So cool! I love old archaeology stuff so this place was great!!

The bus ride to the site was less than one hour. The local guide who walked us around wasn’t a scholar but he was very entertaining. I think his first career should have been acting. So dramatic!

The site itself was rediscovered in the 1800’s by a Frenchman, who promptly stole most of the really important pieces. Kinda like the British museum and the Elgin Marbles.

In the 60’s the US bombed the site pretty thoroughly. They are slowly rebuilding. I’d like to come back here in 20 years.

The temple complex is apparently a smaller, more destroyed Angkor Wat. Another, similar but muuuuuch larger ancient Hindu structure is in Indonesia,  Borobudur.

We spent two hours there (which was enough), a boat ride and lunch made my day complete. A shower and rest took me to dinner and bedtime.

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