Angkor Wat
Trip Start
Feb 21, 2008
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Trip End
Mar 18, 2008
Siam Reap,
Cambodia
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I think i have a touch of heatstroke today so this will be short and sweet. This morning we went to Bentey Sreai which is a bit far out but our trusty tuk tuk made it and it was worth the trip. The temple is made from a pink coloured stone and it has the most beautiful carved stone. It was really packed though so we looked around and on the way back to Angkor we went to the Landmines Museum. It was sad but it's good to see that people are trying to help the people who have been affected by them.
Then we had lunch and went to Angkor Wat. We had been psyching ourselves up for the climb to the top up the really narrow stairs, but we found out the top level was closed. Well when we got there the second level was closed too so absolutely no bravery or climbing was required! Just as well as it was roasting. Angkor Wat is so huge, you just can't comprehend it from the photographs, it is like cathedrals on top of cathedrals on top of cathedrals. It is an amazing place. I can't even describe it. By the end of it I was fit to faint with the heat so we went back to the hotel. There are loads of little children asking you to buy things and I swear they go to some sales training place where they all learn how to ANNOY you into buying things by wearing you down so you will buy something to make them go away. They all know the capital of Ireland and the name of the Taoiseach and the population of Ireland. They would make super salespeople in another life but today I was feeling fairly murderous towards them.
There's loads of monkeys and baby monkeys running around the jungle around Angkor Wat but I only got a picture of one up near the temple who seems to have a taste for Coca Cola.
I can't figure out what's going on with my lighters, they kept exploding on me in Saigon, once in my bag walking down the road (I thought I was shot) and once in my pocket in a shop (it scared a few people) and now today the lighter I had in my bag has no gas in it, it looks like a bit of it popped off. I tried to explain it to a man in a shop in Saigon but he thought I was mental so I just bought matches. Something to do with the heat but why is it only happening to me?
