Angkor Wat

We met Mr. Ta at 5am Tuesday morning to catch a glimpse of Angkor Wat at sunrise. Because he's a local, he knew all the back ways to take us. This meant seeing more countryside of Cambodia AND beating the tourist crowds. The sunrise wasn't ideal, but it was beautiful to see the temple appear from the darkness. Due to the flooding from last week's typhoon, there was a large amount of water in front of the temple which allowed for the coolest reflection in the water.

Since the wait was about an hour (from arrival to sunrise), the boys got a bit wiggly, understandably. They managed to take Mr. Ta on a little walk and come back with matching Angkor Wat shirts and magnets. And, they insisted on wearing their new, purple shirts right then and there. Typical tourists.

We have hundreds of pictures between our phones and camera. I will try to select the best, but know it is SO hard to choose a handful. It was simply beautiful!

Here we are waiting for sunrise with a thousand or so of our closest friends

My favorite! I LOVE the reflection in the water!

This one was pretty funny. Drew yells out, "Hey Wuke! Walk wike a penguin. It safer." So this is what walking like a penguin around Angkor Wat looks like...

Okay, by "handful" of pictures, I meant 5 handfuls. I'm sure you can see why it was hard to choose...the scenery is breathtaking!

We were back to our hotel for breakfast at 8am. We napped shortly after - getting up at 4:30 am wiped us out. Definitely worth the early morning wake up though!

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