Cambodia Vacation Day 4: Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Cambodia Vacation Day 4: Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Ailee and I woke up around 4AM and left the hotel around 4:20 in order to see Angkor Wat temple at sunrise. We got there with plenty of time to spare.

After the sun had risen we walked around Angkor Wat. The most impressive feature of Angkor Wat is its enormous scale. (That little pink circled area is Ailee)

Next it was onto the temples of Angkor Thom. Angkor Thom's most prominent and awe inspiring temple is Bayon which features 216 large carved stone faces of Khmer King Jayavarman VII looming over you.

Bayon is truly a site to see.

Next we went to Baphoun and some other temples in Angkor Thom.

Baphoun:

Phimeanakas:

Preah Palilay:

Lastly we visited Preah Khan which was similar to Banteay Kdei in that it was devoid of people, and that you could walk, venture, and explore any which way you saw fit.

Due to the high temperatures and our early morning he called it a day in the early afternoon. We biked back to the hostel, showered, changed, paid $2 to use the neighboring hostel's swimming pool, and swam and relaxed by the pool.

That night we went out in the night markets again to do some extra gift shopping and were pleasantly surprised to happen upon a ladyboy dance performance of "Gangnam Style."

This was our last night's stay in Siem Reap. During the day the next day would go on a tour of the flooded forest of Kampon Phluk featuring a village of houses built on stilts. That next night we would leave on a night bus to Koh Kong on the southwest coast near the Thai border.