Cambodia 8 travels (2)

9 February

Morning in the Golden Temple Villa of waiting for the results of the Pan's car and he was late, but later found it was his car clock slowly.

He may come to think ahead to the next. Says the concept of time in Cambodia, this way is imparted. The Central Market in Phnom Penh on the bus to S-21, drivers say to 1 hours drive, only 15 minutes away.

Our morning goal is Angkor (Ankor Thom).

Angkor was the last capital of the Khmer Empire, which is also the Khmer people political and religious center. Ankor Thom's Royal Palace have collapse depleted, leaving some stone monuments. Remains of Ankor Thom's most concentrated in the central cities, like the Baphuon, Bayon, Terrace of Lapper King, Terrace of Elephants, Phimeanakas, Royal Palace, Preah Khan, Neak Pean Bakong Preah, and so on.

Has the world famous "Khmer smile" BA Rong Temple (Bayon) on our attract maximum.

Ankor Thom Bayon is located in the Centre of Angkor group Temple is the most mysterious temples. Temple 54 seats in the stand, Simian pagoda each side has a King, a total of smiley JayavarmanVII 216 per face of 4 meters in height. It is said that 54 stupa respectively symbolize the Khmer Kingdom of 54 provinces. Here's the smiling face of 216 Zhang King, each has his merits, squint, with closed eyes, big eyes and smile is in a State of flux, with bright, quiet, slightly sad ... Very interesting.

Khmer smile so memorable.

Later, see our contacts of Cambodians reveal the simplicity of a smile, and feel themselves feel is alive "Khmer smile", so serene, mystery of the gods.

Bayon perimeter of shallow relief corridors is also very famous, reflects the variety of social life at that time.

A description of the war scenes of hunting and fishing, farming, fair trade markets, wedding acrobatics of etc. In these brief relief, we find out a lot of Han Chinese shadow. In war scenes, pierced with a bunch of, dressed exactly the song to the Khmer Rouge soldiers against foreign aid. One of the soldiers exposed teeth, because he saw that not wearing a coat of ancient Khmer soldiers laugh alone. So tiny details are craftsmen a a picture down, its artistic attainments is powerful and can be used to describe. In addition, the Han Chinese image also appears in Casino (it is said that it was introduced to the Han Chinese to gambling in Cambodia), and local Khmer people accompaniment became popular fun fighting scenes, as well as to local MM to marry scene, but also lively and infectious.

In a brief cameo, we also see a theft.

According to the local tour guide told me that once in Cambodia, the thief was caught, they have the right to collective punishment beating his uncle, if police could take his time and, even if he's lucky, the majority of cases, it is very likely to be killed on the spot. So far, thefts in Cambodia also were relatively rare.

After that, we rode an elephant, Bayon perimeter walking in a circle.

From a distance-see Bayon is like a piece of arbitrarily piled rocks, could not imagine a close look at the wonderful time. In the Angkor region, there are many places to ride, costs generally USD10-15 or so.

Recall the Bayon Temple sculpture stories in, before you know it, our car is open to other famous attractions: Darboux cage Temple (Ta Prohm) entry.

Ta Prohm was built for the mother JayavarmanVII, its architecture compared to other temples to attainments comparable to some, but abandoned the extent of the damage is higher than the other.

The monastery was almost has been swallowed up all of the original forest, and distinguished, but it is thanks to its waste. Went into the temple, ancient trees towering, original architecture and the intertwined, can no longer be separated. Some trees in Tower temple building surfaces and to top it all actually break out of the wall. This tree tower one, become a Darboux cage temple's unique style. Since abandoned ill, Ta Prohm in many passages are stone or roots jam, unable to walk.

Rarely in the Angkor monuments trees can shade for summer, so select General visitors to return to Siem Reap at noon, 2 pm sent out later.

We go back to Siem Reap, began around food.

To find the home ice cream shop, eat, was content to go to dinner. (Do not know the pan on our way of eating topsy-turvy has no comment. ) And finally a call Beijing dumplings of hotel door stops. It's not that we want to eat Chinese food, but I heard that there are good-Cambodia-hotpot, sit down, they know they don't sell. You can order some dishes Tim belly. This lunch, forced to participate in our communist activities. He is the point the murmuring lao meat (we think so), in order to learn as much as they can taste the local cuisine, we would not hesitate to share it. Pan seems to be getting used our communist system, think we have enjoyed the Khmer smile.

Get round and set off.

Afternoon destination is the female Palace (Banteay Srei). Banteay Srei is Angkor ruins were discovered in earlier and finished with a perfect place to more remote temples, drove past need 1 hour. It is a palace built in St., and is the only one not by the Khmer King construction of temples.

Because of the Banteay Srei is built for the female, the incomparable "exquisite" become its unique charm.

In Banteay Srei almost all places have been carefullyEngraving, complex leaf-shaped and geometric patterns in the lintel and false doors everywhere. Stone carving wood carving that can show the precise degree in General, have to let all the people present continuous praise Khmer architectural art of stunning and superb. Banteay Srei eaves and beams can be seen on many Shiva (Shiva) image and shape of a thousand hand Buddha, are equally exquisite is stunning. Temple of Banteay Srei, placed at the center of two individuals as beast head of statue, one of the head have been destroyed, in addition a incomplete, not too sure.

