Missbossy Meanders... CAMBODIA

Friday 9-May-03

We spent the whole day going around the ruins including spending the afternoon at Angkor Wat.

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East Mebon
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The mottled stone of the elephant statue
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An elephant pears out at the jungle
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Ta Som - East Gate
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Monks on Holiday
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Preah Khan . The architectural structure of the library struck us as being very greco-roman.
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View from bridge over temple moat.
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A little girl hid outside the Blue Pumpkin Bakery until KT gave in an slipped her a brioche!
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Canadia - not quite where I come from.

Angkor Wat

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The great place itself.
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Our guide Samady showing KT the bas relief
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We climbed to the top of the central tower... opting to do so without use of the hand rail: mistake! Three quarters of the way up, I realised I was 8 metres above a hard rock floor with no safety harness. I had a minor panic attack and had to steady myself, eventually pulling myself together and making the last few metres. KT reported the same effect and later, back on terra firma, we watched others make the same nerve wracking mistake... and laughed slightly uneasily.
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View of Angkor Wat from Hill Temple

Hill Temple

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This was the only crowded site on the whole trip: people gather hear at the end of the day to watch the sunset.
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I saw a dead monster killer fly which I've recorded here for KT's sake.
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