Siem Reap!

After one of the longest days of my life I made it to Siem Reap! My first impressions of the town were that they were very clean and the roads were so nice. I got a TukTuk to our hostel and eventually met up with Mike. That night we walked around Old Market, got some dinner and went to bed because the next morning we woke up at 4:30 to go see the temples at sunrise.

We were at "Ankor Wat" (the most famous temple) at sunrise but as soon as it started getting light we decided to go inside and explore. Most people were still on the lawn out front so it was cool because there was only like 10-15 of us in this giant temple. This is the most famous Buddhist Temple and it was incredible. The detail on every stone and every part of it was amazing. By the time we had seen everything we headed to Bayon which is also a very famous one. We did this same routine for 4 temples and had hired a TukTuk driver for the day so it was nice because we could stay for however long we wanted.

Eventually we went back to our hostel and were so exhausted we took a nap. That afternoon I got a massage and just relaxed. Mary had told us about a cool circus to go to in town so at night we decided to check it out! Every night they tell a different story but ours was about bullying. The kids that perform in these shows come from really poor villages but they all are apart of this really elite circus school. It was fun because most of the show wasn't in English but they had subtitles and we still understood the storyline. After the circus we walked around Pub Street and hungout.

The next morning we slept in and eventually made our way to The Ankor National Museum. Rose (Mary's roommate) was supposed to be the English audio for the tour but sadly it wasn't her voice! That was the main reason we went to see it but we ended up loving the museum and had a great time. It was cool to learn more about their culture and the temples that we had seen the day before. On our journey back to town we found a handcraft festival but it was so hot outside we didn't last long. Siem Reap was over 90 degrees and so humid so everywhere we went, we just sweat.

That night I took a flight to Phnom Penh where Mary used to live. Mike thought he was on my flight but he was not so he took a night bus. We are now with Mary and are having such a great time!