Business War Beside Beautiful Sunrise

Next day, I got up around 4:30 because I was going to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat. Neg had told me we were going to leave the GH around 5, so I wanted to get up a little bit earlier to prepare for going out as a girl (making up and stuff) even I'm not much of one, lol. When we left for Angkor Wat, the sky was still very dark and there were lots of stars glittering. Lights in Siem Reap city are not so bright as much as in Tokyo and when you go out of the city, there is almost no streetlights. I was so sleepy and was gazing blankly at stars behind him on the way to Angkor. It was good that I brought my maglite because the way to Angkor Wat from the parking area didn't have lights and I would hardly see anything without it.

When we got there, many people were already on standby seeing the sunrise. I was always impressed by Cambodians aggressive salesmanship because they were lending plastic chairs to tourists with one dollar. When tourists refuse, they say "If you buy a drink, you can get a seat by free". And a cup of drink is one dollar...I thought they want to get dollars somehow...lol. I didn't get any drinks nor chair because I didn't feel they were worth it. As for me, it was better standing to be flexible to move for taking pictures :)

The sunrise was beautiful. The red colour gradually spread from behind of Angkor Wat into the dark blue sky, and the sun peeped. I wondered if the Cambodians who were selling seats or drinks were also impressed with the sunrise...or, they just cared about their business. When the sun appeared fully, I left there for where Neg was waiting.

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I Missed Yakiniku But Got Nabe

I wanted to come back to the GH before 7 that day, because I had a promise with Yuta going to eat yakiniku with a few Koreans he met. But when I got there, I didn't see him. His driver handed me a map drawn on a piece of paper and told me Yuta was there, so I asked Neg to take me to the place. However, I couldn't find him in the restaurant on the map. The master told me I could wait there, but I went out because I wanted to tell Neg if he was still there. It sucked not having an available cellphone in such a case. He didn't seem a person that breaks promises but I didn't have the way to get information. Luckily, Neg was still there. I told him that I couldn't find Yuta and he helped me find him driving around the city. But after a while, I gave up and told him to go somewhere else to have dinner by ourselves. And that made me get a chance to eat Cambodian NABE, lol. Damn, I didn't bring my camera at that time, but took some pictures with my mobile.

At the restaurant, dishes were on counters over there, and we had to bring anything we wanted to eat. And I was like a princess there. I mean, he did almost everything. I brought some dishes to our table, but that was it. I didn't know what to do with the unique shaped Cambodian pot on the table, so I left everything to Neg. What I had to do was just to eat what Neg made :P

When I was choosing what to eat firstly at the restaurant, I saw FRESH SPRING ROLLS...You have no idea how much I LOVE IT!!! So, I brought two of them for me and Neg, but he brought his own one by himself later, so I ate both of them. I was a little bit worried when I was about to eat them because I heard Cambodian tap water is not so good for us as long as we are not local people. So we should refrain from eating ice (it might be made from tap water) or uncooked vegetables in general. However, I already hadn't removed ice from my water at that time, and wanted to eat the fresh spring roll so badly (I wasn't sure if the spring rolls were 100% safe). So I thought, "Um, maybe my umeboshi will save me, so I'll be fine!" and ate anything I wanted to eat. While we were eating, Yuta called Neg's cellphone and apologized. He told us when they went to the restaurant, it was closed because of a temporary power cut. So they waited somewhere and went again around 8 or so. What an unlucky thing we missed each other, lol. But such a happening is commonly associated with a trip ;)

When we finished eating, it was already past 9. I was very sleepy so we went back to the GH. When we got there, Yuta was already there, and apologized to us again. No problem, it was not his fault :) Oh, by the way, do you want to know what happened on me later beside eating anything I wanted??? Nah, I didn't get loose bowels. Sorry that I couldn't fulfill your excitement :P

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Eastern Monna Lisa And Beautiful Sunset

After lunch, I went to see Banteay Srei alone. This ruin has beautiful red colour and my guidebook says the best time visiting there is morning. When I visited there, the sun was already so high but I still felt it looked more red than other ruins. Since I heard that there are beautiful sculptures that are called "Eastern Monna Lisa", I tried not to miss them :P

When I was walking back to Neg, I was spoken to by a guy. We had a small chat, but actually, he wanted me to buy postcards. And once I bought something from the guy, I was surrounded by some children!! They came after me and tried so hard to sell something. But I didn't have will to buy anything at that time, so I went straightly back to the place Neg was waiting. When I got there, few children were still coming with me, but they left when Neg told something. I didn't know what he said because it was in Khmer, but maybe he told them that I wouldn't buy anything. Neg helped me like that sometimes and I thanked him for the help because such children were anywhere and some of them were so persistent that they didn't leave me easily however I told them I was not gonna buy anything again and again :S

After few more ruins (too many ruins confuse me, I can't tell which is which, lol), we went to Phnom Bakheng to see sunset. Bayon was also included in small tour, but Neg told me we would go there after going to ground tour next day. So, we just walked around the ruin and then headed to Phonm Bakehng.

When we got to the bottom of the mountain, a lot of tourists were already there. Everyone had the same purpose, lol. When I got off from the motorcycle, I asked Neg if he would come with me. He told me he would and actually he did. But later, when we were coming down from the top of the mountain, he told me that it was his first time going up to the mountain with a customer. Yay! I'm the memorial first one v(*^_^*)v

The sunset view from the mountain was so beautiful. The sun went down under the horizon over there becoming more red and red. When it disappeared completely, people clapped. It was such an impressive moment.

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