Cambodia and the 'Tomb RaiderTemple' and Angkor Wat

For our last weekend excursion, we headed to Cambodia. We had heard from many people that Angkor Wat was amazing, but we really didn't grasp how amazing until we got there. I am so glad we were able to make this trip happen, it was definitely a once in a lifetime trip, and one that Alby and I both will always remember. We had pre-arranged for a car and driver and a tour guide to take us around Angkor Wat for the day. Our guide was just too cute, he could never remember our names, so he always called us some combination of "Miss Sherry and Friend" and "Mr. & Mrs. Sherry". He might not have had our names right, but he was a great guide. Here is a map of Angkor. The first main temple we visited was the Bayon Temple. This was the first temple we were able to walk through and view. The temple structures were definitely aging, now about 900 years old, but we could still see the main areas of the temple, and the carvings made into the walls.

From there we went to the 'Tomb Raider Temple' aka Ta Prohm. This was just an amazing temple. The jungles have over time started to take over the buildings, and now they are literally one. We took many pictures here which you can see in the album at the end of this entry. If the temple looks familiar to you, its because this is the temple where Tomb Raider was filmed. People in Angkor referred to this temple as the Angelina Jolie Temple or the Tomb Raider Temple.

From here we went to the main attraction, Angkor Wat. This picture is an aerial picture of Angkor Wat. It blows my mind to try to comprehend how something like this was built 900+ years ago. The carvings on the walls here were great, one whole side depicted the Hindu epic, Ramayana, and the other whole side told the story of the Mahabharata. A whole other wall showed the story of how Angkor Wat was built. The carvings are in such good shape, I wish we could have captured them better on film.

After our day of exploring the Wats of Cambodia, we went back to our hotel to freshen up. Our guide and driver would be picking us up in the evening to go to a Cambodia culture show and dinner.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia