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.
Today we journeyed from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap; around a 320km drive, but the minibus was well air conditioned and we had some interesting stops along the way.
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.
Following a quick breakfast we jumped on a coach, and headed through rural Vietnam on route to Cambodia. From what we have seen of Vietnam, it is definitely a country we would like to return to. Especially having heard great things about the North from various friends.
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!