After 5 flights, 2 days and 4 hours of sleep I finally made it to Siem Reap, Cambodia, where DawnO was waiting for me outside the airport. We went back to our hotel so I could unload my bags and we headed out.
We decided to take a boat tour that took us up a river through the Chong Khneas floating village and out into Tonle Sap Lake. It is currently dry season so the water is low enough to expose the stilts that each house is built upon. In the wet season the water rises up to meet the main floor.
The end of the tour was spent on a floating restaurant out on the lake viewing the sunset. Not a bad start to the holiday.
The next day we decided it was time to see some temples. We bought a 3 day pass and hired a tuk tuk driver through our hotel to take us on the small circle tour of temple which included Angkor Wat, the capital of the Khmer Empire.
The above picture was taken moments before I had a game of tug-of-war over my container of potato chips. I’m still not a fan of monkeys.
The next stop on our tour was Prasat Bayon. This temple was built in the early 13th century and features many intricate stone faces.
Or last stop on the tour was Ta Prom, which was used as a filming location for Tomb Raider. It was interesting to see how nature had embraced the temple’s structures over the centuries.
Today we will continue on our temple tour. Stay tuned for more from Siem Reap.