Angor What? They actually have a night spot in this low key town named that.
We were braced for some in-your-face travel coming into this town, but what we found was a very relaxed atmosphere. This town is one of the easiest travel spots we’ve encountered (even easier than most of Europe). I suppose it helps that English is everywhere. The people are the same friendly people that populate the rest of SE Asia.
We headed out for one day of our three day pass to the Angor Wat temples and ruins. Absolutely spectacular. Absolutely… Wow! We were not prepared for the size of the ancient cities. One loop of 13 km takes you past the main temples, tomorrow’s loop of 23 km will take us past another set, and our third day will be a 120 km round trip out to some distant temples. We had to keep remembering to not be slack jawed as we wandered around in awe. It sort of just blurs together at the end of our five hour morning and three hour sunset afternoon. Banyan trees, steep steps, elephant terraces, moats, carvings, post card selling kids, Chinese tour groups, vistas over the jungle, incense and candles, Shiva, Buddha and, as always, plenty of monks in orange robes. Derrell and I are just gushing at each other about how amazing the site was. I suppose having a rainbow over the main Angor Wat temple as we were leaving did not distract from the day any.
Two more days of exploring… woo-hoo!
