Dix Mois Aussie: Angkor Temples

Our flight from Vientiane in Laos to Siem Reap in Cambodia was quick and easy, and the airport in Siem Reap is new and modern. Siem Reap was a smaller town, but has developed quickly over the last several years, as it is the city where visitors stay when touring the Angkor temples.
The backpacker area is very westernized, with many restaurants and coffee shops.
Something interesting to note: Nearly everything in Cambodia is paid for with $USD. Cambodia does have it's own currency, but you normally only receive it as change, especially when less than $1. Many of the atms in Cambodia spit out american dollars, and most prices are quoted in them. Partly because of this, Cambodia is a bit more expensive than Vietnam or Laos...

There are dozens of Angkor temples around Siem Reap, and by about the second or third day, a lot of people are all templed-out. We toured hard though, and enjoyed the sights.

Angkor Wat at dawn.
Levée du Soleil sur le temple d'Angkor

Il doit être 6h du mat et il fait deja chaud!

That's a glistening! Cambodia was definitely the hottest/most humid place we've visited. As most tourists do, we started each day in the early morning, because even by 8-9am, it's starting to get hot. Honestly, we've never sweat so much in our lives!

Most of the temples were built before ADA standards specified the maximum rise for a step. The steps going up the temples were almost always very steep and extremely shallow, making it difficult to go up and down.

Very difficult!

Here's a view from our tuk tuk (2-wheeled cart pulled by a scooter). Luckily we had him to take us around, because most of the temples are a few kilometers from each other, so they are too far to walk, and it was way too hot to ride bicycles!