howdy!!!its 3 am here in singapore and i am fighting with my school work... its just about that time of night where you dont understand anything that you are saying and can only hope that somehow the words you have put down actually convey meaning... under normal circumstances i'd take a nap - but i have a funny feeling that i wont be able to wake up -- so those of you reading this entry have the pleasure of being part of my mental lapse (yes i understand some of you will stop reading.... now. :))this week i made the academically imprudent decision of going to cambodia-- the picture is me and arieh (my guitar lesson western friend) and was taken at the Angkor temples on our first night in Siem Reap - the sunset was absolutely beautiful...and as the guards were trying to usher us out- we were trying to get in as many pics as possible! (dont worry, i got mine, my sandal broke on the way down the hill leaving me to walk down the jagged side in my bare feet -- OUCH)i went to Siem Reap from tuesday (arrived at 6am) and left at 6am on friday- short trip but well worth it - the Angkor temples were AMAZING... i had no idea of their scale-- apparently the area the temples are in used to be home to over a million people and was the size of NY city!! - crazyon wednesday morning we got up early again and went to see sunrise at Angkor Wat- it was breathtaking --- and oddly it was busy but it felt really peaceful- the temple is huge and you can walk pretty much anywhere so i was able to steal off and find myself completely alone in some places -- hard to imagine that the buildings have endured for over 1000 years... or what it must have been like to discover them after so many years!our days were long and temple- packed - we caught sunrise and sunset every day--- including thursday when we biked in at 4:30 am to see the sun rise at Srah Srong (my spelling is definately wrong) -- i cant lie, i barely felt alive riding my uncomfortable bike at that hour- but again it was well worth it! the bikes were a great chance for us to take our time and appreciate the scale of what we were seeing... plus, who gets to ride a bike down shady paths lined with ancient temples? totally cool --- however, it took us 1.5 hours to bike out of the Angkor Temples at the end of the day - man were our butts hurting!i've posted about 70 pictures which is a small fraction of the ones i took - hope you enjoy them!! be lucky you arent reading arieh's blog- he took 1200 shots!!! (imagine!)now i am writing 3 essays through the night because i am leaving with Chris for thailand tomorrow afternoon (aaarrrggg - so much to do before then) but i thought i'd give a little update and am even going to try to do so from thailand --- we've got 18 days- there has to be some time to get online!alright- for those of you at home writing exams - best of luck!miss you all and see you soon!
Sunday, April 09, 2006
chioma + cambodia = endless fun (and endless work!)
howdy!!!its 3 am here in singapore and i am fighting with my school work... its just about that time of night where you dont understand anything that you are saying and can only hope that somehow the words you have put down actually convey meaning... under normal circumstances i'd take a nap - but i have a funny feeling that i wont be able to wake up -- so those of you reading this entry have the pleasure of being part of my mental lapse (yes i understand some of you will stop reading.... now. :))this week i made the academically imprudent decision of going to cambodia-- the picture is me and arieh (my guitar lesson western friend) and was taken at the Angkor temples on our first night in Siem Reap - the sunset was absolutely beautiful...and as the guards were trying to usher us out- we were trying to get in as many pics as possible! (dont worry, i got mine, my sandal broke on the way down the hill leaving me to walk down the jagged side in my bare feet -- OUCH)i went to Siem Reap from tuesday (arrived at 6am) and left at 6am on friday- short trip but well worth it - the Angkor temples were AMAZING... i had no idea of their scale-- apparently the area the temples are in used to be home to over a million people and was the size of NY city!! - crazyon wednesday morning we got up early again and went to see sunrise at Angkor Wat- it was breathtaking --- and oddly it was busy but it felt really peaceful- the temple is huge and you can walk pretty much anywhere so i was able to steal off and find myself completely alone in some places -- hard to imagine that the buildings have endured for over 1000 years... or what it must have been like to discover them after so many years!our days were long and temple- packed - we caught sunrise and sunset every day--- including thursday when we biked in at 4:30 am to see the sun rise at Srah Srong (my spelling is definately wrong) -- i cant lie, i barely felt alive riding my uncomfortable bike at that hour- but again it was well worth it! the bikes were a great chance for us to take our time and appreciate the scale of what we were seeing... plus, who gets to ride a bike down shady paths lined with ancient temples? totally cool --- however, it took us 1.5 hours to bike out of the Angkor Temples at the end of the day - man were our butts hurting!i've posted about 70 pictures which is a small fraction of the ones i took - hope you enjoy them!! be lucky you arent reading arieh's blog- he took 1200 shots!!! (imagine!)now i am writing 3 essays through the night because i am leaving with Chris for thailand tomorrow afternoon (aaarrrggg - so much to do before then) but i thought i'd give a little update and am even going to try to do so from thailand --- we've got 18 days- there has to be some time to get online!alright- for those of you at home writing exams - best of luck!miss you all and see you soon!
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