No post yesterday, cause it was a travel day. It was a 2 hour cab ride from Halong Bay to Hanoi airport, then check bags, get thru customs, eat Vietnamese Burger King, and a short 90min flight to Angkor Cambodia airport. Get through customs again, then another hour ride to Siem Reap hotel.
Got dinner and zonked out, but made it to Angkor Wat today, another UNESCO Heritage Site & one of the wonders of the world. Not as old as the Giza pyramids, but wayyyy larger. Very zen and amazing!
More here: https://definition.org/angkor-wat-even-bigger-feat-egyptian-pyramids-combined/
Let’s get to the pics!
Food in Cambodia is great. Dinner
appetizer of okra and mushrooms
Shawn breakfast of waffles and bacon 🤮
Laurie got a local egg, pork , and noodles dish for breakfast
Woo hoo, life goal unlocked. Made it to Angkor Wat
Buda and seven cobras
Buda sculpture at Angkor
Buda sculpture at Angkor
Buda
Cool to still see the original paint in areas
more original paint
This shit is STEEP! pics don’t do justice
Shawn laughing from the bottom while I take my time down the steep ass stairs 🤣
Shawn made it up the rickety steep stairs to the top of Angkor, me next 💀💀
Looking out at Angkor from the top.
monkey butt!
Shawn taking a picture of me taking a picture of a monkey butt. (they move fast!)
Parts of Angkor were being restored and in rough shape, not unusual for a place so old.
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The carvings everywhere are amazing
Next took a short tuktuk ride and was the hiked up the mountain for sunset views from Bakheng temple.
Hot hike up the hill to Bakheng Temple for sunset
spooky hole
lion statue asses
Indiana Jones style hiking, just random temples appearing through the jungle
Sunset starting. Just like Haleakala, we’ve learned that sunset is just as good as sunrise, you don’t have to get up ass-early, and the crowds are way lighter
moo! sunset colors in the background. Just like my dad taught me, we headed down a bit early to beat the crowds, so we could easily get a taxi back to town. Love you Dad 🤣😎♥️
Pub Street in Siem Reap is a welcome site after a hot day of hiking around.
More prepared for tomorrow. Got laundry soap to do more bathtub laundry tonight, then mosquito spray, hand sanitizer, and a hand fan. all for $3
Buy one Get one free cocktails on Pub Street, plus really good music