Excited was an understatement.
Today was the day finally Sab and I would explore the largest religious monument on the planet.
Angkor Wat was ours for the taking...
...but we would have to wait a day and here's why.
Our fantastic tuk tuk driver (who today was joined by his mate as Sab and I decided we wanted to go motorbike style around Angkor) suggested that we go visit a waterfall before we once again go Indiana Jones style temple side. Considering that the waterfall was in the general direction of our first temple of the day (Banteay Srei) we thought yeah why not. It was only another 15 kms past the temple and the rods so far have been above our standard so why not see what Cambodia can throw up waterfall style. After one of the bumpiest bike rides in history, my ass felt like it went 15 rounds with Mike Tyson. Those roads marinaded my ass to a state slightly above liquid. Once we gained feeling in our legs our tuk tuk driver told us it was going to be another 40 minute walk through the forest to see this waterfall. Sab and I weren't too impressed with this revelation as he could have told us this before we decided that our ass muscles were no longer needed in our lives ever again. The walk through the forest itself was quite nice but the waterfall itself was piss poor compared to the Kuang Si Waterfall in Laos.
Waterfalls Cambodia Style - It wasn't all that bad
Sabs feet started to blister again and the sky was still looking pretty grey as we walked back to the motorbikes and made our way to the temple known as Banteay Srei. This was the sacred feminine temple in Khmer Empire times and the architecture was as always...amazing. The preservation of this temple was one of the best we had seen and you could clearly see intricate carvings all over the temple. I tried to take as many nice pictures as i could but i thought i would buy a book instead. With a slight drizzle coming down and our asses still in shock from the ride from the waterfall to the temple our faith that we would be exploring Angkor Wat today was fast slipping away.
Then the rains came. It rained so hard that Sab and I gave up on seeing Angkor Wat and decided to buy a DVD instead of the place, more money down the toilet. As soon as there was a break in the rain we decided to take a chance and get on the bikes back to Angkor but as soon as we got going, the rains came down again. Actually you can see it for yourself...
Besides getting drenched by the rain, Sab and I decided that we would quit while we were down and go back to our guesthouse. The idea for getting up and seeing Angkor Wat at sunrise was great in theory but we decided to try a little experiment in order to make sure that we got up at 4.30 in the morning to make sure we wouldn't miss this one chance to see Angkor at sunrise.
In the aftermath of our experiment..we succeeded and we failed.
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