Urgh – what the fuck!? 4.45 am – on a holiday! What am I doing? This sunrise better be bloody worth it. Angkor Wat is the place to see the sunrise, so we head out there, park up, and I walk the long route to the temple. Again, there are loads of other visitors, whom I try to ignore. They all seem to be gathering on the left hand side of the temple in front of a small lake, so I head over to the other side and wait for the dawn to break.
It’s pretty amazing really, and once a bit lighter, I head into the actual temple to wander about whilst it’s still quiet. As I walk to the left of the monumental terrace, I see the orange orb of the sun rising over the turrets. What a fantastic sight, and I forget all about the rude awakening this morning – totally worth it.
I then spend the next 2 hours wandering around and exploring the temple: Cambodia’s most famous I expect, and probably the vastest. I try to imagine what it was like in the days when it was used as a place of worship – it must have been fantastic. The only blot was that the central turret was covered with scaffolding, but I guess without such care, there would not be an Angkor Wat to marvel at.
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