Final day at Angkor Wat, left for the Temples at 7am to beat the crowds and the heat, (especially the heat). Walked through and around many Temples, it is unbelievable what was built here around the year 1000.
Went shopping and found a wonderful antique store. We bought Burmese Puppet and an Antique Cow bell. Bought music from group that is near the temple that have lost limbs due to landmines. It is very tragic, you see many people with missing limbs.
Our tour leader spent a lot of time explaining Cambodian History to us. Basically it is constant wars and betrayals. They switched religion constantly according to the whims of the King. They were constantly invaded by the Thais and Vietnamese. Of course the US bombed them (Kissinger’s Secret bombing of Cambodia). Pol Pot, the Cambodian equivalent of Hitler (The Killing Fields in the 3 years he ran the country killed million of Cambodians, including the most of the Royal Family). We didn’t realize that after the Vietnamese defeated the US and unified Vietnam that they then went to war against China. The Vietnamese then went to war against Pol Pot and help defeat him. Of course now, with our two enemies of that time: Vietnam and China, our only decision is when we go to Wal-Mart do we want to buy pajamas made in China or Vietnam. Oh well, so goes the march of history.
In the afternoon, when it was hot, we both had massages. I had a 90 minute massage by two people (called four-handed for obvious reason). It cost $20.00 with tip. Cathy had a Harmony Massage with Hot Rocks, she liked it and is blessed out.
Dinner with the group and then a fly to Bangkok Thailand tomorrow AM.
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