Today we are back in Battambang. We got in yesterday afternoon. Yesterday around 4 pm we went to check out Phnom Banan. Phnom means mountain. Phnom Banan is a temple that's on top of a mountain. You have to climb up 358 steps to get to the temples on top. It's a neat area. The temples are in ok shape considering it all. The climb was intense. The stone steps were pretty steep and boy am I out of shape!
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| half way to the top |
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| opening of the temple area. |
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| half way to the top |
Going up took a lot of energy, but going down wasn't much easier since the steps were so steep.
When we got up the top, there was an old man and woman tending the temple. So Linda and I did the traditional thing. We made cash offering, lit some incense and repeated after the old man some chant asking for good fortune and such. Afterwards, he sort of gave us our fortune, but I didn't really understood he said. I kind of wish I did...
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