Deliciously Me

Another 4 weeks to Indon. Need to quicken my pace in finishing my Cambodia’s post! No more procrastinating!!! T.T

Woke up super duper early at 4.45. Washed up and then gathered downstairs. Siya greeted us and off we go to Angkor Wat for sunrise viewing at 5.20am. As much as I wanna show the picture of the sunrise, I couldn’t as I forgot to slot in battery after charging it overnight. Sigh!!!

The sunrise was magnificent. It was nice seeing the  orange sun coming out from the back of Angkor Wat, the birds chipping, the serenity in the morning; including helping the man setting up the tripod and watching him snapping pictures of the sunrise with green-y eyes. *wuwu*

Then went back to lodge for breakfast at 7.30am. Took bath, then went out for the famous Ta Prohm. The temple where Angelina Jolie fought with bad guys in the movie Tombraider.

It is scary seeing the roots penetrating the building.The roots are super duper big somemore. If you’re wondering what tree roots is that, it belongs to silk cotton tree.

However, no all trees in dominating Ta Prohm are silk cotton trees. Another type of tree, strangler fig can be found there too. If not mistaken, the tree in the picture below is the strangler fig.

Temples are always donned with beautiful cravings. Like the one below. Though it’s badly preserved, but we can still see the bas-relief. I’m always amazed by how the bas relief could withstand the harsh weather and the damages made by the robbers/soldiers.

And I couldn’t stop wonder how the temples in Angkor would look like if they’re all well-preserved since the glorious days till now?

One astonishing discovery! The roots found its way down the earth, carefully avoiding the apsara’s beautiful face. Coincidentally, the aprasa in the picture below was smiling beautifully!

It’s said that Ta Prohm was abandoned after the fall of Khmer empire. It was until in the 20th century that people began to do something to this temple. But I think they need to do alot here as the some part of the buildings have gave way.

In one of the buildings below, if one stands at a side and pounds chest once like Tarzan, a thundering sound can be heard in the chamber. I tried it, but the echo wasn’t that thunderous. Ah, probably not ‘hard’ enough. LOL!

Walking around in Ta Prohm wasn’t easy. There are some part where we had to climb over the big fallen brick stones and bent over to avoid the branches jutting out from the trees. But despite all that, I love walking around this temple.

Why?

Because of the shades provided by the trees! They made the place cooler!

On the way to our van, we were ‘taunted’ by the locals – asking us to buy something from them. I was super paranoid with this, as I was told that when one bunch of people surrounded you, you need to be on guard as while you’re distracted with their goods, their hands will work their way to your wallet. Luckily we didn’t encounter such problem. *phew*

Since I’m not interested in the good they’re selling, I quickly walked to the van. Satkuru and Emily found themselves good bargains, therefore gotten themselves few Angkor-temples print t-shirts.

Next, Ta Som…