Cambodia: Angkor Wat

For most people visiting the temples at Angkor Wat are the main - if not only - reason for visiting Cambodia. Being a UNESCO World Heritage and one of the world's wonders, going to Angkor Wat can be a little intimidating. Note: Angkor Wat is located just outside of the city Siem Reap.

For our first day of touring the famous temples we opted to do a tour with Grasshopper Adventures. Our tour started at 7:30 and included lunch, water, snacks, mountain bikes, and a great tour guide. If you are looking to do a tour of Angkor Wat (which is a good idea!), I recommend doing something like this instead of sitting awkwardly in a tuk-tuk all day with your tour guide. ;) On our first day we visited Angkor Wat, Bayon, and Ta Phrom temples - the main loop and a solid Day 1 intinerary.

Biking through one of the seven wonders of the world - so cool!

Rockin' the elephant pants^^

Our tour guide spoke English and Spanish fluently without ever having left Cambodia - inspiring.

Wild monkeys! 

For our second day, we rented $1 lady bikes from a local shop on the streets and biked our way back to the Angkor Wat grounds.  We headed to some lesser known temples and explored Bayon Temple one more time but the heat soon became overwhelming and we stopped for lunch.

Recovering from heat exhaustion and templeitis with a passion fruit smoothie!

Koreans make up the largest percentage of tourists in Cambodia and I even spotted some Korean on signs around the main Angkor Wat temples.

Angkor Wat, and Cambodia in general,was a nice reminder of how accessible travel really is. We stayed at 4-star hotels for what would be a 1-star hotel in North America and for $1 a day biked our way to one of the wonders of the world. Travel doesn't have to be expensive and the logistics are often much simpler than you would think. 

Map of the roads from Siem Reap to the temples - so straightforward!

Angkor Wat and Taj Mahal in one year - EPIC!

Thanks Siem Reap for many nice memories <3