Cambodia!

We flew from Danang to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and from Saigon to Siem Reep in Cambodia.

After opening the door to the plane, we were greeted to +29 temperature, warm smiles and an amazing country. As mentioned previously we decided to spoil ourselves and treated ourselves to a beautiful hotel. I'll be honest, both of us don't want to leave this place. Picture opening your door to your hotel and to be welcomed to a lotus pond and ankor statue in the center of the room, yes, my own personal waterfall and lotus flower pond with water lilies, a rain shower, a king bed with mosquito netting all around... all for $60. We had a romantic dinner on the rooftop patio where we were the only people at the restaurant, great food, 2 bottles of wine and a genuinely perfect evening.

Today we rented bikes and biked to Ankor Wat. I forgot my Cambodia book so I didn't realize that you had to go to a separate gate to get your ticket. The guard ended up putting us on his scooter (yes, 3 grown people on a scooter) and whisked away to the proper gate. Everyone was laughing at us, as the Cambodians had to put our feet on the bike as we didn't know where or how to squish on a bike like that. Many laughs.

We then toured Ankor Wat, only one of many temples we plan to explore over the next few days. It was gorgeous, breath-taking, stunning, surreal. Words can't describe what I saw and felt today and was truly taken back on something absolutely beautiful.

We tried to go to other temples, but our bike lock was broken and we couldn't get our bikes separated... so we rented a tuk tuk and us and the bikes traveled back to the city. We both were a bit hungover today, so touring really wasn't in the itinerary, so we will likely stay another day to make up for the lost day. However, we just layed by the pool all afternoon. Steven is ill (I believe food poisoning) so the aircon room is just what he needs. I chatted with some expats all afternoon, and am off for a massage. I think tomorrow I will be touring on my own, as its always best to be sick near a clean toilet when traveling. Poor guy. The front desk had iced towels so I think I will swap out towels for Steven every now and then as he fights this over the next few days. :(

Well, off to check on my man. Hope all is well!