Angkor Wat

Two toodling towards temples in Tuk Tuks

Siem Reap was our base for touring the Temples of Angkor.  We secured 2 Tuk Tuks for the 6 of us to travel north of town for 2 days in a row to see various temple complexes.  

The first stop was the main temple of Angkor Wat. I wrote in my notes that none of the locations were TOO crowded, but there is plenty of crowd.  The girls wondered why so many (mostly young ladies) are dressed so fancy.  
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We used to refer to this phenomenon as "senior portraits"... where you would dress up and go somewhere scenic to have unnaturally lux photos taken of yourself.

Temple exploration was not a highlight for the girls.  They took offense to wearing pants in the heat and were uninterested in the history and archaeology.  While the area's claim to fame is "scene of Tomb Raider" it is far from a jungle playground of ruins that the kids can climb and explore freely.

Grandpa and Babçia helped to buffer the girls disgust with our itinerary.

We visited 3 temple complexes on Day 1.  Angkor Wat, Ta Prom, and Bayon.  

Ta Prom (Tomb Raider)

Most of us agreed that Bayon was our favorite temple. The large faces are everywhere you look!

Our first rainy spell - downpour at Bayon.  We knew most of our trip spanned the rainy season, but we hardly had any wet weather.... the first half of the trip.

On the second day, our hired Tuk Tuks took us farther (50 jarring kilometers of dirt road) to the intricately carved sandstone temples of Bantaey Srey. Then on to 1,000 Lingas waterfall where some local boys pointed out the green snake (pictured below).  The falls were just trickling now so we could still see the carved riverbed.