Angkor Temples

Saturday 8th May - Today Rich and I did Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples which was amazing! We went out to see the sunrise over Angkor Wat which was the first stop on the tour our tuk tuk driver did for us. It was funny because it was pretty busy at sunrise but after that everyone seemed to disappear. Unfortunately quite a lot of the temple was under construction which ruined the photos a bit. Next stop was Angkor Thom ...the Bayon was actually my favourite temple, it was pretty run down but so beautiful and I can add another two blessings for good luck to the list now. Angkor Thom is a collection of temples and as we walked to the Baphoun we came across some wall rubbings of Angkor Wat which I was persuaded into buying and am now trying to carry around with me! Ta Keo is a replica of Mount Meru with all the stones for the temple brought from the Mountain. They were transported using bamboo sticks which are driven through the stone (no idea how). Next stop Ta Phrom which was used as the set for the Tomb Raider movie. This is the one which has been left completely as found after it was claimed by the jungle so there are trees growing out of the structure which is pretty magical. This was one of the most important temples as over 12thousand people lived there! After a couple of the smaller temples we decided to call it a day as a 4 O'Clock start was a bit difficult! This afternoon I spent planning the rest of the trip as I realised how little time I actually have left. We then went to have a look at the market and tried cricket for the first time which was surprisingly not disgusting at all!