Today started slightly more relaxed than previous mornings and we headed down to the breakfast buffet to eat our fill.
The Grand Palace is only a short walk from our hotel and so we set off to meet one of our tour group buddies and see the Palace.
Most of today was a travel day from Siem Reap to Bangkok. Our Minibus picked us up at 7am and we hit the road sharp.
Spoiler alert: today entails a lot of temples.
We started the day early: about 4am. We boarded the bus and headed straight to the ticket office where we had our photo taken (everyone’s favourite thing to do at 4:30 in the morning) for our golden tickets to Angkor Wat.
I think we both knew that this morning was going to be tough. But I do think it’s so important to educate ourselves and the world about atrocities such as those inflicted by the Khmer Rouge regime. The hope is we would learn by example and it’s unfathomable that things like this are still going on in our world today.
After our fairly late finish last night we had an early rise for breakfast and to start the day. And my what a day it’s been!