In the lonely planet's "Why visit Angkor Wat?" section they write: "welcome to heaven on earth". With that type of description, coupled with all the good things I've heard about Angkor Wat, I was worried that I'd be disappointed. I wasn't. The last 24 hours I spent surrounded by the beautiful expression to both humanity and nature's power were incredible. I was lucky to have great guides on both my visits. They both were in great happy moods and went out of their way to make sure I was also having a great time!
Yes there were crowds of tourists at times, but thanks to the knowledge of Mr. Chan, my guide for my full day at Angkor Wat, we were able to dodge them for most of the day. He even brought me through the jungle to a lesser known temple. In fact, we were the only two souls there! It was wonderful to get to linger in the temple and simply enjoy being there.
I think pictures would be better justice to the visit and any description that I can give, so here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!
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| 5:15am wake up was worth it for this view! |
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| There's heaven on earth right there! |
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| Enjoying some early morning sunshine |
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| The trees were just as impressive as the temples to me. |
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| When they say to stand in doorways during earthquakes, you'd better do so!! |
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| Beautiful archway made better by Batman's tuk tuk going through it!!! |
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| Last temple we visited. The carvings were the most intricate of all, and it predates Angkor Wat by two centuries, making it about 1100 years old!!! |
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