Posts Tagged ‘angkor wat’
Smile, just a little
Would I have lasted from the 12th century if I were in Peckham?
A few things as I pause from ongoing templeage…
- Am off the beaten track today. Smaller temples, largely just me, no tourists. Heaven…
- Despite having been wronged by most civilised nations, the Cambodians are a remarkably tolerant, open, welcoming, friendly race
- The ‘you waaan baaaaay teeeeshaaaaat meeeestaaaaaah?’, doesn’t grate. Despite hearing it a hundred times an hour, it’s done with such charm
- And they can close a sale better than most professional salespeople back home. Talk about objection handling!
- Aside from the odd faint hum of a tuktuk, and the odd local ramble, I could be hear alone. Silence is golden, and I could sit here for hours watching the ants crawl by, the butterflies sail through the air, as the ancient temples stand over yet another day…
I won’t though.
Coffee, a very late lunch and a massage are all waiting for me. Am loving this back to nature moment, but c’mon. A two hour massage for less than 25 dollars?
I’d be mad not to….
Iain could be a monk. For a week or two at least…
Manners
Cost nothing.
There’s a pig ignorant old man at the table next to me in the blue pumpkin’s satellite café overlooking the magnificent moat at Angkor Wat.
I’m hoping he’s mentally unhinged (which would excuse the outbursts), I fear he’s just an ignorant relic from a bygone age.
He’s shared such gems as, ‘Cambodians are stupid’, ‘look at him, stupid’ (whilst pointing at my waiter that I’ve heard hold a conversation in at least four languages). ‘I ordered pasta, not soup, I can make better’, and a few other unintelligible, spasticated, completely uncalled for and unacceptable comments.
The waiting staff are taking it I their stride. I just want to punch the ignorant pig in the face. I think it’s the heat. Am usually so placid.
And yes, I said placid. Not flaccid…
Iain is pit-stopping. And not sure quite how he’ll manage dusk, dawn, and dusk…
Please consider the environment. Think before you print !
Tree temple
Yet another old temple. Trees growing under, over and through it...
A temple with multiple trees growing out of it doesn’t sound special. Nor I’m sure will my kodak moments do it justice.
But my god, humbling. Reinforces how tiny we are in the world. Insignificant. Then I start getting all zen. Could have been delirious with the heat mind you…
Still, time for lunch. Back to the rampant rip off capitalist arm of this amazing park…
Iain is off to blue pumpkins Angkor outpost for a bite to eat.
Score!
