Sometimes things are touristy for a reason. We decided to wake up at 4:30 this morning so we could leave by 5am to make it to Angkor Wat in time for sunrise. Before we were out the door, Koy, our remorque driver was waiting for us outside.
We took a dark and quiet trip the 5 or so kilometers to the temple and waited for the sun to come up. The picture above shows what we saw!
Needless to say, we had a fantastic morning. We ate a North American breakfast in a shed full of hungover tourists then continued temple spotting.
The Bayon temple, famous for all the faces carved on to everything, was our favorite temple of the whole experience.
The temple that Tomb Raider was filmed in is special because they have left all the trees to grow instead of removing them. Very cool.
After 8 hours of temple-touring it was still only about 2 o'clock, however, we were extremely hot, sweaty, and tired and our hotel pool was calling us.
We made a quick stop for water, beer and snacks then got to the pool.
Josie's swimming lessons continued. Today she had great success in getting used to submerging her head, and was even starting to grasp the basics of diving. We were both very proud of her achievements!
We headed out for dinner and had some fairly decent grub in a French style building (left here from the colonial days). Beer is cheap at ¢50 a glass so I always make sure I fill my tank downtown before drinking our grocery store beers which are about ¢60 a can.
We headed directly back to our foot massage place from the night before and enjoyed hour-long rub downs (beer in hand, of course). Tomorrow the plan is for a fish spa... Just use your imagination...
We called it a night early because of our packed full day. We shared our last hotel beer and slept.
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