Highlight of the Trip


Cambodia (once we finally got here) was incredible. Actually, as excited as we were to see Angkor Wat, it wasn't the highlight of the trip. No mistake, it was glorious and the 4:30 a.m. sunrise was spectacular.
But, the highlight of the trip was the monkey that Stephanie gave a bottle of water to, only to have it (and the rest of its family) viciously attack her, leaving her bloodied and broken. It's really quite astonishing how many predicaments she gets herself into.
O.k., so that might be a slight exaggeration, but this little guy did jump of her back after he was done drinking. No, the real highlight was the Tree Temple, aptly named and where Tomb Raider was filmed. The ruins are from the 12th Century and these amazing, massive trees grow throughout them.
We also went to ruins of a temple where they have about 200 sculptures of Buddah. Here's one great leader kissing another.
Now, it's off to our last stop, Pnohm Penh, where we'll see the killing fields (Pol Pot's Khemer Rouge massacre of about 3 million Cambodians).

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