I knew that we have to wake up earlier for sunrise at Angkor Wat but I didn’t know we have to wake up SO EARLY, i.e. 4am. Apparently you have to reach Angkor Wat by 5 in order to have the front row “seats” because if you reach any later, you will be watching sunrise with this before you:

Which obviously doesn’t make a very good picture :p

Got myself a second row standing-seat hehe. Lost to the super professional photographers who came armed with their tripods

That’s why I only got one head in my pic hehe

And yes, this is how serious people are with the sunrise at Angkor Wat

The professional photographers retreated when it got too bright so there’s no heads in my pic now hehe

Somehow I think my amateur photos really don’t do justice to the whole experience

Despite standing there for close to 2 hours just and having a million other tourists around you, it was not bad of an experience at all! I probably wouldn’t do it again but would definitely recommend people to catch it at least once 😀

Got my alibaba pants the night before to get into the mood ahahah

Our guide then brought us around and it’s a pity that quite a bit of the architecture are in a pretty bad state

Though ironically.. I feel that this is what makes it special and authentic too

This is probably our last happy photo of the trip because Jeremy’s phone got pickpocketed after this

It was a major mood killer because most of the pictures taken on Day 2 are actually on his phone 😦

Like the crazy high steps that you literally have to be on your fours in order to get to the top and the picture we took with the giant tree at Ta Phrom. Still feel a little sad when I think of those lost pictures

So, if you are carrying a sling bag, please sling it in front of you at all times. And unless you are thinking of making a claim with your insurance provider, you can forget about making a police report. It’s a long story with the police but to cut it short, we had a taste of how corrupted policemen can be.

ANYWAY!

We went back to Angkor Wat for more pictures though we were damn sian (already lost so many pictures so of course we gotta take more to not feel like it’s a wasted trip)

Please wear a pair of comfortable shoes because there’s a lot of climbing and walking to do in Angkor Wat!

And it’s not those easy peasy steps by the way

It’s those teeny weeny and really steep steps

But you will be rewarded with this amazing view 😉

Dinner was awesomeeeeee.

You know how expensive it is to have a good mexican meal in singapore so we kind of went crazy when we saw how affordable the mexican food at siem reap was 😀

I think we paid less than 30 SGD for our food and drinks?

And the serving was huge! Definitely worth every single dollar.

We walked around Pub Street after that for more shopping (though there’s really nothing much) and had some super cheap foot massage to reward our feet. Think costed us about 4 USD for an hour? Quite cheap but not as shiok as BKK’s foot massage

Oh man, I miss Siem Reap already!