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Wake up at 4:30am and get ready for our Tuk Tuk driver to collect us at 5am. After 20 minutes in he Tuk Tuk we are dropped off at some booths to buy our entrance ticket (for this we have to have our photo taken to have on our ticket).
Drive another 5 minutes to the Way itself and walk inside. By now it's about 5:30am and it's starting to get light. Wait about an hour watching the sun come up taking lots of photos.
When we first arrived at Angkor Wat a man approached us and told us we could go to his stall for breakfast after the sunrise (the stalls are named after famous people to make them easy to remember) - his stall is Tiger Woods.
Whilst watching the sunrise a girl "Harry Potter" also came over and offered us breakfast. She was about 12 and very friendly and helped us take group photos and told us where best to stand to get the best photos once the sun comes up.
After the sunrise Tiger Woods comes back over and says that we should go to his stall now as he saw us first (Harry Potter meanwhile just stood to the side). We decided we'd instead go with Harry Potter as she was not pushy and had been nicer to us. As we walked away with Harry Potter, Tiger Woods tells us to "go f**k your mothers" - pleasant!
My jaw hurts and I can only manage to eat half a baguette and drink water for breakfast, then the English couple from the journey joins us briefly.
Next, we walk around the Angkor Wat which is really impressive!
After looking around we go back to Harry Potter to find a Bucket and water for Rikka and I to do our ice bucket challenge. After I explained what the ice bucket challenge was a few times one of the girls understood and giggled and quickly explained it to Harry Potter in Cambodian. We ask if Harry Potter would be the one to pour he water over our heads.
The water was so nice and cold as we were sweating, and it was only 8am.
Get back on the Tuk Tuk to the Angkor Thom which is also really cool and a little like a maze. Didn't stay long before moving in to the last place.
The last temple Ta Prohm is where tomb raider was filmed, awesome!
Walk back through to the tuk Tuk who takes us back to he hostel. Have a quick shower and upload my ice bucket challenge video to Facebook.
At 12 we meet Ashley & Erwin downstairs to go our for lunch. Walk ages until we choose somewhere... Frustrating. Get a vermicelli noodles thing and then wander the markets. Buy a few things and then head back to the hostel. Update my journal...
Go back out again at 7 with everyone for dinner. I have a fried lemongrass thing which was okay but the lemongrass was quite over powering and spoilt it a bit.
Everyone's really tired after the early start so we walk back past the market which is almost closed and Rikka and I find bracelets before going back got the hostel.
Say bye to Ashley & Erwin then go to bed at 10:30pm shattered.
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