Discovering the history of Angkor Wat

We found out that this morning was going to be quite cloudy so we decided to do our sunrise trip to Angkor Wat until tomorrow instead. After all when youre waking up at 3:45am it has to be the best it can be! Instead we decided to visit the Old Market and the National Museum. The market was extensive and you just get lost amongst the stalls. The smells of meat and fish were so awful though do we did avoid some areas! Luckily no durian fruit though which is a speciality here. It smells so awful that even passing by a street seller in a tuktuk requires you holding your breath until you're a safe distance away. It's very hard to browse the market as you get bombarded by sellers asking you straight away if you want to buy anything. I did try on one top which was too small and it was very hard to get away as I was being offered every other top under the sun even though I was saying I only wanted that design and colour. It was a nice place to visit though and to see all the products and fake goods. After the old market we headed to a supermarket to do a little bit of shopping before visiting get the central market. Turns out that the central market is a building site right now, something our tuktuk driver failed to tell us. Instead we headed to our main destination for today, the National Museum. After seeing the amazement of Angkor wat it felt only right to learn more about the history of the era and people as well as the building itself. It was 5 dollars for an audio guide and so we decided to only get one and share the information with each other. The museum was very modern and had some fantastic exhibits. It did become a bit information heavy but it was worth while to find out all about Angkor Wat and the people. After spending all afternoon there we headed back to the hostel where we decided we needed to hit the swimming pool. I went up to the roof to check out the sunset which was so beautiful and warming. You can just see Nick popping his head out from behind the building on the left eating passion fruit, as only Nick would be! We enjoyed paying basketball with the others in the pool although the salt water splashing in your eyes wasn't so nice! After a lot of tries I managed to get in the football and basketball! Nick was a natural at it. We practiced our best handstands and somersaults before deciding to call it a night and get some food. Once again we're just eating at the hotel as it's easier for tonight when we have to be up so early tomorrow. It'll be worth it though!Weiterlesen