Siem Reap & Angkor Wat

We are Leaving today for Siem Reap the town closest to Angkor Wat. After a harrowing drive to the airport in midday traffic we found that our tickets were booked for the wrong day. We patiently waited stand by and were able to squeeze onto a crowded Siem Reap Airlines plane for the hour flight. Temperatures in Phnom Penh have hit 98 degrees today it appears that our destination will be as hot and certainly more humid. We are slowly getting used to the heat although it does require changing clothes a couple times a day and drinking bottled water by the case.

Upon arriving we had a relatively smooth drive into town. The startling thing here is the number of hotels that have been created for Angkor tours. It looks a lot like a dusty version of a Miami Beach Boulevard. We are staying in the center of town which fortunately is a little less touristy. We are able to check in and catch a dinner theatre of Apsara or Cambodian Royal Court dancing. Maia has been studying this form of dance for two years and is very excited to see it performed in her native country.