Angkor Wat
When we arrived in Cambodia, our first destination was the famous Angkor Wat. For anyone who hasn't heard about it, Angkor Wat is the largest temple complex in the world. Our family didn't really know what to expect, but we were very excited to walk around and explore the temple.
We got up at 4 a.m. in order to see the sun rise over Angkor Wat. Our tour guide, Kakada, (5 star photographer) picked us up in his tuk-tuk and drove us in the dark to the temple. We took a dark path, lit only by the light of Kakada's phone. A few minutes along the trail, we found something that made us jump a foot in the air! It was a shiny black dead scorpion. Kakada was the only one brave enough to pick it up! After that, we were all a bit more cautious about were we stepped.
When we stopped walking, we were positioned with only a pond in between us and Angkor Wat. The sun rose with a large variety of colors, shades of orange, red, pink, blue, green, purple, yellow... basically the whole rainbow. The temple itself is comprised of 5 towers. The center tower is the tallest. Depending on where you stand, it may look like there are only 3 towers.
After sunrise we walked around and snapped more pictures of the park space in front of Angkor Wat. It was still the early morning so the hot sun hadn't fried us completely. Then we entered the temple, the first thing we noticed were the intricate carvings on the walls and ceiling.
We walked to the heart of Angkor Wat stopping on the way, to marvel at the patterns, animals, and gods.
Touching the carvings is strictly prohibited due to the fact that the stone the carvings are done in disintegrates the more it is touched.
We were now entering the middle of the day when the sun is strongest. We decided to head out of magnificent Angkor Wat and see what adventures lie ahead.
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