To celebrate Labor Day, we took a break from our labors and had a wonderful two-day journey to Siem Reap, Cambodia. After arriving at the airport, we were greeted by our driver, Chin Vanna, who was excellent in taking us to many of the sights for the day.
Angkor Wat truly lived up to its legendary wonders of the world reputation. What breath-taking scenery!
We started our tour at Angkor Wat itself -- the largest of dozens of temples that are scattered around the area and were built between the 9th and 13th Century during the height of the ancient Angkor Empire. A wedding ceremony added to the color.
We then went to the temple of Ta Prohm -- one of the most awe-inspiring sites on the planet -- perhaps better known as an the Lara Croft Tomb Raider place (not that I have seen the movie). Feeling like an explorer from Indiana Jones, it was absolutely stunning to witness the massive trees that had over-taken the temple ruins.
We finished the day at Pre Rup, a temple high above the plains, with a commanding view of the sunset. With Tracy managing incredibly well on her broken foot, we opted for the elephant ride to the top -- quite an experience!
And this post is further evidence that Doug will never become a photo editor. The "less is more philosophy" is hard to capture the realm of experiences we had on our first day.
1 comment:
those are real trees? crazy......... yeah, that looks out of movie, for sure.
glad trace did so well on her foot!
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