Monday, December 8, 2008

temples and making it to 10 p.m.









First full day in Siem Reap. It is a great place- comfortable with great food choices and furniture that doesn't wobble when you sit in it.

Actually the temples are truly extraordinary and extensive. We spend a full day walking from place to place and didn't come near to covering the ground. The favourite is Angkor Wat - the relief is massive telling the story of the creation of the earth out of the milky waters.

Tuk tuk is the way to go - same a becak in Indonesia- although here they wear helmets and have official vests. Things are quite nicely organized.

We have left the project behind except for the constant rehashing of events - this doesn't however result in the finishing of the evaluation report. This looms on our horizon. For now we have the excuse of the lack of internet although there is no need for the internet to finish the report. Still it is an impediment. javascript:void(0)

Much silk was purchased today. After a walk through of the market one knows that it is all much the same and truth be told could perhaps be purchased in T.O. for a relatively close price. The exception is the finer silk which we don't know how to assess properly.

We witnessed people getting a foot manicure and massage by fish tonight. Dawna has the pictures and we'll post when we get a chance. It looked pretty weird as there is a pool of water with a number of people sitting around the edge with feet dangling. At first we thought there was some kind of magic fish pond idea akin to those at fun fairs but .... no it was a manicure.

We are beat and it is 7 pm. we are strategizing about how to stay awake until 10 pm as it would be a poor showing to be on vacation and not make it until then (also considering we didn't get up until about 8 a.m.)

On to Vietnam tomorrow.

1 comment:

Mattsdad said...

Hey there
I'm behind my comment time here because Google blogger has just made me sign in over again and over again for the nth time.

What was I going to say?