Review of Cambodia March 4 (2006.3.24-3.29)

2006-3-26/Sunday/Siem Reap

Press about our departure at five thirty in the morning of Siem Reap, we have just to see the surrounding landscape, sits in Toto, speeds let us feel unique cool.

With expectations, and no sign of the three pagoda appeared in the distance of the Lake. Many visitors to set foot in the way of pilgrimage, silence surrounds us, like fear of waking the sleeping and monuments. Toward the East, toward the light, toward the Angkor, we walk away. If the memory is true, it will be my first time to see the sunrise.

When Alick and want to look at the situation of Willa review last night and asked her why call Angkor Wat > <, Willa like a good student, from the may see in full bloom on repeat: "Angkor Wat is the world's largest Hindu architecture, the world's largest religious buildings.

Angkor read as "Angkor", free translation is "Holy City"; Wat read as "cave" (derived from Thai, tone such as Cantonese) a translation of the Angkor Wat temples;-if the Holy City of temples.

With Oriental continues bright, and friends are common ushered in a brand new day.

Exclamation of surprise more creature amazed at the great, the first one will be the day-to-people and so perfect.

To save time, we did not eat breakfast with the hotel (6 points), in a quiet, Angkor Wat in stone, we enjoy the Portuguese made of bread, and eaten.

Write here, I had to extract a section of the may blooming ":" in accordance with the sermon, Brahmanism is auspicious direction East, is the place where the sun rises, the symbol of light and happiness, prosperity, and prosperity.

So the building such as temples, palaces, houses, etc are all facing East, the Angkor complex in Angkor through Empire city, bakheng, female the Royal Palace and other famous buildings. But while a Angkor Temple, its unconventional sitting East towards the West, the main entrance gate to the West. Why? who put forward the idea that he was motivated to consider? who booked this doctrine and traditional "reverse" bold programme? "

In and around the temple, we see a lot of small animals, they are doing, the stroll, we can see there are horses, dogs and all kinds of birds.

Sunrise they do after bird-shaped.

Cynthia says is Mei-not because of backlight pictures, but I believe that in order to meet again at the sunset.

We went to the Temple of Tomah (Thommanom) Lennon, feel the architectural style and Angkor VAT is very close, but quiet a lot.

It's opposite is week tevoda (Chau Say Tevoda), this is only one China maintenance team to participate in the restoration project.

In March 2000, the Chinese Government's $ 10 million for aid to Cambodia Angkor week tevoda restoration project, this is the first Chinese participation in external heritage and restoration project. The temple was repaired in unable to visit, but we still get to wander about. Excuse my ignorance, I can see some of the monuments have been fixed, and is then cast to complete the repair of old and new, feeling a bit mixed.

Tour of the next station is tea gel Temple (Takeo) – divided into three layers, I first had to stop, Willa in second layer break dishes, Cynthia and Alick pounded the level and level of the day, adhere to the highest level, will interpret the pilgrimage to the extreme.

When did and we exchange all King City feel, hope fully answerable to the legs of pay.

Leave the temple, we rushed to another famous temples-Tabb cage Temple (Ta Prohm).

The Monastery founded in 1186 by Khmer King called El BA Mo VII to sacrifice his mother while building, also called "Mother Temple". Due to the Temple of ancient trees and the Tower of entanglement has life, causing the entire cage Temple became taboo Angkor only temples have been unable to repair. If there was anything to it and modern entertaining, that is, the Tomb Raider, Angelina in churning up and down in a scene is shot at Tabb cage Temple, also let this become second Angkor VAT will be added to the attractions. A car, walking through a lovely long track. Along the road there are melodious drum with, it is the local people with disabilities in this show, hoping to get help for tourists. Although we had prepared, but when I saw the deep-rooted struggle was shocked. In the absence of use like other temple treasure Tower building structure, there is a tropical rain forest in the world: the whole temple is surrounded by huge trees, such as the snake-like roots, with Tabb cage inside the temple, in-depth architecture. Up to 10 meters of the roots, across the top of the temple, the temple building, causing the collapse of bricks at the top, forming more ruins. However, there are also resembles the ginseng root, such as the giant claw firmly supported by a temple wall, to survive. This strange landscape formed in nature and humanity's perfect combination, it was said that this is the "tower" and the "tree" asphyxia hug, indeed.

Millennium old trees, we block the Sun, we are here to stay for a few hours, novelty-excited-shock, we spent a lot of MB and finally finished Portugal made bread.

Getting around tourists, we also have Tabb cage Temple farewell.

Ban Dai UC Te (Banteay Kdei), very quiet a temple, we stay a little while.

Royal Bath (Srah Srang), if the name is not known in advance, there is no shadow of bath.

But there was a local girl in English bawled for a dressed foreigners buy things: "Hi Mr. Green!" See us in a concealed, foreigners next to embarrassing.

Already been at noon, a bunch of starving people also refused to on, you want to have lunch in the back.

