{"id":2656,"date":"2012-04-10T09:24:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T02:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2012-04-10T09:48:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T02:48:12","slug":"festival-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/2012\/04\/10\/festival-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, some site news: added a little map plugin to the \u201cAbout\u201d page, linked up there in the banner. This was the best plugin I could find, though it doesn\u2019t support OSM. The author says he may add this feature in future revisions; \u2018til then, we\u2019re stuck with the All-Seeing-Eye.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the forecast called for 80% chance of thunderstorms, with decent accumulations possible. I busted out the door at 6:00 in the AM, figuring I would tempt fate, and make my last visit to the Park. Only to discover that it was already raining. So, I bagged it. Turns out, it was a good decision, but for the opposite reason: the clouds quickly burnt off, and it became a superheated inferno of a day \u2013 though the storms arrived late and lighted up the night-time sky, bringing with them the promised accumulations.<\/p>\n

Sunday and Monday I was all following the goddam Masters \u2013 in the middle of the night, see; so now I\u2019m all jet-lagged, even though I never even made sniff of a lousy aeroplane.<\/p>\n

I was looking at a map different to the one I\u2019ve been using, and noticed that there\u2019s a temple in town that I\u2019d not yet visited. So of course I hurried over there to see what it was. Of course, it\u2019s Siem reap: it was beautiful.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019re a couple of Angkor-style Prasats on the grounds; they look to be used as office spaces. Pretty nice little tip of the hat, I\u2019d say.<\/p>\n

\"prasat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The murals are\u2026well, in any other<\/em> place, one\u2019d say, \u201cOutstanding! Jaw-Dropping!\u201d But it\u2019s such stiff competition in this town. Suffice to say, this temple\u2019s murals more than hold their own.<\/p>\n

\"mural1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"mural2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"mural3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

They\u2019re not as flashy as the others\u2019; but take the time to have a good look-see, and they\u2019ll really get their hooks set into you. Easier said than done, however; as the designers were bound and determined to fill up with artwork every possible nook and cranny.<\/p>\n

\"nooks1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"nooks2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Inside, more frightful scenes of the wicked receiving the just desserts.<\/p>\n

\"damnation\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Where do people come up with this shit? Or, maybe the more important question: do people really fall for<\/em> this shit, really? If I don\u2019t give the Church all my money and do everything it says, I\u2019ll have giant cockroaches eating off my genitals for all eternity? Really<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Decided to make visit to that one big Market I\u2019d eschewed when there was a bicycle-parking fee. Wow, it\u2019d seemed so close-by via bicycle; but turned out to be a three-hour round-trip on foot. Not to mention it was a stupid time of day to do it, as the sun was hotter than the murals\u2019 fires of Hell.<\/p>\n

In the end, it wasn\u2019t even anything special, though this guy seemed to be very happy.<\/p>\n

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