Oh man. It was 4.20am when my alarm woke me up. But it is what you need to do, if you like to see the fabulous sunrise above Angkor Wat.
To bad it was cloudy so after waiting a while I decided to walk around.
Damn many tourists had the same idea. Between those tourists locals try to sell coffee and rent chairs for a few bucks.
As you can see on the next picture, this was what everybody was waiting for. The change of color.
And I was really impressed by the moat surrounding Angkor Wat. Imagine you need to dig that.
Next stop Angkor Thom. This is the southgate here.
And it actually features the most impressive temple in my opinion. Bayon, the temple of the smiling faces.
I made more pictures in Angkor Thom.
We left Angkor Thom through the victory gate and visited a few smaller temples before reaching Ta Prohm, the Tomb Raider Temple. The best about this temple are all those trees having grown around the stone structure and seeing those roots hugging walls.
The last temple of the day was Banteay Kdei or something like that.
This concludes the small Temple Circuit after only four hours of sightseeing in Siem Reap. Tomorrow I am going on the Big Circuit. More temples :).
After the circuit I went to a pharmacy and wanted to buy some insect repellent. The nice lady gave me the most expensive product for 7.9 USD. It took a few seconds and I nearly paid the stuff before I discovered the cheaper philipinian product on an other shelf. Only 1.3 USD. Sometimes I really hate those vendors.
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