Today started very early as we headed out around 5:30 AM to catch the sunrise over Angkor Wat. It was already very warm! When we arrived, there were already an incredible number of people there. The sunrise was beautiful over the ancient building and we took a lot of pictures. We had the hotel pack us a breakfast and we ate that on our way to the next temple, Banteay Srey (Lady's Temple). This one was out in the countryside so we passed through many villag...

We had quite the day of learning about Cambodian history, their battles between Hindu and Buddhist cultures as well as many other interesting facts. We started out our day with a nice breakfast at the hotel, and then our guides arrived to pick us up. "T" was our English guide, and Kol was our driver. First we needed to head to the temple ticket office to get our passes to tour all of the temples in the area, there was a quite a line-up. Never mind that the ...

Wow, what a long day(s)! Thailand and Cambodia are 13 hours ahead of Madison so we tried to stay up late on Tuesday night so we could sleep on the plane during our flights and get over jet lag. Since we waited until Tuesday night to pack, we had plenty to do to keep us awake. Our schedule was to fly from Madison to Detroit (a little over an hour), then Detroit to Seoul, South Korea (14.5 hours), and then from Seoul to Siem Reap, Cambodia (5.5 hours). In tota...