This time we bought a trip to the Bokor mountain where, apart from the remains of a beautiful national park (tomorrow about it), there is a monument of the goddess Yeay Mao.
Yeay Mao or Lok Yeay Mao (Grandma Mao) is an ancient mythical heroine and a divinity in the local popular form of Buddhism and Brahmanism in Cambodia.
She is venerated mainly is in the coastal provinces of the country, especially along the road from Phnom Penh to the sea port of Sihanoukville, as well as in Kampot and Kep.
At the Bokor Mountain in Kampot there is a 29 meters tall monument to Yeay Mao inaugurated in 2012.
She is considered the protector of travellers and hunters. Drivers will stop at her shrine to pay their respects and wash their cars with water from the stream nearby.
A surprise was the mini-concert of our driver and guide's, Mr. Sarat who sang several pop and short jazz standards during the break.
The tour participants sang "Habppy Birthday" in their own languages to one of the tourists. Ours was the longest and the loudest!
