Not Quite the Weather I Had Expected – Cambodia blog entry #13

 Thatfoggy, rainy, windy morning on Bokor Mountain in Cambodia, our next stop wasthe Le Bokor Palace. At one time, it had been an extravagant resort, a placefor the wealthy French living in Cambodia to retreat from the heat.  

Itlooked totally abandoned that day, but reviews on line say it's been renovatedand rooms are available for the night. K however said it is only available foroutdoor events, and the back patios did look like they could accommodate aparty. 

Butnot today!

Notsure I'd want to rent the grounds for a wedding and then have this kind ofweather. Unless it was a themed wedding of “The Shining.” Yikes! 

Andhere’s the picture you may remember that I shared on Facebook back inSeptember, so now you know the rest of the story. 

Well,you’ll know the entire rest of the story, if you click on this link for thehistory of this property. 

Afterwe were turned into icicles from the rain, wind, and cold, we drove a short wayto the abandoned catholic church. Soooo cool and eerie.

Wewere able to walk inside, wind blowing through the broken windows and rain drippingthrough the roof in places.

Just crazy and such a waste to be sitting decaying.The only furnishing was the altar, where people were still leaving flowers andsuch. 

Lastmiserable stop on the mountain was Wat Sampov Pram. 

Thewind and rain and fog were now unrelenting. After climbing a flight of wetstairs, we checked out the two Buddhist temples. 

Onethankfully had an overhang which gave Hippo a break. 

No break for my camerathough. The moisture was starting to break its spirit just as the elements weredoing to us. No matter how I tried to protect the lens and wipe it off when wesheltered in the car, the pictures it was taking started looking like nothingbut the dense fog outside. Then the camera lens stopped closing altogether whenI shut it off. I tried not to freak out. I had the camera on my phone and D wasthere taking all the same pictures anyway. 

Isilently tucked the camera away, hoping for the best.

Koffered to take us to Popokvil waterfall, but when he told us it was about aten-minute walk from the car to the waterfall, it was immediately unanimousthat we were happy just driving back to town. That is once we convinced ourdriver to turn off the AC.