Here are some photos from Cambodia. We spent a few days in Siem Reap and one of the days we spent at Angkor Wat touring around. It was hot, humid, sweaty and absolutely amazing. Lots of history in the photos which I won't try to explain, if you are interested check out the Wikipedia article on
Angkor Wat.
I have tons more photos which I will sort out and post on my
web album when I have a bit more time. Kia and I have been in Beijing for the last three days. Me, catching up on work and Kia, getting us ready for our next trip to Chengdu and then Lhasa. Hope things are kosher with everyone.
Matthew
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These are some great pictures of things straight out of action adventure movies. I was surprised that there weren't crowds of tourists. I hope you have a great time in Chengdu, where Liz says that the pandas are "so freaking cute." Also, I'm sure that you will have a great time in Tibet. But be sure to be cautious walking around on your first day or so there. We were all huffing and puffing and seriously feeling the altitude.
Oh, man, I am huffing an puffing like mad. We have been here like three days or so with a couple nights to go and the altitude hasn't gotten a great deal better. Our room is on the third floor and I am in cardiac arrest mode by the time we get to the top.
Lots of photos from Chengdu and Tibet now too. Will post when I get back to Beijing.
Have you tried the oxygen bar? We never got around to it. I did see a couple of tourists with oxygen bottles in their rooms. I just loved the vats of yak butter and the incense in the temples. It will stay with me for a long time. We also got to hear droning. Which was pretty eerie. The monks actually wear the robes. I hope you are able to get out of Lhasa a little bit (we went to a monastery about 50 km out of town) and got to look a little at the country side. Sounds like it is fun, if demanding.
Are those strangler figs that are growing in the buildings? I remember those from Costa Rica.
We didn't do the oxygen bar thing. There is some question of whether it actually helps according to our books. Just got back from the Ganden monastery which was about 900 meters above Lhasa so it was wheezy, but awesome. Probably the same one you guys went to.
I'm not sure what type of plant it was in Cambodia but it definitely looked like it was not symbiotic with the tree it was covering....
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