Oddz an Enz

Many of these temples were built honouring Hindu gods and godesses. Buddhism died come into fashion until later. Even after they were altered to honour Buddah, much of the Hindu stuff was left as it had been carved.

AFT, not really

I forgot to bring my LP Cambodia book to the internet shop. The name begins with a P and is a palce built for one of the kings. The workmanship is truly amazing. This lower image is a once covered causeway. The stone for these buildings was cut 50 kilometers away and barged here from up river.

Bayon

Up the road a piece is another massive temple complex called Bayon. There are 216 of these carved Buddah heads facing all directions.

More Angkor Wat

This temple is about 900 years old. Millions of people have rubbed these brests until they are polished smooth. At the zenith of the Khmer civilization about one million people lived around A.W.

Angkor Wat

Halloh! Three years ago in Siem Reap, I hired a young man with a motorbike to ferry me to some of the temples. His name was Adam. He was invited to his girlfriends parents home for a Chinese new years party. Adam asked me to come along as he was quite nervous to go alone. I had a wonderful time and wrote a fun story about the evening.
We have kept in E touch. He has since acquired the trailer needed to transform his ride into a tuk tuk. I E mailed him that we (Mike, David and I) were on our way, and included my Cambodian mobile number. He called the next day.
I invited him to breakfast so that we might catch up before heading out to see stuff. He is 29 years old now and wants to find a wife. He had asked his mother to speak to his girlfriends mother about marriage. The other mother agreed but insisted they visit a fortune teller first. Unfortunately, the fortune teller did not feel the match would be good. So, that was the end of that! He has since met another lady from a good family and owns a restrauant near one of the temples. But!, she is divorced, so he cannot become involved with her. Oh well!
This is the grandaddy of them all, Angkor Wat. The entire grounds cover nearly one square mile. The surrounding moat alone is 600 feet wide. This is the promanade to the main entrance. Since my last visit a wooden stairway has been erected. It's now much safer to climb up to the top level. Here are two views from the top. This was once a pool.

On to Siem Riep

This tool is used to patch motorbike inner tubes. Thats a old motorbike piston being used to press the patch onto the tube. I phoned ahead to make room reservations for Mike, David and me. This is our tuk tuk driver ready to transport us. Here is a better photo of a 'fish massage' place. They chew all the rough bits off of dirty feet. This one was $3 for 20 minutes witha free beer or Coke. If I didn't have a poorly healing scrape on a toe of each foot I'd give it a go.
We're off to Angkor Wat in the morning . I've kept in E touch with young Adam. He ferried me around three years ago on his motorbike. He now has a tuk tuk and will pick us up at 8:30. Perhaps some of you remember the party he took me to at his girlfiends parents house.
So, it will be two busy temple days, an all day bus back to P.P, the Superbowl at 6:30 A.M. my Monday, and a Tuesday flight back to BKK.
I've enjoyed Cambodia very much. Perhaps I'll come back!
Bye for now, Doablah

Around P.P.

David and wandered by Ravis the next afternoon to Thank our host. Here he is working his ass off! It's market day. Heres a woman selling fish and a man carving wood.