I am really glad I made this side trip to Siem Reap and Angkor, and not having many tourists around was a huge bonus. But, because this trip was last minute and rushed, I didn't connect with Cambodia in as meaningful a way as I would have liked to. I didn't get much sense of how the various historical or cultural influences (and, to put a more sinister spin on it, the collective trauma) interact to make this place tick. For this reason, I would very much like to make a more in-depth foray in the future.