Saturday, March 13, 2010

Angkor Wat



Still haven’t learned how to say good morning in Khmer. Everyone who works at the hotel speaks English. By 8AM I am on the bus and ready to go. Mr Thinh tells me the company will provide a guide, car and driver for me to visit Angkor Wat in the afternoon free of charge. He is a saint.

This morning we are to visit Bantey Srei and Ta Phrom. Ta Phrom temple has a market next to it and I am ready to search for treasures. The vendors swarm me with their wares repeating like a mantra “you buy from me.” Here I found beautiful light cotton long sleeve shirts, all embroidered at the neckline and silk pillow cases embroidered with the Apsara dancers so famous in this part of the world.

In the afternoon, as promised, my guide and driver show up for my tour of Angkor Wat. I walk out of the hotel, and wilt. The temperature has to be over 100 degrees. I ask my guide if one ever gets accustomed to this heat and he replies “No.” All-righty then, onward into the oven. Angkor Wat is awe-inspiring, but we make it a short tour.

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