Back to Siem Reap, we stopped by to see Angkor in the bucket Tower (Terrace of Elephants).

The Royal Terrace of Elephants is holding a public ceremony and parade rituals.

High-profile most eye-catching place is its positive decoration. There are many vivid carved elephant and riders, their attitude is different, if fully expand imagination, you can watch for a long time. The edge of bucket-like platform partly is designed to separate drop columns, like elephant droop nose, and the entire profile of the positive nature into the elephant's trunk, originality.

In the Terrace of the Elephants, found inside the base of several five touma stone image, that is the King of the mount Angel and the devil, is surrounded by the image the same very descriptive.

Standing on the platform, bucket like looking for a large number distant jungle without appreciation of Angkor monuments of architecture, a little bit.

Sunset, setting sun care for the entire Ankor Thom, seem endless warm and quiet.

Back to Siem Reap, we in the Red Piano ate the first lunar new year dinner.

Very Red Piano of environment, food and elegant taste of nothing. Although not cheap, but still worthy of recommendation. Where banana & chocolate shake quite special and later in another place, never to be seen. Here, the Pan and place in our country, natural chicken with ginger was (he really likes to eat chicken, OH), and signaled with the sharing. After these days, he has been completely adapted to Western food to eat in.

Dinner, we went to Old Market shopping, bought two thick of Thailand and Malaysia in LP.

Here's most of the commodity production technology were relatively rough, there's nothing to buy.

10 February

In the morning, we go back to Phnom Penh, and plan to get the evening before the seaside city of Sihanouk (Shihanoukville).

Because the trip is tight, so I cannot continue to full of magic and fantasy of Ankor lingers.

Pan as usual or late, we will gradually get used to the Cambodian people loose time management.

Breakfast buys daixian French bread, 2000Riel with a, a sweet and sour, spotless floors of vegetables, very tasty.

Road sides, everywhere is highly characteristic of high foot in Southeast Asia, according to the terrain, the height of the foot is different too.

Simple high foot estates, many people lying on the rest, to enjoy the hammock.

All the Red Sky.

With invisible to optical friends if Cambodia is to have some crimes. So it is best to remember to bring sunglasses, i.e. you can shade, wind and sand.

At noon, the car back to River-Star Hotel.

In order to save trouble, we decided to continue to pack the car to the boss, the boss asked USD70 Shihanoukville, and said that the only constant two-way and willing to give USD60 price. (In fact, we know that in any of Shihanoukville hotel can be easily fixed to a minibus to Phnom Penh, the asking price is USD60. Then send the boss promised) drivers to Shihanoukville meet us, so deal. But this decision was later confirmed that not so wise.

For the rest of the time before departure, a black fat waiter came towards me.

He said himself a monthly income of USD40, of which 18 blocks used to pay tuition to learn Chinese, remaining for daily living expenses. It seems that Cambodia's tuition is very expensive. Finally, he put his Chinese name and phone number is written on a small note, for us.

To start, the boss will change drivers, the results actually or pan.

Pan even bite not to eat, just took a bottle of coke and set off. See that he is very tired and we are very sympathetic. On this day, he opened a whole 18 hours.

The afternoon is all the way bumpy.

We slept in the car stagger pan to perk up, always on music.

In the evening, we managed to smell the scent of the sea.

See the round red sunset, in the palm leaves slowly sinking disappear, so beautiful that time forgot last of Lawton.

By entering the final toll of Shihanoukville, it was already dark.

Pan in Golden Lion Traffic Circle of lost. Here are like the wujiaochang, the middle is a golden statue, around all directions have radiation out of the way. We stick several times, finally into a small alley holes in the road, in the dark to find scheduled House of Marlibu. Hotel in front of the traffic so bad, was unexpected, although Shihanoukville is the resort, but here the degree of development is not sufficient.

House of Marlibu is Serendipity Beach on a bungalow-style hotel, away from the coast to 100

M. Since we arrived too late, had originally scheduled the room being accounted for. Replacement to us though is sea view room, but there is no hot water in the room, there is a special manual flush toilet waiting for you to use.

Stomache sing an, or go to dinner.

To listen to your friends before Shihanoukville introduced the smell of Sea Gragon Restaurant is quite good, so we rushed to pan out there, but this time he didn't have dinner with us because he has to catch the 5-6 hours of the night back to Phnom Penh. We really are worried about the safety of his way.

Sea Gragon seafood done well and good, but the price is not cheap.

Want to plug in a sentence, in Cambodia, always feel that the local clock time of the different rules and we seem to be 5 minutes equivalent of 20 minutes. In fact, I would like to say, if you dislike serving too slowly and feel very boring, you can go to the side of swinging on the swings.

House of Marlibu voltage is very unstable, and the lights in the dark in the room, the atmosphere is weird.

Outside of the bars on the beach is a bustling, many seed here qunmoluanwu, lexical similar forest wild party. But the advantage of sea view room, listening to the bar of the most real drums, like knocking on your head.

Nearly 1 point at midnight, still can't sleep, so we went out for a cup of iced coffee, that was close to the House of Marlibu slightly far away, the night shrouded beaches are very quiet.

Back to us with a headlight illumination, drunken sent upon seeing this screaming: "Miner!"

Bar the noise sounded over the rhythm of the waves on the shore.

3 o'clock, all managed to restore calm.

(To be continued)