Another place we went to in Cambodia was a kampong(village). We took a riverboat on Tonle Sap Lake to get there. At the village, went to the school, were they were learning "If Your Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands" We sang that with the schoolchildren. I got asked a bunch of questions because the students rarely get a chance to practise English. We also saw big mats with THOUSANDS of shrimp on them! After exploring the village, we ate a lunch of fish from the river, vegtables, and rice. On the way back home, we passed the famous floating village. It was a wonderful day!
The rest of the time was mostly visiting temples. We got a three-day passes to Angkor except me because I was free. We went to the Bayon. The Bayon is a temple with many towers with four faces of Avalokitesvara, one facing each direction. We went through a gate (right) to get there that had four faces of the Avalokitesvara too. My favorite part was the bas-reliefs depicting battles and daily life.
The next day, we got a guide and went to Banteay Srei. It was 35 kilometers away from the other Angkor temples. Banteay Srei is small but it is richly decorated. Inside the temple, there was a group of landmine victims playing music. Dad bought one of their CDs for 10 US dollars.
Finally, we went to the most famous temple in Angkor, Angkor Wat.
Today, we got back from Cambodia. On the first day, we went to a silk farm. The farm had guided tours that were free. They grow silk worms then, when they're in cocoons they kill some and boil them. The rest live to make more silk worms and the process repeats. We saw some mulberry plants for the silk worms to eat. I thought it was interesting that silkworms only eat mulberry leaves. They have 16 different types of mulberry plant. They have so many types because some grow faster,some grow easier, and some taste better. We saw how they boiled the cocoons.The silk farm also dies and makes cloth. The guide showed us the traditional materials for dyeing. He also told us that they use mostly chemicals now.
1. This product is a new science and technology product and made with high and new science and technology. It can illuminate only placing it in rhythm.
2. No need any power, no environmental polution. Low noise and health. Comparing with common torch, it can be several times on lift.
3. Constantly using this health torch, it can benefit your palm, arm and shoulder stretching and blood circulation, so as to let your hands relax and brain clever hand and brain coodinate and promote your brain memory and health composition.
Yesterday, we went to Fort Siloso on Sentosa. It was interesting. They had several guns that "fired" when you pressed a button. They also had scenes from British Army life in Singapore during the late 19th century. One of the best parts was the Surrender Chambers. It was two scenes, the British surrender to the Japanese in 1942 and the Japanese surrender at Singapore several days after the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fort Siloso had a lot of guns. They ranged from 1874 (when Fort Siloso was built) through the Japanese Occupation. Most of the guns are British, though there are a few Japanese guns. A popular myth is that the guns at Fort Siloso never fired during the Japanese invasion because they were they were facing the sea while the Japanese came by land. In reality, the British turned there guns around to face the land. Several guns also assisted in the sinking of a Japanese troopship that was trying to go into Keppel Harbour.The guns at Fort Siloso also helped destroy rubber depots, oil in installations and places like that so they wouldn't fall into Japanese hands. On February 14 the British destroyed their big guns. They blew them up, or threw them off cliffs. Then the next day, the British surrendered to the Japanese. Fort Siloso became a POW camp. Civilans were also kept there. Many of the POWs went to work on the famous Death Railway that ran through Malaysia. For more information click here. This is Fort Siloso's website. I also got one of the pictures from here.
Since we don't have a car, we rely on public transportation. The three forms of transportation are bus, train, and taxi. We generally use buses and trains to get around. There are two types of trains, the MRT(right) and the LRT. We always use the MRT because it is more widespread than the LRT.
