wow, what a day. We started the morning at 7 with breakfast. The usual, noodles and porridge.
Afterwards we went to check out a old temple ruin called Wat Ek Phnom. It was cool, but the temple is in quite disarray since it's probably at least 1000 years old. It was neat to climb up the temple.
There's a giantic buddha statue that's in the middle of a (now dry) pond.
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On the way to the temple we saw hand made rice paper that was laid out to dry. Rice paper is used in spring rolls and such. Not sure I want it all dusty though...
Afterwards, we went to a sort of lake area. You can hang out there, there are hammocks and you can order food. It was totally sketchy. Some of the cabanas were made with bamboo and I was seriously worried that it wouldn't support our (my) weight. I made sure to step only on the areas that had a beam underneath.
And now onto the ceremony stuff. We picked up the monks and drove to the relative's house (in the sticks). We had rented some party supplies: tents, tables, dishes, etc. To make room for the tents, the relatives had to chop down two banana plants = (
So they set up some platform for the 10 monks, but the regular people sat on the ground. OMG, it was awful. The ground was NOT smooth at all. It was lumpy from all the broken pieces of cement.Think of golf ball to tennis ball size rocks underneath you. It's bad enough the way you HAVE to sit, with your legs tucked under. Sitting indian style is not allowed. But you have to constantly shift around to find a comfortable spot and not have a rock dig into your butt.
So the ceremony thing went on for about 4 hours. Tomorrow we go back for more. We have to leave here around 6 am and I think it should be over around 1 pm. I hope...
Afterwards we went to check out a old temple ruin called Wat Ek Phnom. It was cool, but the temple is in quite disarray since it's probably at least 1000 years old. It was neat to climb up the temple.
There's a giantic buddha statue that's in the middle of a (now dry) pond.
On the way to the temple we saw hand made rice paper that was laid out to dry. Rice paper is used in spring rolls and such. Not sure I want it all dusty though...
Afterwards, we went to a sort of lake area. You can hang out there, there are hammocks and you can order food. It was totally sketchy. Some of the cabanas were made with bamboo and I was seriously worried that it wouldn't support our (my) weight. I made sure to step only on the areas that had a beam underneath.
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| The biggest rooster I have ever seen. Probably the size of a beagle. |
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| Lunch time! |
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| Yeah, bamboo slates. |
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| some weird chicken soup. I didn't try it. |
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| This is a frog dish. It was tasty actually. Not sure if it tasted like chicken. |
And now onto the ceremony stuff. We picked up the monks and drove to the relative's house (in the sticks). We had rented some party supplies: tents, tables, dishes, etc. To make room for the tents, the relatives had to chop down two banana plants = (
So they set up some platform for the 10 monks, but the regular people sat on the ground. OMG, it was awful. The ground was NOT smooth at all. It was lumpy from all the broken pieces of cement.Think of golf ball to tennis ball size rocks underneath you. It's bad enough the way you HAVE to sit, with your legs tucked under. Sitting indian style is not allowed. But you have to constantly shift around to find a comfortable spot and not have a rock dig into your butt.
So the ceremony thing went on for about 4 hours. Tomorrow we go back for more. We have to leave here around 6 am and I think it should be over around 1 pm. I hope...
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| The biggest pot I have ever seen. I think they made porridge in it. I think it's larger than a wheelchair. |
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| One of the altars. |
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