After months of anticipation, we finally arrived in Siem Reap, home of the amazing Angkor Wat. We spent the better part of two days exploring two main sights: Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom City. We didn't know this before we left, but around 1000 years ago, Cambodia was a powerhouse in Southeast Asia. Powerful Hindu god-kings built magnificent cities, conquered areas of Laos, Thailand, and Burma, and duked it out with the Chams in southern Vietnam. From the 7th c...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia We made our way to Phnom Penh as a jumping off point for Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, is still reinventing itself since it was decimated by the Khmer Rouge in the '70's. We crossed into Cambodia by boat from Vietnam, via the Mekong River. The boat we were on was small—fourteen passengers and our luggage, but it was nice and breezy; the trip was quite pleasant. The border checkpoints for each country we...