Day 80 - Day of Angkor

We got up really early to go and see the sunrise. Instead of going to see it at Angkor Wat as everyone else, I had an ingenious idea to see it from where everyone is going to see the sunset.
It turned out to be a good idea as there were hardly any people there and the view was very nice with Angkor Wat being visible although a bit small. The sunrise however was not all that great due to it being hazy as usual.

After the sunrise it's best to head to Angkor Wat as most tourists will leave it and you are pretty much on your own and can enjoy the temple. Angkor Wat is a must do and was one of the tings I had to see in my life, now I have seen it twice and am still impressed.

While Angkor Wat is fantastic, the nicest temple is Bayon in the Angkor Thom area, the faces are really cool and it's very nice trying to see all the different faces there.

Angkor Thom has quite a few nice temples and despite the heat it's worth wandering around and trying to explore them all.

The last temple for the day was Ta Prohm, this featured in one of the Tomb Raider movies and is very busy at all times with tourists taking pictures of the movie locations. You need a bit of patience and wait for the tour groups to go away so you have a brief window for yourself before the next group arrives.

Tomorrow, will be an equally early start but not because we want to see the sunrise again. Instead we will be heading to the Thai border to see the forbidden or disputed Preah Vihear temple.

Children of Angkor

While at Angkor Wat, my posts focussed mostly on temples and not much on people in and around them. I mentioned I would post some people shots later on and since I have been doing some sorting of my pictures today it was kind of the right time.

Most of these pictures have been taken with the Canon f1.8 50mm lens and are out of camera JPGs.

Angkor - Day 3

The last day in Siem Reap and Angkor, there is still a lot to see and do here but it's time to continue our journey.
This day was all about the sunrise and sunset rituals performed every day by thousands of tourists (I will need to post a picture to showcase this at some point) while visiting Angkor Wat.

We starte it off like everyone else by watching the sunrise at Angkor Wat before sending more time around there since it was very quiet after the sunrise when everyone left. We headed to see a few other temples before going back to the Bayon temple to spend more time there.
The last part of the day was to watch the sunset but we decided on a lesser visited place rather than the main tourist hangout.

In case you wondered why I never showed any people in my Angkor series, this is done on purpose but I will post a series with people later on.

Angkor - Day 2

We spent the day seeing some of the places a bit further out and started the day with a hike to see the carvings on the waterfall.

Angkor - Day 1

Angkor Wat was the main thing to see during this trip and one of the things I had to see in life.
It is really impressive and I can only recommend everyone to go and see it at least once. It is difficult to show it in pictures how great the place is.
The whole of Angkor Park is massive and has lots of temples to see, from small to big. Angkor Wat is only one of these but one of the most impressive.

This is a series with a few pictures from the first day.
I will also post more picturs for the next 2 days and maybe do some more series in the future on it since I have too many pictures to effectively show in a single blog post.