So we headed by bus to Siem Reap hoping to see some less depressing and more historical sights. We were lucky that our hotel room had a broken AC unit that only spit out hot air because we got upgraded to a much nicer room for free. The next day we headed to the Angkor Wat temple area, which as it turns out is a very large collection of temples all contained in one very large and very expensive park.
Angkor Wat was very impressive, but as we went to more of the less restored temples, we started to wonder how much of Angkor Wat was original because it was in such better condition than the other temples. The coolest temple that we visited is now known as the Tomb Raider Temple since its giant silk trees frowning amongst the ruins were featured in the movie. As we moved further from the popular temples, we started to see more and more children selling stuff. We had read everywhere not to buy things from the children since this encourages their parents not to send them to school. This was a very different sight from Phenom Penh, where all the children we saw , go to school.
Later that night we went to a traditional Cambodian buffet/dance performance. The dancing was entertaining and the food was OK. We weren't sure if we were excited or not to be heading to Thailand the next day since the trip to Bangkok could potentially be very long.
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