Sugar rush
Trip Start
Oct 01, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 30, 2009
Siem Reap,
Cambodia
Thursday, October 9, 2008
We stopped at a roadside stall where they were boiling palm sugar
The sugar is boiled for 10hr
to make something that tastes exactly like Scottish tablet (a sort of hard fudge). The sweets were then beautifully wrapped in dried palm leaves
Beautifully wrapped palm sugar sweets
. 3 for a dollar.
Palm sugar tablet
The lady selling them was missing a few teeth: probably connected with her trade.
Stall selling palm sugar sweets
Petrol sold in bottles
Lunch in a roadside restaurant. Amok Tey: fish in coconut milk served in a whole coconut. Baby on nearby veranda was being rocked in a hammock by grandmother, grandfather and various other family members in turn.
Today's Temples:
Banteay Srey. A demonstration by the head priest of how well he could build a temple. Good carvings, red sandstone that has lasted well.
Banteay Srei view
Banteay Srei carvings
Banteay Srei 2
2 Banteay prei. Good elephant carvings
3 Another whose name I can't remember but is like Bateay Prei, only taller
4 Neak Pean. On an island. The setting represents a story when the Buddha, before he was enlightened, changed into a horse to rescue people shipwrecked on an island
5 Preah Kahn. Overgrown with trees. Built by King to honour his father and hold magic sword.
Preah Kahn
All templed out now. Off to hail a tuk tuk to take us for a futher night's entertainment in downtown Siem Reap
Comments
scotland
I am getting quite into the mood of this blog thing sorry about your back hope your medical bag is upto scratch Off to play bridge (usual Glasgow weather) love M/E