Siem Reap Temple Marathon - Day 2

Day 2 of the temple marathon started at 5am. Why so early? To see the sunrise at Angkor Wat. There were a lot of people present. Although beautiful, I think it would be better to go later in the day to avoid the crowds. A lot less people in your pictures that way.

We explored a lot of temples that day, including Ta Prohm, made famous as the setting of the first Tomb Raider movie.

That afternoon we explored Angkor Thom, a collection of beautiful temples in one area. My favorite was the Bayon and its 216 faces that look out into the jungle.

However, by this time, it was almost 8 hours in and we were exhausted. One can only look at so many temples.

Are we done yet?

We fit in one more and got back to our room 10 hours after we left. Phew. I took a nap around 5pm and ended up waking up at 4am, whoops.