Sunday 11th Feb: I've now had 2 days in Siem Reap visiting the temples of Angkor Wat. Its been a wonderful experience. The scale of the construction of the many temples and extent of the carvings is breathtaking. The number of lives which must have been dedicated to these temples is beyond comprehension. The fact such amazing constructions were ever "lost" is equally incomprehensible. But as one hill tribe member said to a group of us several weeks ago the most important things in life to her are rice and water, without that there is nothing. So if that's you're main prioirty maybe the thing we think of as one of the seven wonders of the world, which is in a forest a mile away, isn't going to be of any concern to you in your day to day struggle to survive. Still I can't help thinking there's more to it than that.
Meanwhile back to the harsh reality of my existence at the end of the first day I rewarded myself for the strenuous temple climbing with a large beer and triple icecream in the Butterfly Gardens.
Today, it was nice to have company on my sight seeing with Selui and Ramana from Malaysia who I happened to meet yesterday on the top of Angkor Wat, queuing for 20 minutes to get down the only one of the four incredibly steep staircases with a handrail.
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Sure your Mum will be reading all this, as by all accounts, Barry is still printing off the blog, so they can all read it in the pub on Sunday lunchtime. Not so easy reading in the pub (glasses needed etc.), so suggestions have been made to make a book out of it all.
Got to admit you are very disiplined with all the details. At the moment, we have 2 boys in Las Vegas and a daughter & son-in-law in Borneo. We do get texts, but your blog beats the lot. Good to see you enjoying your beer. You definitely deserve it.
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