Days 111/112 – Beng Melea, Siem Reap
We hired a car to go check out another temple,Beng Melea. No restoration has been done here and unlike Ta Prohm, the jungle has not been pinned back so it is in the wild. We gota young girl who guided us through the rubble,one of the only women I have seen working in the temple complex, albeit she was unofficial. It was like an adult playgroundwith lifesize concrete lego blocks bearing carvings lying all around. We scaled heaps of rocks, climbed through window openings, balanced on wall beams to get from one section to another. It was great. We dined across the street and watched more bike balancing with an infant and load carrying As Nancy said “you could not make this stuff up”.
The next day we explored a Catholic church in town and went to some other wats. We lunched at the Butterfly garden with a supposed 1500 species floating around.That afternoon Nancy was flying out so we tuktuked to the airport and she started the 24 hour journey home via BKK.
I returned to the Villa and went out with some people I met. I got offered a job in the area if I want one so I will have to take that under consideration if I decide to relocate to Cambodia!
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