Set deep in the Cambodian jungle, near the thriving city of Siem Reap, lies an ancient city...a source of national pride and the symbol of the Cambodian flag (and it's national beer!)....Angkor Wat.
Some call it the 8th wonder of the world and over the past 2 days we have clambered happily over the moss covered ruins of the formerly majestic temples...some are more than 80% in ruin - including the one that the movie 'Lara Croft, Tomb Raider' was filmed (during the making of this film Angelina Jolie fell in love with this country and decided to adopt one of it's children...). The rain today lent an haunted air to the grand structures, choked by jungle and the smell of incense. watching the sun rise (at an ungodly hour!) this morning over the towers of Angkor Wat itself i could not have felt more peaceful. As we made our way up to this beautifully restored temple at 7 in the morning we basically had the place to ourselves and were able to find a quiet corner and appreciate the age of this place...the history. Today ranks up there as one of my favourite days on this trip...suddenly cambodia, 'Kingdom of Wonder' has gone up a notch or 2 in my 'amazing countries' register!
The temples are what one comes to Siem Reap to experience...that and the 'happy pizzas'....so tomorrow we will leave. We need to make tracks quickly to Laos as we are running out of time now and still have so much more that we want to do! oh for another month!!! ;-)
stay tuned. xx
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