Monthly Archives: April 2013
We walked along a long bridge and ended up at this temple
Check out the reflection. In person, with a light mist in the air, it takes your breath away.
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This is a Hindu God named Vishnu- The Lord of peace and truth
Vishnu was actually front and center of this wat for many years until the religious climate changed and the temple became Buddhist. Vishnu now resides in a small temple off to the side of the larger wat- and is still impressive and beautiful to this day.
Angkor Wat was designed as a Hindu temple, in fact Buddha himself was Hindi and the 2 religions are closely related. Vishnu is one of the most important gods in Hinduism and she was placed at the center of Angkor Wat originally, but moved to the front outer wall by a later king and replaced by a Buddha statue. The Buddha statue is not there today because the center of Angkor Wat was dug out by thieves looking for treasures, but it is said that nothing was found.
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Temples are called wats. You could spend months exploring them.
Correction: Jesse could have spent months exploring them, the kids and I were good after two days!
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These birds reminded us of the Giacobetti’s bird in Manhattan Beach
I think their bird’s name is Trigger. Whenever we would go to their house, he’d be the entertainment! He’d squawk, and slide down the railing and hang out on people’s shoulders & move his head around like he was dancing! We miss you guys and your Disneyland-type house!
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“Turtle, turtle, turtle.” – Dana Carvey in The Master of Disguise
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Pandas!
I don’t know how accurate this fact is- but I read that only about 35 pandas live in zoos outside of China and we saw three of them! These pandas live in habitats nicer than some of the hotels we’ve recently stayed in.
There was a mom, a dad and their baby- but each had their own area complete with jungle gyms, toys, chairs, misters for when it gets hot, fresh foods set out on little platters & bamboo to chew on. Wow! What service. They were fun to watch, even though they didn’t do much.
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This lady came right over to us and showed us her feathers!
Most of the ostriches kind of walked around and pecked at the ground, but a couple really had personality. This one saw us from across the habitat, ran over and fluffed up her feathers for us. I hope I’m not misinterpreting a sign of aggression. hee. She seemed pretty happy and even showed us her feathers from different angles- geesh, maybe she was hitting on Jesse!
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