Today is the last day for us in Angkor, so sad we have to go back so soon.
At 5.00am Lisa and I went to Bayon to see the sunrise. Kriss skip this one. It's very dark
at Bayon. Nobody was there just the 2 of us and our motorbike driver. I'm too scared to
went in the temple cause it's very dark and you can't even see the steps but Lisa went
inside. I had stomach ache and went to the toilet alone in the dark! Pretty scary! I
think we are so stupid to be here in the middle of the dark, alone and put ourselves in
danger.There's no sunrise because it's cloudy. There's nothing to see so we went
back to the guest house. Banteay Srei is our next destination. At 9.00am, motorbike driver arrived.
Kriss skip this one too and will meet up with us at Preah Khan. Banteay Srei is situated
far away from Siem Reap. When we reach the temple there are already many people there.
There are food and souvenir stalls. The temple is red and pink in colour. It's a very
beautiful temple. It's surrounded by water and the size of the temple is quite small
compare to Angkor Wat, but it's well preserved. You can still see the real or original
carving on the wall. It's so detail and fine. If you look carefully, you can noticed that
the carving is quite different from the rest of the temple. I like this place very much.
There are locals playing traditional music.
Next we were on our way
to Neak Pean, the lake of the coiling serpent. Neak Pean is not a temple but much more
like a bathing pool. In the center of the pool, lays the coiling serpent. During the time
of our visit, the pool is not fill with water, so we can walk to the middle of the pool.
Opps.... it's started to rain again. We can't continue our journey because of the rain so
we have lunch here at the local food stall. I had rice and fried egg for 1500 Real. Later
I have a chance to try their hammock. The hammock is their sleeping place, it's
very easy to setup and you can bring it anywhere.
The rain stopped. We
were off to Preah Khan to meet Kriss there. Preah Khan is famous for the hall of dancers
carving. The temple almost collapsed and there were big trees growing on top of the temple
which destroyed the temple. Preah Khan is surrounded by a wall with giant Garuda,
a mythical creature with human body and birdlike wings, legs and a thick curved beak with
bulging eyes. It's lower body is covered with feathers and has the claws of an eagle.
There's an information center at the entrance of the temple which provides information on
how the conservation was done on this temple and the technique used.
It's time to go back. I
think we have visited almost every temple. Before we went back to the guest house, we ask
our motorbike driver to cruise around Angkor Thom one more time. This is the best moment
for me cruising around the magnificent city of Angkor in the evening. I have accomplished
one of my dream 2000! So happy I did it and at the same time feel sad I had to leave
tomorrow. However I will come back again.
Our driver dropped us
at the market, and it's time to pay them. We had a great time with them too. After having
dinner, we went to the souvenir stalls again to do our last shopping. We had a friendly
chat with the lady that sold us T-Shirt the first day we were here before we leave. The
people here were so friendly and nice. Gosh..! I am going to miss this town.
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