Sunrise to sunset with a plethora of temples followed by swimming with bats
November 16th 2015 Hooray, the alarm is going off at 4.30am! I leapt out of bed, did 100 push ups, swam fifty lengths of the pool before a quick shower had me ready for our 5am pick up. Believe that and you'll believe anything.
The bits about the 4.30 alarm and the 5am pick up were true though as we joined the masses en route to Angkor Wat to watch the sunrise. Probably about 1000 people were vying for the best s
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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more 
