Adventures and Street Life in Cambodia and Vietnam
Four couples, 3 weeks, on a private tour with Journeys....seeing and experiencing life in SE Asia. Cambodia , the first week Many pagodas, Buddha statues of various colors and hand positions, plus Royal Palace architecture. Angkor Wat is a Wonder of the World. It is full of history and our guide had lots to share. On the grounds were ruins that had large trees with huge roots that over the centuries engulfed the remaining structures. Occasionally we needed to say to our guide that we were old and needed to keep walking so our backs didn't get sore! There are many coveted temples where folks would lay food or money in or on the statues. At these sights, you could buy stacks of money to offer. At one Chinese Temple, one can pay or not and get a plate of a raw egg and a slab of fat. The ritual is to stuff the fat into the jaws of the animal and then crack an egg so it drips the meat down to the ground! The Monks were out and about in civil society. Some men were Mo...