Yesterday Maggie and I made our way from siem reap up the khmer temples to explore Angkor wat, Angkor Tom and others.
We were able to hire a tuk tuk driver for the whole day for 8$, amazing. So we got our three day pass and headed into Angkor wat. This wat was a temple in a city that had over a million people back in the 11th century. I can't believe that we didn't study these temples more in school, Angkor wat is amazing in terms of it's layout, it's symmetries, architectural metaphors etc.
we spent the whole morning walking through the outer courtyards and sketching, then grabbed some brunch at a shack in the courtyard where we met a nice Canadian man named albert.
albert turned out to be an industrial designer in Toronto who had decided to head out on an extended holiday and visit angkor wat. Maggie and I enjoyed our meal with him and then headed back into the hot, humid weather that comes with visiting the temples.
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