Thursday, October 09, 2008

Day 7 - Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) - II



I guess you guys must be very sick of these temple ruins pic, so these are the final pics that I am going to post. You won't get to see these unless you go for the grand tour.


We are on our way back to the town center... passed by the padi fields

Cambodia currencies, 4000 Riel = 1 USD... the back of the currency is all about Angkor.

Had Indian food for lunch...


Check out the Angkor Museum before we head back to the hotel, USD12 entrance fee, quite costly...
Cameras are not allowed inside the musuem, basically you can see a lot of statues which is more complete inside the musuem. Also there is a place where they stored 1000 buddha statues, I was joking with Alfred that we are so 'close' to Buddha these few days...
A few local students kneel down on the mat facing the buddhas, they are shaking a bamboo container, trying to find out what is their luck when one of the bamboo stick fell off from the container and it will shows a number in it. Based on the number, you can find a paper that explain about your 'luck', the chinese call it "“求签", not sure what they call it in English. Alfred, Selina and me all gave it a try...
I got number 21 and it reads:
"Just like a flower, blooming under the angry sun, but manages to look fresh. Like a little bird learning to fly in a strong wind, falls down to the ground. Life would be enjoyable in the future. Patient recovering. Not likely to find a good mate at this stage. Legal case not favorable. Some good luck exist. Despite some hardships at present, would be better not too long."

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