After our visit with Lauren's friends Zach and Maggie, we took a short, prop plane flight to Siem Reap where we checked into the very comfortable FCC Hotel. 10 minutes after we checked in Lauren's long time friend/tour guide/government worker/rice paddy farmer/mango farm owner/Khmer Rouge survivor met us at our door to organize the three days of temple exploring we'd be doing. Both days were very hot but we managed to see a good 6 temples and topped it off with an hour boat ride through the floating houses on Tonle Sap lake.
Highlights of the trip include:
- Angkor Wat. This amazing temple (LT and I are standing in front of) was built in the 12th century and was buried for 100s of years until a French scientist stumbled upon in in the early 1900s.
- A 5:30am sunrise at Bayon temple where over 100 large faces lit up as the sun illuminated the temple. There were plenty of bats too!
- The Ta Prohm temple where the jungle has formed a vice grip around the walls and doors. Also noted is that Tomb Raider was filmed here. They love Angelina.
- Our dinner with our Aussie friends were I was able to take a picture with the dancers at the end.
- The array of wildlife we've come across such as baby cobras, crocodiles, pythons, bats, crazy looking wasps, and spiders bigger than your face.
- Mr. Sok Som. This being the 3rd time he has tour guided for Lauren, his stories and descriptions made the temples come to life. Without him, we wouldn't have enjoyed the sights half as much.
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This is so awesome!
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