Guess what - we made it to the party last night. It was lovely. Until the tiddly Cambodian man made all the western girls get up to dance with him. He was very apologetic about being 'dlunk'. We left very shortly after that. Actually the VERY loud music stopped at 11pm and I think they settled down to the more serious drinking and rice wine.
Wandered down for breakfast (supposedly included) at 7am, took in the surrounding party remnants and people asleep in hammocks, poked head in kitchen and then walked to the petrol station to buy a pastry and some juice!
2nd temple day today - guided tour around Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom and the Bayon. WOW. At around the time King Harold was being shot in the eye Angkor Wat was well under way! Its actually not as impressive as the Bayon which was built 100 yrs later. Many stone carvings of Apsara, scenes from the Ramayana and Kama Sutra and another book whose name I can't remember. Also lots of carvings showing daily life - great one of a woman carrying a live turtle that has stretched its head to bite the bum of the man in front!
Angkor Wat was unfortunately draped in a bit of tarpaulin due to renovations but our guide was very good and showed us some great picky spots that avoided the scaffolding!
Our guide was then at great pains to show us that all of the Apsara carvings are very slightly different - usually slightly different hair or hands but there is one where the Apsara is smiling (they all smile) and showing her TEETH. He was a bit worried about his pronunciation at this point and had to explain he had had a number of trips where tourists had got completely the wrong end of the stick. SE Asians really struggle with the TH sound - its sounds a lot like TS. You can see the problem. Now, the Apsara are all scultped with at least 32D cup breasts that are to say the least a little more obvious than the little teeth we were supposed to be looking at and our guide was at great pains to apologise for any errors in his pronunciation and to point out the TEETH!
Many steep steps up and down later we trundled off for a yummy Khmer curry lunch from a tiffin followed by a snooze in a hammock and then the Terrace of the Elephants (elephant training ground) and Terrace of the Leper King (which is actually a crematorium / hospital area they think)
We have one more day left on our three day temple pass. We think we might be templed out now but we're going to try and hold out for a sunset trip for the photos!
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