RELOCATED...

I know it is a pain to always remember the links to your favourite blogs...mine being one of them I am sure...but I had to do.

I have moved...

And here is where you can find me now..

http://freckledfacesandfavouriteplaces.wordpress.com/

xoxo

Cambodia's Angkor Wat...

One of the UNESCO World Heritage sites, Angkor is a site to be seen. Located near Siem Reap I travelled to these amazing temples with G Adventures. The temples stretch over about a 400 square km area which contain several ruins of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th centuries. The most famous are the Temple of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, the Bayon temple.

The first two photos are of the sunrise at Angkor Wat. Yes, the sunrise, which meant we left the hotel at approximately 5 a.m. and were back at the hotel for breakfast by 9ish. Needless to say it was a long day but so worth it. The next day we went to the sunset (pictured above). The entire group, about 15 of us, were exhausted but we thought, how could we miss the sunset on Angkor Wat. So we begrudgingly boarded the bus, minus one groupie who stayed back and rested at the hotel, and made our way back to the temples. Not sure if I mentioned in previous posts but I also have a fear of heights, and by fear I mean it can somewhat paralyze me, making the trek down or up difficult. Just ask my mom who tried to get me up to a beautiful site in Florence, I made it three quarters of the way up and yeah couldn't go any further. So anyway we arrived at one of the temples in which we were to climb to get the best view of the sunset. Oh, yeah, and this was about 3 in the afternoon because we were told if we didn't get there early we wouldn't be able to climb the temple. They only allow about 300 people every night to get a chance to see the view. So we climbed and because members of my group knew of my fear I was surrounded by support. Up to the top we went and wait a minute Angkor Wat is to the east of us, and the sun is setting to the west of us. Uhm...yeah it was then that we were told we were watching the sunset, in which we responded, yes but we assumed that when we are told we are going to watch the sunset on Angkor Wat that we will see the sun set on Angkor Wat, not just the sun setting and then Angkor Wat well is just there. Oh well it was an amazing adventure, one that I won't forget and it was all worth it. Oh and if you are a fan of Lara Croft or Tomb Raider, yeah these are the ones from the film. I was going to try my best Lara Croft move but I figured the camera wouldn't capture it quite like it should.