The noon Western Wasa Street (Sivatha Road) lost the vitality of the night, although still the door opens, but clothingServices and health have also have idle get together to talk. We chose a House, the old rules three food four drinks. Lessons learned is later if you want to ask the dish served with rice that after yesterday's dinner on, we thought that already know the menu here, unfortunately, be charged $ 1/report of the meal, spent $ 16.5.

The meal, we rushed to Market, next to the Old a bit disappointed us, 10 minutes after it seems no interest, and also regret about the driver to take us too late, let us see a silver shop selling earrings, necklaces, under our feet, try mucilage glue this to wear that.

Alick boring, they found a shop chairs to sit down, only to find that a lot of silver handicrafts, then no one urges us. Harvest: $ 4.5/earrings, Cynthia bought 3 pay earrings, Willa bought 4 pay earrings + elephant, Jessica bought 3 pay earrings + elephant, Alick bought pumpkin + birds. And so we turn to God, found that the time has not had to leave, but also at a turning point buy incense, candles, packets of stalls, where Rob a lot. Cynthia wants to buy a baby elephant bag, price did not talk about, planted the misfortune after shopping. There is so much that we feel fresh harvest, despite the heat, but also to feel the Sun, Angkor Wat.

Afternoon of Angkor Wat, the morning before we meet people, now and in the same location reunite, as only the same purpose – walking paradise.

To see the "before" is in full bloom in May to studying, Angkor Temple all each up to 8 tons of stone masonry is not using the mortar or other adhesives, craftsmen alone stones weight and shape of the anastomosis will be superimposed.

In Angkor temple to the East of the Buddhist scriptures building, built by the stones into the High Court to floor 65 m main tower, because of the Spire pagoda is Angkor Empire's most sacred places, thus leading to Spire with extreme steep steps of the pagoda. In 1973, a France women step of steep accidentally fell down dead.

Came to the sky ladder, Alick, Willa, Cynthia with great courage, hands and feet, like Gecko as slowly climb on top of the tower.

Based on yesterday's jaw zinken bad shoes experience and afraid to fall from height, I chose the following-up approaches to watch Spire pagoda. I cannot help but laments all in the above person, to know each level step width less than 15 cm, height about 35 cm. Since years, stone steps of the horizontal plane and vertical plane has been ground into arc-shaped, what is more, some hard to find a pedal point. Many mission to Korea, Japan man with amazing courage also joined the ranks of the climb. Cynthia down later told me that in the West of stone steps has a thin iron handrail, many people queue up for down there. They are not from there, it was the hero in hero. I took them hard to accompany me to find the root iron handrail, found in fact someone just took that iron handrail, still step stone steps rather than in the original height and height between making buffer stage (it was mentioned above, the husband of France women mourning his wife built), in fact, everyone wants is the support of the heart.

In the middle of the Northern Corridor, also a little to the North, East of the entrance stone wall is the famous "clap chest drum song".

According to the guidelines, backed by the others in the walls, hand gently slap your chest three times, and can hear the echo of the drums so as to pray for good health. We are very excited, Alick sidetracked and patted tummy and buttocks, found no echo. So he came by Willa let her try again, but in addition, Willa try photographing chest then gave up, Alick only dark sigh Willa lack of imagination.

Leave when we passed through a stone walkways, corridors and embossed in relief, themes are mostly taken from India epic the Ramayana Hin-under the direction of more and more friction River under the direction of the fairy tale, and reflecting the realities of life and the Khmer people tie family intruder fightscene photos, memories.

Because of the time it is still early, we opted for a before dinner drink drink to remove gas.

At No.9, we were called Coffee Shake, Banana Shake (2), Mango Juice. Although it requires less ice, I and Cynthia share or stomach Bing, Willa and Alick of Coffee Shake very good. To see a female foreigners point a Shake and fried rice, spent $ 2.5.

Dinner is in the Red Piano, this is a very famous hotels, the strange thing is I did not find the piano.

Because here there is no air conditioning in dining room Basic, we chose 2 floor, near the location of the form so that we do not think it is very hot. Point the Amok Fish $ 3.5, Lok Lak $ 3.25, Sweet & Sour Pork $ 2.75, Mixed Fruit Shake $ 1.75/glass, Angkor Beer $ 1. I didn't expect delicious food, there is no more expensive than the noon meal ($ 15.75) to five stars. Out, I cannot but as Chinese people proud of our multinational people rich. Ate so much, it did not see a Korea and Japan, Oh, is white.

Back on the road, pretentious people hard to go to the gas station Alick, next to the supermarket to buy yogurt, also specify the Cambodian yogurt in Acura DUTCHIE, Willa and Alick chose the coconut flavor ($ 0.458/Cup), I chose the blueberry.

Wanted to buy water in the supermarket to see too expensive, did not buy. And drivers pointing, he showed us a bend in the corner to buy local water, very popular blue cans, 6 big bottle before R2500. Cynthia also found Japan's stronghold, they are in this supermarket within a small fast-food restaurant for dinner, IThey feel better.