Our guide gave us candy to give the children and we bought their lovely handi crafts and the kids sang a song. Our bus lunch yesterday included hard boiled eggs which our guide saved and gave out- and they were a hit with the kids. Maybe 50 children. The children took us by the hand and showed us around. Sparten conditions but neat and organized. Our purchases helped support the orphanage, which also gets support from the French. The children go to the neighborhood school and someone had donated lovely bikes for them. They also had a nice vegetable garden, some play equipment and their area was very unlittered!
The boat is great, airconditioned staterooms, good food, wine and mixed drinks. 48 guests on the tour and we are slowly getting to know them. From Canada, UK and US. I'm not sure if Ron isn'ta little bored and wishes he could Captain the boat.
Forgot to tell you about Ron's sandals. On the way to Siem Reap the rubber sole became unattached. The thought of going shoe shopping in a developing country was not appealing. Lucky someone at the hotel repaired them and delivered them to our room. They will probably last well longer than this trip. ( Solved as easily as a dental emergency in Croatia! )
Last night we watched a documentary on Pol Pot. Tonight they are showing The Killing Fields but I want to watch it on Netflicks when we get home. Only so much horror I can take. Today at one of the Temples the people had found a pile of sculls excavated from the spot and placed them in a stupa built to commentate the victims of Pol Pot.
The temples here were around 50 years old and garish by the standards on Ankor. They are a mixture of Hindu and Buddhism. Our local guide, Milky, is great on the Hindu iconography and it's slowly coming back to me from Art History taken in college.
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