no more temples, I promise.... maybe
What's the big deal with all these temples and shrines anyway. So what, so they were made over a thousand years ago in some cases.
But I say poo to you naysayers. I can hear you from here in the heart of darkness. Like a whisper in the wind.
"nay"
I don't care I think these things are amongst the coolest things I have ever seen.
So Mr. Cook seems to be babbling for no discernible reason, no big deal. He is just concerned that the readers may be getting a bit bored of the temples. As the title suggests though, these are the last ones. We think.
So Ms. Cook and I and a stateside friends ventured far out into the wilderness to visit the last temples on our list. And after an hour plus in a tuktuk, one way, we hiked for two kilometers to a river shrine and a waterfall. Many of you may be wondering how far 2k is, it is about 17 dollars canadian. I think. Okay so I don't know how far, but it was far and hot and uphill.
An interesting side note is that this is the first and only hill we climbed in Cambodia. It is a very flat country.
Anyway we went to Kbal Spean, pronounced Krykewski, a shrine carved in to the rocks of a stream bed and dating from the 900's. The hike was hot and steep, but ultimately worth it. The riverbed is carved with mermaid's, monkeys, frogs, crocs, cows, and lingas. So many lingas in fact that it is known as the river of a thousand linga's. Which is comical because linga is also the khmer word for a certain part of a male anatomy.
But I say poo to you naysayers. I can hear you from here in the heart of darkness. Like a whisper in the wind.
"nay"
I don't care I think these things are amongst the coolest things I have ever seen.
So Mr. Cook seems to be babbling for no discernible reason, no big deal. He is just concerned that the readers may be getting a bit bored of the temples. As the title suggests though, these are the last ones. We think.
So Ms. Cook and I and a stateside friends ventured far out into the wilderness to visit the last temples on our list. And after an hour plus in a tuktuk, one way, we hiked for two kilometers to a river shrine and a waterfall. Many of you may be wondering how far 2k is, it is about 17 dollars canadian. I think. Okay so I don't know how far, but it was far and hot and uphill.
An interesting side note is that this is the first and only hill we climbed in Cambodia. It is a very flat country.
Anyway we went to Kbal Spean, pronounced Krykewski, a shrine carved in to the rocks of a stream bed and dating from the 900's. The hike was hot and steep, but ultimately worth it. The riverbed is carved with mermaid's, monkeys, frogs, crocs, cows, and lingas. So many lingas in fact that it is known as the river of a thousand linga's. Which is comical because linga is also the khmer word for a certain part of a male anatomy.