Ankor Wat
One of the best parts of all this wedding celebrating was the fact that Mr. Cook and I got to take a one week vacation so that we could play tourist with all the folks coming into town for the festivities. (I can already see the comments about how little we seem to be working anyway...)One of our first stops, and about time mind you since we have been here for almost two months, was the temples of Ankor Wat.
A couple of miles out of town, the temples are a city unto themselves with Ankor Wat at the center of it all. The temples are simply amazing. Especially when you consider when and how they were made. I imagine its a bit like seeing the pyramids in Egypt. Another amazing part of the whole thing is that you can walk anywhere you like - and I mean anywhere. I am so used to being corralled behind ropes and onto specific pathways that it was both strange and exciting to be able to explore all the nooks and crannies. We went into doorways, climbed stairs, and generally explored as though we were the first ones to find them... Mr. Cook overcame his vertigo a bit better then I did and did some climbing up some of the most steep and unwelcoming stairs you can imagine. Unfortunately he managed to whack his head on a doorway that was built for a race much shorter then himself. (I'm not sure that was supposed to be shared, but oh well.) And of course I got to go in and out of the same door that was made famous in a certain movie starring Angelina Jolie - hardly as impressive or interesting as the rest of the trip, but still fun for a pop culture junkie like myself.
So there you have it - one down, six more wonders to go...
I'm attaching some photos for you all to look at since my descriptions will hardly do the vision justice - click here to see for yourself.
http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=501281164778877562/
l=230201801/g=10809889/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
A couple of miles out of town, the temples are a city unto themselves with Ankor Wat at the center of it all. The temples are simply amazing. Especially when you consider when and how they were made. I imagine its a bit like seeing the pyramids in Egypt. Another amazing part of the whole thing is that you can walk anywhere you like - and I mean anywhere. I am so used to being corralled behind ropes and onto specific pathways that it was both strange and exciting to be able to explore all the nooks and crannies. We went into doorways, climbed stairs, and generally explored as though we were the first ones to find them... Mr. Cook overcame his vertigo a bit better then I did and did some climbing up some of the most steep and unwelcoming stairs you can imagine. Unfortunately he managed to whack his head on a doorway that was built for a race much shorter then himself. (I'm not sure that was supposed to be shared, but oh well.) And of course I got to go in and out of the same door that was made famous in a certain movie starring Angelina Jolie - hardly as impressive or interesting as the rest of the trip, but still fun for a pop culture junkie like myself.
So there you have it - one down, six more wonders to go...
I'm attaching some photos for you all to look at since my descriptions will hardly do the vision justice - click here to see for yourself.
http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=501281164778877562/
l=230201801/g=10809889/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
posted by Darcey at 12:00 PM
1 Comments:
the thng in arizona forgot its name the deep gorge is the eights wonder in the world and since you have seen this it is 2 down six to go oh jah grand canyon anyway like the pictures especially thos big trees growing over it
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