Angkor Wat

This has been an interesting day; Lori wanted to see the sunrise over Angkor Wat so we started out at 5am. There were few tuk tuks around and the one we found was interesting. At first I could barely understand his English but we communicated that we needed to go to the ticket booth. He first struggled to get the bike started then whipped a quick 180 degrees and slammed into the back of the only other vehicle on the road... He was drunk. Luckily we only had a little ways to go and tuk tuks don't go very fast but it was a thrill none the less. Angkor Wat is impressive, though because we are here in the off season there is a lot of reconstruction happening and many of the areas are closed off. Since we left so early we forgot to get a tuk tuk to take us around the park (not hiring Mr. Drunky McDrunk). So we started to walk but the park is 70 km. Though in the morning there was such an elegant mist hanging over the moat and temples. There were only a few other tourists out and no one wanted to disturb the peaceful serenity of the park so it was dead quiet except for the sounds of the surrounding jungle. After seeing a few temples and filming some monkeys we started to walk down the next road and after about 3 km we found ourselves in the middle of no where with a miles of empty road ahead. Luckily we managed to flag down a tuk tuk. He was super nice and offered his services all day for $5 a person. We took the deal. You'll have to see all the pictures or go yourself to get a good idea of what this place is like. Majestic. Lunch was a touch expensive but their handmade yellow curry was great! We attempted to walk around after lunch with it being 100 degrees and didn't last too long so we returned to the hostel for an afternoon siesta. When we awoke we returned to the park to watch the sunset from the highest temple.. it was great! I'm off the night market now to have a fish massage, and try some local foods...