We made it to Cambodia - in great style. We arrived at the airport, and our smiley driver immediately starting offering 'cold beer? cold beer?'.
We started exploring Angkor Wat today. It is a very large area of temples and state building dating from 700 ad - 1300 ad. Twenty six kings of various religious backgrounds just kept building and building to upstage their ancestors.
We toured today on the back of a 'tuk tuk' (touk touk). Which is like a royal cart pulled by a motorbike - great invention. Our driver was always recognizable by his Boston Red Sox hat. He met us bright and early this morning so we could be there to see the sunrise over the main temple. It was exciting in that Indiana Jones way to climb up these ridiculously steep and narrow stairs in the dark, when all you can hear are birds chirping in the forest and the bats screeching somewhere above you inside the temple.
Cambodia has been an interesting country in many ways - starting with the fact that the ATMs spit our US dollar bills and the girls will sell you 'cold drink, lady you want cold drink' for $1.00 or 500 reil which equals 50 cents!
We heartily recommend Siem Reap as a great destination for its amazing history, great views, gorgeous high dollar hotels - and you'll never be far from a Red Sox fan.
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