October 28th We were out of bed around 4:00 am, not much of a sleep, our room backs onto a rooster roost; it's a myth that they c*** in the early morning, they actually perform at all hours of the night.  we met in the Hotel lobby at 4:45am to arrive at Angkor Wat for sunrise around 6:00. the temple is believed to be the largest religious structure in the world and may have been built as a funerary temple for Suryavarman ii in 1121-1152 to honour Vishnu , the H...

October 27th the next two days we tour the City of Angkor, day one in the smaller wats and day two at the  larger Angkor Wat (Scared  or Capital city) ancient temple.  the temples were built between the 8th and 13th centuries and range from single towers made from brick to vast stone temple complexes. A great deal of restoration is taking place supported by countries such as Germany, China and India.  the restoration is similar to building a 3dimensional puz...

Today we visited the temples around the larger Angkor wat which we are saving for sunrise tomorrow - we leave the hotel at 5:00 am to join a thousand others doing the same.Hopefully the sun will rise, Megan, our Holiday Fairy is guaranteeing it.Tonight we had a lightening storm, and a few showers off and on during the day.It was around 34C with 2000% humidity, we were all dripping with sweat - tonight is laundry night, no getting another day's wear out of these...

we met our group in the hotel lobby. Kerry, Laurence (Laurie) & Michael from Brisbane, Aus, & Hem from London. Our Cambodian guide is Sareth. after our orientation we dined at the hotel restaurant as it was raining and as well because the area Sareth wanted to take us was flooded. Megan &I tried our hand again ordering green curry shrimp, beef stir fry and rice which actually came as ordered. the curry was not as not as the night before, then I n...