Cambodia Part 2

Cambodia is a wonderful little country that has a lot of history. It was a very eye opening adventure for me. From their own civil wars to the fact that there are still American bombs in Cambodia that have not exploded to them using old glass coke bottles as gasoline holders for the tuk tuks to fill up with to them saying same same but different for just about everything that you ask. I am glad to say I learned a lot. I have a best friend, Lauren Johnson, that's company is working to help the Cambodian people and that makes me happy to know. Here is what we did on our last few days in Cambodia!

1/9 - Siem Reap

Jordan and I caught the 8:30 am bus to Siem Reap. The road was under construction and dusty but we made it around 4 pm. We walked to town for dinner and around the night market for a little while. It is a very cute little town with lots to eat, drink and relax. They have tanks for fish to eat the dead skin off your feet. Yes, I am going to have to try it out before we leave! Our hotel is very nice. For $4 a night, we got a bus station pick up, a private room and bathroom, to borrow the temple guide book and really nice staff!

1/10 - Siem Reap

We started our day around 7:30 am to have breakfast before heading to the Angkor Temples. We had a private tuk tuk driver for the entire day for only $25. We started by heading about 40 km outside of town to the Khal Spear ancient Khemer ruins. On the way, we got to see the buildings where bricks were being made. We hiked up for about 20 minutes thru the lush landscape to a waterfall. The waterfall had may carvings on it and as we followed the river down the carvings just continued. It was pretty amazing the amount of carvings that were done along the river bead. We hiked back down and headed to our first temple. It was huge and very impressive. We continued to a few more temples that day. It was very laid back and you could pretty much walk wherever you wanted. In the evening, we headed to the top of a temple to watch the sunset over the temple. It was beautiful but very crowded. That evening, we went to dinner in the really cute town.

1/11 - Siem Reap

We woke up at 4:30 am to head to the Angkor Wat temple. It was still dark and we did not think to bring the headlamp. But we found a spot and watched the sunrise over Angkor Wat. We got to explore the enormous temple. It was out of this World. It is a site that everyone needs to put on their list to see! We continued to a few more temples before being so exhausted that we had to stop for the day. In town, we feed the fish our dead skin and it was very funny! Then, we got a foot massage. We went to the market and I, for some reason, bought way to much. And now I have to carry it!

1/12 - Siem Reap

We went for breakfast and to have a cup of coffee (not gulp a cup of coffee). It was nice and relaxing. We headed to the temples afterwards to see a few ones we missed. They are all just so impressive and all a little different. It was really fun to explore one of the ancient wonders of the World. I think the town is going to explode with tourism within the next few years.

Pictures have been posted on Facebook but here are some more!