Soooo... Temples of Angkor, Siem Reap. We spent a pretty amazing 3 days (spread out over a week) and a total of about 20 hours wandering around Cambodia's amazing Angkor complex.
Day 1 we started with a very moody Tuk-Tuk driver. We started at Ta Prohm which was, I think, both of our favourites! This is the temple where they filmed some of Lara Croft where humungous tress literally grow out of the ruins of the temples, they have decided not to resore this temple as it is so beautiful in its ruinous state. The rest of the day was spent around some of the less well known (but no less impressive) temples including Banteay Kdei, Preah Khan (this was surounded by water and I ended up having a very damp foot for the rest of the day!), Neak Pean, Ta Som, East Mebon and Pre Rup (Lots of steps!).
Day two was after a few drinks the night before so we went in the afternoon and did the Rolos Group which are the older pre-angkorian temples. The first one was pretty small and ruined but we met this great Cambodian guy who used to be a monk but now is learning to be a teacher and he showed us his class room which was below where the monks live! To finish off we went back to Pre Rup which is one of the highest temples and climbed to the top to watch sunset which was awesome (although slightly precarious climbing down in the near dark!)
The last day was pretty epic. Up at 4am to be picked up at 4.30am with a guide to watch sunrise at 6am over Angkor Wat. Amazing and beautiful, although I don't think me and Mike were the most attentive students for our guide at that time in the morning. We then made our way around Angkor Wat and then to Angkor Thom and saw our first elephants and saw the equally amazing Bayon Temple which is made of over 200 smiling faces!
Love S x
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