Monday, May 7, 2012

Ode to Cambodia

Cambodia was legendary!
The Wats (temples) were super cool and ancient.
They looked as though you just wandered in from the jungle and found these amazingly very detailed ruins that no one else has touched in thousands of years!
(well besides all the other tourists walking around)
Speaking of tourist, we had the best guide/taxi driver!
Chou Sophal
He was the bomb-dot-com and super took care of us!!

Ankor Wat
This was the biggest and most kept of the temples.
It's huge with details etched on every surface!
There are mile long walls on every side telling stories, 
monkeys trying to steal whatever you were carrying,
posers,
and look real monks!

Bayon Temple (or as I call it the face temple)
Every tower had a face pointing North, East, South, & West.
There are 216 faces on the temple!

Ta Prohm aka The Jungle Temple
Or some of you may know it as Lara Croft Tomb Raider Temple!
The trees here will grow on anything! Rocks, other trees, your face.
 
(this is actually frowned upon...so don't hang on roots when you go. It is still a temple after all!)

Banteay Srei
This temple is built out of red sandstone and looks orangery awesome!
They think women did all the carvings because of how delicate it is, but it seems more manly to me cause of how big the boobies on the carvings are.
 Also, it has black streaks on it because they have to burn off the poisonous weeds that grow all over it.
No touchie!!
(I don't know if you noticed, but apparently the Cambodia ruins bring out our Christian Rock album cover  poses.)

A little more Cambodia.
The floating village...aka the dirtiest river...ever!
Lotus Blossom field
The pods were yummy! Tasted like peas.

In case your wondering Cambodia has the cutest kids I ever did behold!
It's decided Scott and I are adopting one when the time comes.
(yes I bought these bracelets)
(yes he is sitting in a bowl with a snake around his neck)
(yes..snakes again. Apparently it's a thing in the floating village)
 Go to Cambodia.
Have Po be your guide.
The End.

2 comments:

  1. This looks like the best trip ever! So exciting for you guys!

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  2. I'm VERY happy you guys decided this was worth the time and moolah. It's one of my greatest memories of my trip - I loved it.

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