Adrien confused our agreed time, and woke me up a bit early, so we made our way back to the same French restaurant for some breakfast and coffee.
We then hired a Tuk-Tuk to Angkor, where we say Angkor Wat and explored Angkor Thom (the anceint city). My favorite was the Boyoun Temple in Angkor Thom, even though it was all amazing. Although the temples themselves did not blow me away by their mere appearance, when put in context (as they were built in the 12th century), the work is marvelous. Everything is made out of stone, which is all decorated with great detail. At the Boyoun temple, which is more of a ruin, we were able to explore around it freely. All the sides of the towers are sculpted into face shapes, and the stairs to the upper levels are extremely steep. I took a bunch of photos, which I will post eventually.
I was beat by the end of the day, and I made my way back to the hostel to recouperate, and decided I will go to Phnom Penh tomorrow, as I don't feel like going to Angkor again and the rest of the town of Siem Reap has seemingly little less to offer.
As I was researching my trip, I met my new roomates, who are actually from Westwood. Small world.
I then headed out for some more Amak curry with Adrien, and another one of my dorm mates, Roz, from England. We had some tasty curry, and the lady boy waiter remembered me and kept on telling me how handsome I was. Very flattering. We then headed back to pub street for a couple beers, but we called it a night pretty early as we all had early bus's/tours the next morning.
I enjoyed Siem Reap, but it is mainly aimed at tourists, and got tiresome very fast. The Cambodian are remarkable so far, everyone is smiling and extremely friendly. I have a sneaking suspicion I'm heading for bluer waters in Phnom Penh.
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