Friday, December 26, 2008

We started our day from the temples in the Roluos Group and Bakong. I donated two dollars to a local elementary school and was quite surprised when the students gave us their best wishes in Mandarin. We then visited the Tonle Sap lake and a floating village built in the mangrove, when we spent most of the time to reach there on tuk-tuk and then on river boat.

In the afternoon, we visited two more temples before heading to Angkor Wat for the The Legend of Angkor Wat show, which told the stories of the Khmer kingdom through traditional dances and English narration. To be frank, it was a bit dull and my classmate pretty much slept through it....

The red brick tower of Lolei was never repaired.


The central tower of Preah Ko has recently been renovated, on the other hand.


The central tower of Bakong on top of the step pyramid.


Red brick towers similar to the ones we just visited at Lolei and Preah Ko surrounded Bakong.


The river boat took us to Tonle Sap through the water ways.


Families lived in the raised houses in the floating village.


A cellular tower has reached into the floating village.


Rowing through the mangrove on a small boat.


The broad view of the Tonle Sap.


East Mebon used to be on an island in the middle of the East Mebon lake.


The red brick towers of East Mebon.


People awaiting sun set on top of the Pre Rup.


Pre Rup under the setting sun.


The title of the show projected on to water curtains before the show began.


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