We didn't want to do the sunrise edition of Angkor Wat, too early after this long journey. So 2 of the tuktukdrivers from yesterday took us for a whole day to the Angkor Wat area for 15 USD per tuktuk. We didn't had to pay for the ride yesterday. At the enytrance of the park you had to buy your ticket with your picture printed on it. We choose for a one-day ticket for 20 USD, and one day is enough. They wait for you all day and bring you to the next place whenever you want. Most of the guys were a little bit dissapointed at Angkor Wat, well I still think it's an impressive building. Okay, maybe there are to many tourists walking around and it doesn't give you that ancient feeling when you see all the construction work going on in and around the temple complex.

After meeting some monkeys our next stop was Ta Prohm, this is one of the best ruines in the area I think. Most of the buildings collapsed, but the complex is completely taken over by the jungle. Beautifull jungletrees growing on top and in the ancient buildings. Absolutely, visit this place! We lost Dan here and stayed for lunch while our tuktuk driver was searching for Dan.

Next stop, Angkor Thom. A big complex with some highlights. Terrace of elephants, not very special. Terrace of Leper King, some hallways with many puppeps in the walls. But one side of the hallway looks ancient and the other side is structures with modern concrete walls...why? There is another temple nearby that you can climb, walk around it first because on one side there is a normal stairway to the top. You see many people stumbling up the steep original stairsways.

The absolute highlight of this complex is Bayon. An impressive collection of 54 Gothic towers and 216 enormous smilig faces. I visited this site in the late afternoon...awesome views. The other guys were still playing local games somewere else.

Our tuktukdriver recommended us to view sunset from the hill with a temple on top. Well, everybody seemed to go there. Way too many people and not a special sunset. I should not do it again. And you can see only a small piece of Angkor Wat in the distance.

Evening ended up in a partynight. This time we didn't had to invite people to our table, the girls just came to us :-) Good times at the Angkor What? Bar and good pizza on the other side of Pubstreet. Still it's strange that you pay everything in US Dollars in Cambodia. After a few buckets and free t-shirts we went home early in the morning and promised that some of us were there at 07:45...