so the 0530 sunrise was a bit early for the girls and thomas, so they took a day off to spend at the pool and have a little pappa daughter time. brita, cege, and i headed off in the tuktuk to watch the sunrise over angkor wat with about a million other people. it was beautiful, but yeah, well, i prefer the eeriness of being in the temples by ourselves (or at least not with huge groups of loud chinese).
then we headed off to preah khan, which ended up being one of my favorite temples. lots of corridors and amazing carvings, on our way in were were serenaded by a boy who, honestly most likely does not go to school, though they all pointed out that today was saturday!
my attempt a self portrait of sorts down one of the corridors...
preah khan was full of these beautiful figures as well as alot of trees doing their best to take over. it gave the place an amazing atmosphere...
then there was this little old monk lady. she was just so sweet and adorable, i could just feel the joy of life all around here. she sat near the middle of the temple and seemed like she just belonged there.
we visited a couple more temples, including ta som. more of the bayon faces which i find so fascinating. i wish i had taken this shot from a better angle but this tree grew up around the entrance creating a very impressive entry with the bayon face tower just behind it...
banteay samre ended up being an interesting temple as well (okay i admit it, they all were), so many carvings of so many crazy scenes, but what struck me here as i snapped this shot, is how much this temples mean to people now. the love with which these ladies touched the wall was, well, touching...
after the temples we met up with thomas and the girls to go out for a little traditional kmer dancing and dinner. zoe loved all the flowers, glitter, and dresses, but thought that the dancing was a bit too slow for her liking. i only had the itouch with so the pics are not too great. but you get the idea.
at the end of the show they invited people up on stage to take pics with them. cege did not hear the announcement and started screaming at the silly chinese tourists to get off the stage. it was so funny. but the girls got up and ran around. one of the girls thought eilja was going to fall off of the stage at one point and tried to run after her, but was a bit hard with headdress and outfit. poor girl she looked terrified!
and tomorrow the johanssons are back off to bangkok, they will be missed, but it has been a great trip. thanks for sharing it with us!
then we headed off to preah khan, which ended up being one of my favorite temples. lots of corridors and amazing carvings, on our way in were were serenaded by a boy who, honestly most likely does not go to school, though they all pointed out that today was saturday!
my attempt a self portrait of sorts down one of the corridors...
preah khan was full of these beautiful figures as well as alot of trees doing their best to take over. it gave the place an amazing atmosphere...
then there was this little old monk lady. she was just so sweet and adorable, i could just feel the joy of life all around here. she sat near the middle of the temple and seemed like she just belonged there.
we visited a couple more temples, including ta som. more of the bayon faces which i find so fascinating. i wish i had taken this shot from a better angle but this tree grew up around the entrance creating a very impressive entry with the bayon face tower just behind it...
banteay samre ended up being an interesting temple as well (okay i admit it, they all were), so many carvings of so many crazy scenes, but what struck me here as i snapped this shot, is how much this temples mean to people now. the love with which these ladies touched the wall was, well, touching...
after the temples we met up with thomas and the girls to go out for a little traditional kmer dancing and dinner. zoe loved all the flowers, glitter, and dresses, but thought that the dancing was a bit too slow for her liking. i only had the itouch with so the pics are not too great. but you get the idea.
at the end of the show they invited people up on stage to take pics with them. cege did not hear the announcement and started screaming at the silly chinese tourists to get off the stage. it was so funny. but the girls got up and ran around. one of the girls thought eilja was going to fall off of the stage at one point and tried to run after her, but was a bit hard with headdress and outfit. poor girl she looked terrified!
and tomorrow the johanssons are back off to bangkok, they will be missed, but it has been a great trip. thanks for sharing it with us!
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