Ai Wan: Day 4- Market, Beng Melea, Banteay Srei, Angkor Wat

Day 4 - OUT OF TOWN
First we borrowed the camera from kind Uncle Lee (a khmer chinese who owns a camera shop in Siem Reap, photos on the way)

We head to the big market in town, we were sooo EXCITED cos its a LOCAL market, like those your mom goes to shop on a Sunday morning type of market!
我们好兴奋，终于找到一个当地的菜市场，
连旅客的踪影都没有一个！购物狂的怪癖又显身啦！
We went for another shopping spree, and this time it is serious business, we shop like tailormade clothes, khmer designed cloths, books and more snacks!

We had breakfast, and as always, like i said, the UNPLANNED ROUTE ARE ALWAYS THE MOST SURPRISING AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE.
我常对自己说，兴起的时候才决定的旅程都是最多惊喜的哦。
Cos out of no where, we just AGREE to go 2 temples out of town, and its gonna take us one full hour and a half to reach the first, and another hour more to reach the second, and we need to pay extra $$$ to our Tuk Tuk driver, but what the heck, we're here in the city of temples. ^_^

我们就不管3721，管它钱够不够用，都要去看郊外的庙寺。
So our Tuk Tuk driver load up his car with 2 bottles of 1.5ltr petrol,which we think is reallly expensive, its like already 40% of the cost we're paying him (;_;)

AN HOUR TUK TUK RIDE, the scenery is really peaceful though.
我们的头很晕，可是一路上的郊外的平静/宁静（？？？）还不错。

We were pretty 'shooked' after the ride for an hour, esp. Shu who isnt really long journey travelling person. seen here READY TO PUKE ANYTIME!
这个地方超值得！它已经差不多完全要塌下来，
可以走的路，还挺少，所以我们，爬！
那我们现在展开探险之旅吧！

But BENG MELEA, is totally worth this ride.

连站都站不稳～

this is the INTERIOR, most places in Beng Melea look like this, crumbled, piles of centuries old rocks and lots of indiana jones adventure and i absolutely love it more, cos the film "2 brothers" was also filmed here....omg.

our impersonation of the Apsara above!

this used to be a library floating on the water,

connected by bridges where we're seating on now.

OK, this is really scary, the 3 guide had to help me like TOGETHER.

怕得要命，紧张死了，还勉强的笑。

要坐上去，真不容易哟！

u see these pigs??? they are BATHING by the roadside.

Yin feels right at home, she's a Taurus and she's born in the year of Pig.

There's a lot of cows and buffaloes and pigs that we see here..REALLY.

Another journey, this time thru dirt road for one hour,

另外一个小时的路程，这个带有粉红色素的庙寺很女人化~

We reach Banteay Srei, one of the most 'feminine' site we've seen so far.

its pink/red tone were the result of the soft sandstone.
and literally, every single space was carved, and legend has it,

it was "carved by women"

We visited the Landmine Museum, and its not a HUGE museum, its just 4 small sized house, 0n each East West North South, with a centre. We were pretty much alone, with 2 other Koreans who was there with their guide. because it is so quiet, the tragedy of Khmer's past swallows you and quiet tears will fall the moment you stepped into a room full with weapons made by human to destroy human....

We played with some kids there, who doesnt speak a word of english,

we gave them pink plasticine this time,

Shu made a cute cow and present it to one of the kids,

he was thrilled, and wouldnt squashed it at all :)

We were also quite please to know, the owner of the Landmine Museum, Aki Ra was actually our tuk tuk driver's younger brother! you can see him beamed with pride, and the fact that the family profession seems to depend on tourism and saving their own country from being destruct, just gives you the sense of their strong survival will....

We took abt an hour to head back to the city,

this time we enter from the back of Angkor Wat,

a pathway less trodden by tourists apparently!