Day 4: Indian Ocean in Angkoria
After a long relaxing breakfast and putting some precious miles on the Freakonomics book-o-meter, I set out late in the morning on Christmas Day to check out the city. Taking a bicycle, a not-so-good idea with the mercury hitting 30 degrees, I pedaled to the Psaar Chaa (Old market). Bought some souvenirs and took a few pics. Thought about checking some modern temple architecture by Cambodian standards and went to Wat Bo. While the temple itself was closed and deserted apart from some stragglers, it was not very impressive apart from the winding horizontal spires. Maybe I had got more demanding after Angkor.
It was getting too hot and I was aiming to get back to the temple in the late afternoon to catch the sunset. Lost my way again to the hotel, briefly, but nothing the trusty old map couldn’t fix. After some R and R, I headed back to the temples for one last time. With Indian Ocean playing on the my ipod and only the camera for company, I got some good shots, and more importantly, got to spend a few quality hours, perched on top of the temples, undisturbed by the milling Sunday tourist crowd.
Only later when I returned home and I was talking to a friend who asked me about the trip, I told him those few hours spent on Sunday afternoon was easily one of the high points of the trip. Unsurprised, he said,” sometimes, we need to dive into ourselves.”
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