Angkor Wat

We got a day tour of Angkor Wat with another couple from New York and an “English-speaking” guide. We guess he was speaking English even though we could understand very little of what he was saying. We learned more by reading the guide book… Anyway, the place is amazing. It is the largest religious site in the world, build in the 10th and 11th centuries it is remarkably well preserved. You walk and drive among these monumental buildings and see the nature slowly reclaiming them with trees growing out of the stones. Even with the crowds coming in, we were almost alone in parts of it. There is no point in describing it --- pictures don’t really tell the whole story either. It just needs to be experienced. Extreme heat and 150% humidity doesn’t help, but it’s worth the effort.