At 5:12 AM CDT: And the Vietnam Cambodia trip begins! Everyone is checked in and are waiting to board the plane to Denver, and then a 12-hr flight from Denver to Tokyo. Then a l6-hr flight to Hanoi. Go Jacks!
Day 7
May 16 Tuesday Entering Angkor Wat Today we got to go to Angkor Wat and visited a few temples. It was a quick drive from our hotel to the temples. Right when we got off the bus, we could feel the heat. The temperature was around 93 ℉ but felt like 109 ℉ . It was hot and humid, but it was very much worth it. We also made use of water, shade, and the slight breeze to stay cool. There are certain temples that have a dress code where your shoulders and knees need to be covered. Walking to Angkor Wat We started at the Angkor Wat Temple which means “City of Temples” and is the largest temple complex in the world. It was built around 1,100 AD by Hindus, but then was later taken over by the Buddhists close to 1,200 AD. All the temples were re-discovered by a French explorer in in the 1860s. When the Khmer moved their capital to Phnom Penh the complex fell to ruins. The temples were built with limestone and used to be the color white. Statues and shrines fille...
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