Sunday: A Few Photos, And Not Exactly Silent

One of the many heads at Bayon  in Angkor Thom.  This 4-sided representation is over the archway entering the Angkor Thom complex

Just for some perspective, the first photo was taken up on the wall (our guide helped us scramble up the hill to get closer to the heads) of the head you see in profile on the left (there is one facing in each direction.)  This archway leads into the west side of the Bayon complex.

And for even more perspective, a shot of #2 photographing the archway/entrance, which our guide assured us we were totally allowed to climb up on.

MsCaroline knows that Silent Sunday is supposed to be silent, but her readers know by now she's always pushing the envelope, so(naturally) she's including a few comments.  As you can see, the Asia Vu family has been in Siem Reap, visiting some of the 80bazillion many temples in and around Angkor Wat.  Once MsCaroline gets finished being horrified at how big her butt looks in some of the pictures editing her images and composing her thoughts, she will, of course, share some of the highlights of her trip.  Let her just say for now that she spent a lot of time worrying about dengue fever and compulsively applying DEET (and then worrying about the fact that DEET is relatively toxic itself) in between marveling at temples and being pushed out of the way by millions of Chinese tourists (easily identifiable by their matching straw hats, thoughtfully provided by their tour companies.)  The fact that it is the Rainy Season at the moment in Cambodia -and, theoretically, the least crowded time of the year to visit - was apparently not communicated to the other tourists, who insisted on ruining all of MsCaroline's pictures traipsing around in the rain and mud through the temple complexes in plastic rain ponchos with giant umbrellas and sending out ill-concealed hate vibes at each other for having the temerity to be visiting Angkor Wat at the low season, which was THEIR idea first.  MsCaroline cannot even begin to imagine what it must be like in the High Season, but she imagines that one eventually becomes hardened to it.  Despite the tourists, the trip was fabulous, and involved numerous roaming cows, excellent cocktails, some fruit bats, remote jungle temples,lots of shopping, an excellent hotel, and  - much to everyone's surprise and delight - even a little sunshine.    MsCaroline would love to write more, but she stupidly scheduled an overnight return flight.  This means that the Asia Vus arrived back in Seoul at 6:45am today, cramped, sleep-deprived, and slightly dehydrated - hardly a condition that lends itself to quality blogging.  Stay tuned.