10/14/2012 Siem Reap Cambodia
LAT Report
Well as i said to Linda I now know why hey describe hell as "hot" and they must have been in Cambodia when they came up with the idea...it is just stifling here and the humidity is unbearable. We left after a nice breakfast to go to Angkor Wat, needed to get pictures taken for temple passes. Went at 8:00 AM so it wouldn't be so hot, well that didn't work so well. From the parking lot the walk over the mot to the main structure is about 8 city blocks which is not bad except for the fact that there is NO shade and our guide walks very slow and talks the entire time. By the time we got to the wat i was soaked. There was a set of stairs with no hand rails and i was very shaky after my morning fall at the hotel (oh yea forgot to mention that..didn't see a step down and landed on my knee..just bruised..but still shaky). The inside of the Wat is even hotter, did you notice how I am starting to describe everything in terms of the climate? Anyway this level of the Wat had many stone cavings on the walls..I forget how many miles..then we came to a set of stairs..I think about 30 steps but they were what looked like straight up like a ladder, with no hand rail..and I said I am NOT going any further as there is another level above that with even steeper stairs. I stopped and went back with another lady who didn't want to try it either..it would have been alright except she turned out to be a right winger (she brought it up not me)..so that wasn't fun either as I had to sit with her under a tree for about an hour waiting for the group to return, Linda climbed both tiers to the top so she can tell you about that...she was very brave! We came back to the hotel...sopping wet and very tired...took showers and decided to skip the afternoon Wat visit and go to lunch and shopping with Candy and Dick. Had a fun lunch at the Blue Pumpkin we just shared a bunch of appetizers then we went to leave and down came the monsoon rain...oh my gosh.. as we were standing under the awing of the restaurant we saw a "Foot Doctor" place next door (there are tons of them). They do massages but their main attraction is a big water tank the size three large bath tubs made out of glass with a padded seat all the way around and water with these little fish about the size of a small gold fish that et the dead skin off our feet! that was amazing and fun..we sat there for about an hour with the fishes chomping away,,we had the company of Candy and Dick pls a couple of guys from San Francisco, one designer and one who does cancer research..we did a little shopping and then Lind and I headed back to the hotel on a tuk-tuk, took a nap and went out for a cambodian dinner that night ..it was ok
LMR Report
Angor Wat- Our guides wanted us to leave early from the hotel in order to beat the heat. They must have been nuts! Upon arrival it was already 90 degrees with the same in humidity. We walked 300 meters to even reach the first of three sets of stairs to climb to the top, the guides gave us two places to wait if we could not make it. I think I was crazy (probably heat stroke) to attempt the climb. The first flight of stairs was not too bad- hand handrails, the second big set of stairs were steep, narrow and no hand rails of any kind. Everyone was soaked through with sweat! Lots of discussion about wether we should keep going but three of us said we have made it 66 2/3% so lets keep on going!
WE MADE IT! Then t the top was a very long trek around the temple top- tok about 40 minutes to begin the climb back down. I know this is one of the 7 wonders of the world, but I am not sure I want t do the other six. We are suppose to now get certificates to show we made it to the top!
Upon arrival at the hotel I wrung my clothes out before I got into the shower and afterwards! We have passes with pictures that allow us three days to go back..that won't be me!
This afternoon we rode a tuk-tuk to the center of the city and had lunch - I had a great banana milkshake. Had an interesting experience sat with feet in water allowing the fish in tank to chew on our toes and clean or dead skin off our feet...Gail this event was for you!
Dinner tonight is Khmer!Pics 10/14/2012
No comments:
Post a Comment