror, here is the Lung Poon pool (Neak Pean), ancient famous sanatorium. Walk 100 meters in front of the dirt track, there was a large pond with a stupa, pagoda is a serpent coiled NAGA, a flying horse face stupa, hoof to fly. Tour guide to tell a story: the Buddha in a magic island in the sea, the island was NAGA entrenched, 1 billowing waves over the vessel, people have fallen into the sea, the Buddha incarnate as white horse swim in the sea, people caught Ma body and be saved. Luckily, now is the end of the rainy season, the horse and the pagoda are floating in the water, very well restored the circumstances, this will not be visible in the dry season. But our price is not able to climb the stupa in detail. Around the pool are four equal size of the small pond, pond side, Lions, elephants, cattle and horse head, it is said that the growth in water tank past many herbs, water in theSome head of outflow, drinkable or bath cure diseases, but also the effectiveness of different pools. So far there are devout people come here to buy herbal holy water repellents for diseases, originally, this letter is, do not believe there is no. Lung Poon tank for water is running from the East from the temple there cited, and plans have run as temples, Temple, or block, water conservancy facilities, irrigation of farmland.

Go to the Holy Temple (Preah Khan), the sky suddenly clouds and rain.

The locals seem to be accustomed to this kind of shower, don't even have to move, but before you continue, the children is even more fun, playing in the rain Hee. One daughter and indifferent to mother combing her head, only to find truly understand life turned out to be their! so the car, put away the umbrella, a small holes in the road to the reservoir, the famous temples. Unfortunately, tour took us to go is not a legend that neatly two rows of the "forest land" (the specific means what, huh, huh, Cha-Cha), also a bit sorry Ah ~ ~ Holy Temple, built in 1191 a.d., PostScript Mo II gave his successor a swords, hence its name. We walked down a quiet lane to the jungle, rain weather fits the atmosphere of that time, seemed to Dr. Jones wins the adventures of Po, in the jungle at channeling a few indigenous ruins swept into you. The temple has four entrances, "field" font structure, it is said that each door is constructed exactly like a maze. Dense rain, green moss, the Holy Temple was shrouded in a mysterious aura. The door's side have a headless soldier, left hand right hand holding the sword fuxiong, standing at the door, a somewhat desolate. The "cross" center corridor to cross the vertical axis, the series of Tower, Tower there is a patio. Front and rear is subtly tiny Tower hole, then from Tariq look both ways, and a bunch of cave dwelling Tower. Each tower seems is Center extends to four sides, just outside of ruins can be seen. Along the main road through the dark, a bit gloomy feeling. And each tower door than previous å, through which must be bent to lift the foot so that the building is intended to enable people to have a kind of pressure, and thus to the Kings have a fear of reverence, this point in time when visiting other temples are also found. Holy Temple was originally a handle of the sword in the gold-plated, and later allow intruders away, in a hole in the wall of the temple Tower of many small hole, the guide said that originally covered with a lot of precious stones, also allow intruders swept away. Temple center dedicated to the King's ashes, Holy Temple had better take a guided tour, or non-lost. Walk out from the maze, you suddenly see, several small buildings scattered in the Meadow, including a block, it is said that in Angkor unique Romanesque cylindrical building, MOSS and green tree after rain moisten with the emotion of the exotic, miserable and gloss, while the weather conditions on the camera, not the best, but I'm still trying to keep a record of each scene. An accompanying press beautiful sister said: "the camera does not record all doesn't matter, as long as these in mind, is enough ...

So, as said earlier, the end of the rainy season to visit Angkor has a different style: Sun and rain is reflected by the ancient miracle.

