Cambodia has been a place which has shown me some truly majestic sites and true inspiration.
My second weekend in Cambodia, after spending just a few days orienting myself in Siem Reap, I became the volunteer with the "local knowledge" of what to do and see by my fellow volunteers who travelled up from Phnom Pehn. We shopped, we ate, we bargained the hell outta those markets and got some really amazing keepsakes. Not only did we shop but we pampered ourselves with massages and pedicures followed by some much deserved icy blended fruit drinks - some may have called them margaritas :P
But the truly amazing experience of the weekend was visiting the temples of Angkor Wat. We spent one full day touring the majestic temples of Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm, the Bayon, the Elephant Terrance and ending the day with the sunset viewpoint where we could see Angkor Wat popping out of the jungle in the distance. The following day we awoke before the sun was even thinking of rising and made it to Angkor Wat before the sunrise. The rest of the morning consisted of a couple more temples one of which wasa named Prah Khan and wow was it magestic and wicked! The walls had amazing colours painted on them, there were trees surrounding the structure in all directions, the carvings were fading as time laid its toll.
It blows my mind the capacity and ability of the people who built these temples. How could one build such magestic and gorgeous pieces of art and on such a massive scale. I dont know a lot about the history or how these structures were built but they were beyond words phenomenal. We spent our time weaving through fellow tourists, snapping pics, and wiping the sweat off our brows as we got to soak up the wonder that surrounded us. Could you imagine the one to have discovered these temples? Built up in the middle of the jungle come these massive temples, covered with carvings, and surrounded by nature on all sides. Gah so amazing!!!!!!! In hind sight we should have hired a guide for even a couple temples to learn a little about the history- NEXT TIME! :P
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