This will probably be my last blog. Lisa, Kaley, Deb, Leann and Marcie left this morning for Hong Kong. Mike is leaving to head home through Vietnam about six oçlock tonight and Sopheap and I are catching a plane at 8:20 pm. We fly to Bangkok and then onto Beijing. We have a 15 hour layover and have reserved a hotel room. Depending upon how we are feeling we may try to schedule some type of tour as the olympics start next month and there should be lots to see...or not.
We revisited Angkor Wat last night after a torrential downpour. It was much nicer since the rain really cooled things down. We each paid $20 for the day. Khmer people get in free. It was funny because I did not know I needed Sopheap's passport to show here dual citizenship page. However, Kaley and Leann were the one's questioned at every gate because Kaley looks Thai and Leanne looks Vietnamese. Sopheap looks very Khmer and they gave us not grief about not having her passport for free admission.
Angkor Wat is breathtaking. I has been there since the ninth century in habited by many kings in it's hay day. Once discovered it took ten years to uncover. I guess at some point the Indians came in and sprayed it with acid causing it to break down. Really a shame. All the walls are covered with detailed pictures each having a very special meaning. There are repeated pictures as well. One exactly the same as the one before it. I have to wonder what kinds of tools were used to make such perfectly and exact repeats.
After returning home from Angkor we went to see a Cambodian Dance show. The Absara Dancers are beautiful and so elegant. The girls really enjoyed the show.
Today we are going to bum around Siem Reap one last time, swim at the pool have something to eat and then head out. I don't know if I will be able to blog in Beijing or if I will feel like it. If not we will be anxious to see everyone when we get home. Sopheap's grad party is July 27 at 2:00 (Cambodian theme) please come. We'd love it! Take care and see you soon!
JULIE & SOPHEAP
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