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So, for the past 4 days I've been in Cambodia, with my family, in part to celebrate my sister's acceptance into university and whatnot...
And yeah, pictures that I'd like to share with you guys.
Pol Pot, and the Killing Fields
Now, according to the guide, Pol Pot was one evil son of a b*tch. He wiped out a quarter of the entire country's population, tortured too many people and... stuff.
Those are skulls of the victims inside. I was told that it was a some kind of a shrine to the victims.
Yeah....
We didn't stay around for much though, and then we moved on to
Stones, more stones, and shitloads of stones
The ancient Cambodians had a king, and whoever he was, had so much time on his hands that he built those huge, gigantic temples of stone and (thanks to the French during the 1930s) concrete, with intricate drawings carved on every single frigging wall.
It got boring after a while. Sure, it's nice to see such fine works of art, but it got too repeteive and the guide reminded me of my modern history teacher.
The stone... whatever that is
These were carved into every single (inner) wall. Had something to do with the Ramayana but I forget.
The temple(s) and the so-called stairs
What the hell were these ancient people thinking when they built the stairs? Those are not stairs. Those are walls. Walls that you have to climb using all of your limbs. Whoever designed the stairs most have been either a really really thin person or an asshole.
And I'm betting on the asshole.
This is one of the better ones
Tomb raider-esque temple site.\
It reminds you of Tomb Raider because it was where the movie was shot.
I have way more photos but I'm going to have to post the rest later on because hosting images is kinda tiring....
The boats
On the third day, the guide took us to the river, and there were boats, motor powered but extremely crude. Whoever built it was probably a genius. The boat in itself was a perpetual motion machine made out of wood (although it looked like it wouldn't move 10 meters), and the engine was a toyota camry's one ripped straight off. The transmission was nothing but a car's steering wheel linked to chains. The guy had somehow wired a gear stick for acceleration and a radio powered by a car battery. But what was more astounding happened when we were in the water, at least a hundred meters from shore:
(taken with my cell phone)
Holy. Mother. Of. God. How the hell did she get this far?
Then she said to us, "one dollar please!" in near perfect Korean.
We gave it to her. She waved goodbye and left, rowing for the shore. We sat in our seats, profoundly stirred by her sheer willpower that enabled her to seek out our US dollars.
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(will post part two later on)
And yeah, pictures that I'd like to share with you guys.
Pol Pot, and the Killing Fields
Now, according to the guide, Pol Pot was one evil son of a b*tch. He wiped out a quarter of the entire country's population, tortured too many people and... stuff.
Those are skulls of the victims inside. I was told that it was a some kind of a shrine to the victims.
Yeah....
We didn't stay around for much though, and then we moved on to
Stones, more stones, and shitloads of stones
The ancient Cambodians had a king, and whoever he was, had so much time on his hands that he built those huge, gigantic temples of stone and (thanks to the French during the 1930s) concrete, with intricate drawings carved on every single frigging wall.
It got boring after a while. Sure, it's nice to see such fine works of art, but it got too repeteive and the guide reminded me of my modern history teacher.
The stone... whatever that is
These were carved into every single (inner) wall. Had something to do with the Ramayana but I forget.
The temple(s) and the so-called stairs
What the hell were these ancient people thinking when they built the stairs? Those are not stairs. Those are walls. Walls that you have to climb using all of your limbs. Whoever designed the stairs most have been either a really really thin person or an asshole.
And I'm betting on the asshole.
This is one of the better ones
Tomb raider-esque temple site.\
It reminds you of Tomb Raider because it was where the movie was shot.
I have way more photos but I'm going to have to post the rest later on because hosting images is kinda tiring....
The boats
On the third day, the guide took us to the river, and there were boats, motor powered but extremely crude. Whoever built it was probably a genius. The boat in itself was a perpetual motion machine made out of wood (although it looked like it wouldn't move 10 meters), and the engine was a toyota camry's one ripped straight off. The transmission was nothing but a car's steering wheel linked to chains. The guy had somehow wired a gear stick for acceleration and a radio powered by a car battery. But what was more astounding happened when we were in the water, at least a hundred meters from shore:
(taken with my cell phone)
Holy. Mother. Of. God. How the hell did she get this far?
Then she said to us, "one dollar please!" in near perfect Korean.
We gave it to her. She waved goodbye and left, rowing for the shore. We sat in our seats, profoundly stirred by her sheer willpower that enabled her to seek out our US dollars.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(will post part two later on)
