The Jungle Temple

We went to the “Jungle Temple” this afternoon. Unattended for hundreds of years, trees were simply allowed to grow. And grow they did – some are more than 200 feet high, growing out of solid rock on the tops of the temple. They’re heavy! And they do lots of damage, especially when they fall. UNESCO is trying to reconstruct this temple, but it seemed hopeless to me. There are already thousands of “stones” (they must weigh 200-500 kilograms (440-1050 lbs) each) lying all over the ground.

After a while it all blurs together. So many gigantic piles of rock. So many carvings. Not things we would recognize as holy. But they clearly meant an awful lot to an awful lot of people.

We went to a dinner show of Khmer dancing tonight, but after all our adventures, this also seemed to blur with others.

Doesn't she look like Rosie Perez? It might be time to come home.