Angkor Thom Again
After visiting Angkor Wat this morning for sunrise, knowing this would be our final day in the park, we wanted to do all the things we haven't done yet and take the iconic pictures we hadn't taken yet (basically, the pictures you see on the postcards). The first thing we hadn't done yet is climb [...]
Sunrise at Angkor Wat
Today was our last day in the park, so we wanted to do all the things that we haven't had a chance to do yet. First things first, sunrise. Sunrise is early. Like, crazy early. Even earlier considering we rode our bikes up there. Sunrise was at 6:15am, so we left our hotel room at [...]
Angkor Thom
We spent the entire day today in Angkor Thom. This is a walled city just north of Angkor Wat. ("Angkor" is the name of the ancient Capitol city. "Wat" means temple, so Angkor Wat was the main temple for the city of Angkor. "Thom" is Cambodian for big. Angkor Thom was the actual city where [...]
Banteay Srei, Ta Prohm, and Ta Keo
Banteay Srei I'm so torn about Banteay Srei. It takes over an hour to get to by tuk tuk, it costs a lot (admission is included with the Angkor Pass, but the tuk tuk costs $25 for the day because it's far away), and it's relatively small. And especially now that you can't walk in [...]
Church in Siem Reap
We looked on Mormon.org for the times and location of the church here in Siem Reap, and it had an address, but no meeting times. We didn't want to miss it, so we guessed 10am, but to be sure, we rode our bikes over at 9am. Fortunately, the building (which is actually just a rented [...]Welcome to our blog!
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