Our hotel in Siem Reap was my favorite of the trip. The staff was fantastic, the hotel was one of those open-air types, and it was complete with a warm salt-water pool.
Our mid-days were spent lounging about the hotel to avoid the hottest part of the day and to avoid burning our crazy whiteness.
I mean, heaven forbid our bodies should actually produce pigment.
After some lovely rest and relaxation, we headed back to the ruins for the main event: Angkor Wat. It was first a Hindu, then a Buddhist complex, and was built by Suryavarman II in the early 12th century. It is also the only group of ancient ruins to be featured on a country's flag.
And well-deserved, I think.
Angkor Wat is also surrounded by some incredible galleries with beautiful bas reliefs. It took us at least an hour to walk through them all.
That's me on the bottom right. I had to muscle out some Korean ladies to get the shot.
Talk about a long, sweaty day. The next morning we woke up early to watch the sunrise over the top of Angkor Wat. After spraying myself in the eye with Deet and briefly freaking out wondering if I was going to go blind, we got to enjoy the moment with a few hundred people.
P.S. Still able to see--although Kenny regularly brings up that time that I managed to spray myself in the eye. I'm sure he'd be happy to give you a dramatic interpretation of the occasion.
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