Wat Bo

I've officially been in Siem Reap for about a week now and set out on a walk around the apartment.  Walking down the street I go into Wat Bo, a  beautiful pagoda established in the 18th century, but there's a problem, the pagoda's main building is closed.  I don't ask too many questions, since there is no one around despite the sound of activity in the area, and am happy looking at the exterior of the building and all of the structures around.

 All of a sudden I begin to hear the words "Hello, Hello", I have no idea where this is all coming from.   After looking around, it seems to be coming from behind a bunch of bushes, from where 3 orange-clad monks carrying notebooks emerge.  Always happy to practice their English, they ask me my name and where I am from, when I ask them about the pagoda, they point to a forth monk and say, "He speaks better English".  The fourth monk comes out to say Hello and tells me a little bit about the closed building behind us, before saying, "Would you like to see it?"  He opens the wooden doors and windows, letting the light unveil a large room where most of the walls are covered in wall paintings of the Reamker.  He tells me of the many uses the Pagoda has gone through over the years and explains how he has taught himself English, even though it gives him a headache.  We laugh and he finishes his sentence with, "but I come here to do meditation and headache goes away."