Lunch in Angkor Diamond Hotel eat, it is said that in the top floor have opened in the restaurant before this is "take the temperature" of the parent, but it feels like it better than the very best floor to eat something. Say that Thailand-Cambodia food like dropping a call "citronella" flavor, like the Chinese people like to put the coriander, but this stuff tastes have shares of lemon, happened to colleagues with a protective hand cream is the taste, then we say Lemongrass for "lemon weihu hand cream". In Siem Reap city is also located at many distinctive hotel, green tree cover, filled with romantic France ambience. (Bursts "stepmother"!!!) finished late lunch, is close to 2 and a half, was so late in the afternoon, to eat, and also the whole tour of the most essential part of the Angkor (Angkor Wat), as her representative for Western Paradise, so in order to be able to enjoy the sunset in her beauty, we arrive at 3 pm the Angkor-Angkor Wat we know of. The whole trip the most depressing is that this, in any hastily unveiled the strategy it. One very famous one Lonely Planet series "LP, I also ice or with colleagues explain the meaning of the wife, Khan AH ~ ~ in fact, it is a set of very detailed travel guides, and later found in the full bloom may also be the evaluation of a high level of Cambodia Tourism series. Angkor is no guidance for dragonflies, hurried on, even if this is the case, she was deeply shocked me. Back to browse others in Angkor experience and a large number of photos, find someone refers to a famous under the Nordic myth Wagner's adaptation of the Opera "the twilight of the gods" to describe the Angkor, in fact, this story is the Nordic Astrid Shenzu and giant family great battle between the world of ruin, the results of the day, then heaven is remodeling. Story here slightly wrong, but the name aptly summarizes in Angkor. In Sanskrit, Wat is the meaning of "Temple", Angkor Wat means "city of temples. Years continuously built, managed to become the world's largest religious group, became a symbol of Cambodia. In the beginning constructed in the 12th century, built 30 years that in later 300 years continued to expand, it is said that the use of stone and Egypt-Fu ' (Cheops) as many of the pyramids, uses a total of 30 million tons of stone, has a weight of up to 8 tons.

A to Angkor was like waves of people confuse, famous monuments and sunny in the afternoon, is it any wonder people flocked to? width up to 200 meters, surrounded by a moat of Angkor Wat is said to be in keeping with the crocodile.

Hide away in a quiet city moat, this building was awarded the Golden building shines the emotion of the light. The three towers of scale already see General, namely to King, powerful and people go. Walk past the first line of a cloister, Angkor Temple in its entirety into the eye (imagine maybe more spectacular Forbidden City, but unfortunately has no chance to go to the capital of the coveted), a huge green lawn, evergreens, eat the grass horse, but for so many people, I wonder where you are. There are two main road on both sides of the Greece styleIn the same building, is the ancient library. Further ahead is filming "symmetric Angkor" excellent locations — the Lotus pool. Late October, Cambodia Lotus has not declined to do that in many places are able to see the beautiful Lotus, and also secretly laughing out on a season. Just skimming over the outer wall paintings, there is no fairy tale interpretation, also do not quite understand the meaning of them. However by a corridor of stone pillar too deep impression, Sunshine after casting off from the stone pillar of the parallel light-emitting surface, casually station where you can see the meander deep long lane empty, as if the time tunnel, once entered into the picture, enter the old age, and world harmony to one. Go into the temple immediately being tall dome and the rock carvings attract everywhere. Here's the feeling and the place before, before the temple by suppressing itself to represent the reverence toward God, but here is to make you feel your own small experience of God's great. Huge window, exquisite stone carvings, and the Royal Palace of exquisite, here each with magnificent without losing detail. It is not difficult to realize that feeling has never been so peaceful mood following experience "great." Description: "a mix, Angkor Wat tour is a journey. The use of elephants or avatars scale settings porch and stone steps, endless corridors, forest-like stone pillar, a layer and a layer of ladder, leading to the sanctuary of a fork, everywhere are looking great and magnificent interpretation ... There is also the overwhelming sculptures, in front of dance, fighting, sacrificial, marching ... For dinner, mind-blowing ... "

The main temple of Angkor built all in one long 215 m, width 187 m stone base, the base is divided into three, five, Lotus bud-shaped, Santa are springing up in the center of the Tower symbolizes the holy mountain, located in the center of the universe, with heaven and Earth, the city walls is the world's edge, and the moat is the world's oceans.

