Going to Banteay Srei & Kbal Spean on the third consecutive day was not the initial plan and we were exhausted and sore from 3 days of visiting temples. Also, the climb to Kbal Spean had kicked our asses! We wanted time to process the temples that we had visited before simply gobbling more up in a way that left no room for tasting the individuality of each. This is a privilege only slow travel affords.
These 2 days were set aside for relaxation before the climax of Angkor Wat. We slept late, ate late lunches, walked along the river, and sat at our new home away from home, Rosy's. We wrote blogs and read the Cambodian guidebooks in preparation for our trek south.
G- I think it's awesome! I wish we could get it to catch on in the States.
P- Don't get me wrong, I think it's great too, just bizarre.
G- You can do anything bizarre thing if it's culturally acceptable.
P- Did you see that woman who just passed on her motorcycle. She was wearing the pink, cotton pajamas, her hair all fixed, and dressy sandals with a little heel.
G- She's dressed up for something. Maybe they don't think of them as pajamas here. Maybe they're sold as if they're just cotton outfits. Technically, there is no difference except for the style.
P- But they clearly are pajamas.
P- They look the same as all the men wore on TV shows in the 50's and 60's.
G- But in those shows the women were wearing long, silky nightgowns.
P- Maybe they save those nightgowns for formal wear. Hey Anna, what's up with the woman wearing pajamas as if they were clothes.
Anna – Don't you just love it? They have no sense of fashion here in Cambodia.
P- It's a trend I'd like to start at home.
