Angkor Wat: Part 1

We framed our Cambodia trip around two goals: Angkor Wat and time at the beach. When I was a kid, the Angkor Wat complex was a semi-mythical, other-worldly kind of place, particularly because it was scraped out of 800 year's worth of jungle growth, 200 years ago.

Abandoned and misunderstood for centuries, Angkor Wat is absolutely fascinating.

We arrived late in the afternoon, just in time for the sunset ceremony. There were about 500 other tourists on top of this temple with us.
About 25 degrees at 6:00 pm.
The warm, orange glow of the sun setting.

And the sun going down again for the day, as it has on this temple for the past 365,000 days.

This event really set the mood for two days of temple climbing and tomb raiding in plus 30 degree, blue sky days.