Today Maggie and I headed back up to the Khmer temples, starting off at Angkor thom and heading through many of the smaller temples before swinging back through Angkor wat.
Angkor thom had a giant moat surrounding it with a bridge that had statues of warriors holding a giant long naga serpent, this of course led us us to a giant entry gate that had the four faces of budha, one on each side of it.
as we toured through the different temples we realized how extensive the khmer empire really was, this civilization had drainage, canals, amazing architects, builders, and spirituality.
we made our way back throug angkor wat and had a great conversation with a budhist monk named zean. He was in his early 20's and was completing his 10th year in the wat, he gave us a great insight on how monks live on a day to day basis.
upon returning we made the decision to hop a bus to koh chang in Thailand on the 11th instead of going to Bangkok.
a special shout out to my grandmother Charlotte and happy belated birthday, I love you and miss you, hope things are well in nh.
until next time............samuel j
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