Highest Spire tower stands central in the third layer base, the other four seat distribution in the second tier of bases of four corners, the legendary 80 degrees tilt in this step, you have to use dead posture to climb up. Narrow stairs, narrow to only a portion of the whole foot is stepped on in the above, it is necessary to cross over your feet, tall, high cascade into a section there are forty centimeters. Available on a number of colleagues had no success is hard to believe that the peak has come, the climb, what's not the image. In order to take this precious one curtain, and outrageousness is the first one out, a few scurrying miso miso, and twist the styling let SUKI, also really hurt her ~ ~ in fact, the "gateway to heaven's ladder" didn't think there was a scary mountain nesbakken, found as long as the sideways and focus forward on, and do not look down, don't matter, acrophobia at this moment it is nothing. The Tower of people smile and look down at me, man of Tower bottom looked up at me, and I was the person who creep in. Wipe the head sweat, has stood in the highest point. This is a "field" font style sanctuary overlooking the Angkor and the surrounding rain forest, a few doors from the outside is the roof, there are people who were shooting. Suddenly discovered new like to see a few of the Local monks wearing cassock, can't wait to say hello, and on the ground before the request and a rather handsome photo with high a monk. In didn't go to Angkor is online before the young monks protest in Zeppelin photo attracted, this time anyway to get a living proof that everything in your photos is real. Hear my plea, the young monk shy smile, he agreed to our requirements and ask where we come from, I heard that they gather in this photo with visitors is also spoken in order to exercise, learn limitless Ah ~ ~ shrine Center "Lotus-shell" at first glance is very common on the roof, but through the camera lens is closer to see with more complicated engraving, speechless! afternoon sunshine temporarily staying in a "buds", find another row of good place, so the following swing foot POSE, transverse vertical diagonal, SUKI whole upholstery. Photos of effect is not as in Cambodia Temple, which is a little like Rome, this point beyond expectation. In the third tier toss for a long time, to go on, and dumbfounded, as previously observed on place even row of a long, and that as they crawl speed, not a reason to be true, so bold decisions on where to go anywhere. In fact, this decision is still risk, go on the road, really not so easy, but from the bench is also very steep road, cannot help but look down, estimated the following people are looking good. I was willing to move to PP to step movement, posture it!i more ugly, move to the bench, relying on the bakong Temple side of the experience of climbing, adventure landing, it is still very land give celebrate!

When the discovery made a big mistake is to visit Angkor is a straight forward, but did not complete in the outer bypass.

When the Sun is going downhill, looked up and found the Raiders on hot air balloon, mentioned in the hot air balloon is said to have a bird's eye view of the whole Angkor Temple more spectacular, to God's perspective this great feeling of construction, lifetime, but this time no chance. Millet's camera has a "sunset" function, which is able to capture the Sun more red and gold. We try to make a few, much like the desktop, but no PS. Sitting on the lawn behind the magnificent temple,, blue skies, towering coconut trees of God live how Holy! on one side of the tree and found little monkey, Hindu Mythology, the hero, not afraid of people eating, harmony and tranquility, the whole people cannot help but become comfortable, most want to do is try to all imprinted in my mind. In the Lotus scum found photographing symmetric Angkor's best location, generous and want to run out of memory cards. "The then flourishing splendid have become minor god worship have vanished. The Phoenix blossom land, lived through war and bloodshed. Only Angkor Wat, it said nothing, standing there, quietly watching the sunset West fall day after day, the Moon dongsheng ... "

The Sun Finally sink by with quite sad mood, a few steps back and left the Angkor Temple, sitting in the car, or difficult to calm the mind, that there is a lot of stuff coming up, and no expression.

In this travel main two days experience feel too much is too much, they are notAnd one a digestion, for such a country, such a miracle, perhaps it should be like happy like foreigners staying a month to really experience her infinite charm, however I have one months? no, so I can't let go ...

2 B continued……

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