I would label all the pictures of all the temples and details I saw today but, due to the fact that our guide decided to switch everything I had pre-arranged, I got pretty confused... so... more pictures.... some with labels and some.. not so much.
The guide was decent but was not the guy I arranged my itinerary with. I felt a bit sideswiped because I couldn't hear/understand everything he changed and while I would have been ok with just randomly seeing things had I been on my own, I did spend a fair amount of time researching exactly what I wanted to see because the Park is superginormous and overwhelming for a 1.5 day "tour". I had to let it go, after insisting on a couple of absolutes and once we arrived at the entrance gate I realized that for the most part, it didn't matter since most everything was going to be cool.
We walked a lot. Sweated a lot. Got approached by lots and lots of really young kids selling postcards or scarves or trinkets who clung to us till they were absolutely sure we weren't going to buy or until we caved. It was hard not to buy something from all of them... really hard.
But look... here's more amazing cultural history.... See????
The guide was decent but was not the guy I arranged my itinerary with. I felt a bit sideswiped because I couldn't hear/understand everything he changed and while I would have been ok with just randomly seeing things had I been on my own, I did spend a fair amount of time researching exactly what I wanted to see because the Park is superginormous and overwhelming for a 1.5 day "tour". I had to let it go, after insisting on a couple of absolutes and once we arrived at the entrance gate I realized that for the most part, it didn't matter since most everything was going to be cool.
We walked a lot. Sweated a lot. Got approached by lots and lots of really young kids selling postcards or scarves or trinkets who clung to us till they were absolutely sure we weren't going to buy or until we caved. It was hard not to buy something from all of them... really hard.
But look... here's more amazing cultural history.... See????
Pre Rup, East Mabon, Lolei