Angkor Wat

There is a lot of hype about the Temples of Angkor- and we are happy to report that it is well deserved! Our travels are more about helping people and working on projects than a tick list of all the wonders of the world (Angkor Wat is the 8th apparently) but we do get the occasional chance to check out some remarkable places. The trip started with a sunset visit at the crown jewel of the temples, Angkor Wat itself). The next day it continued with riding bikes from Siem Reap at 4:30am to catch the sunrise over the ancient ruins and didn’t end until the sun had set over the majestic Pre Rup temple (about 75 biking kilometers and 16 hours later). We climbed the impossibly tall stairs of Ta Keo and had the entire place and view over the rainforest tops to ourselves, we ate our breakfast in Ta Prohm watching a mammoth tree slowly breaking apart a beautiful structure of stone that must have taken years to build and has lasted over 800 years, we held the stares of the enduring 54 faces of Bayon as we weaved through the corridors, we stood on the backs of elephants at the Elephant Terrace, and that’s just to name a few highlights. Truly an amazing place! Let the pictures do the talking.