Siem Reap

This place is the bomb! The shopping is unreal and crazy cheap I managed 4 pairs of exceptionally beautiful (silver? If I'm lucky) earrings for $20 dollars. I've also managed some pants, shirts, scarves, hammock, you name it for under $40. Aside from my backpack now being over the weight limit for the plane, and that i own more scarves then clothes, we got a deal! I can already picture myself wearing the most insane outfit ever on every plane ride. Hammer pants, scarves in my hair, around my neck, as a top, oh lawd give me strength to stop shopping.

It's so easy to navigate yourself around as well with many cheap and delicious Khmer food stalls all lit up a night, this place never stops.
Another thing that doesn't stop is ants. Those little jerks are as bad as the sand, I opened my toothbrush case one day and thought I was in the movie The Craft, when she is plagued with bugs. Literally covered, but hey, if you can't beat em, eat em. I put one in my curry tonight for good measure.

I managed another day of biking like crazy and caught Angkor Wat at sunrise. Brilliant! Until this baby pig came running through the crowds of people and suddenly no one cared about the sunrise anymore! I had a coffee with Justing Beiber, (best coffee I've ever had in my life, and the locals are smart to give themselves pop icon names so you remember them...there were 2 Lady Gaga's...that was a tough one) and made my way to Ta Prohm (tomb raider was filmed here). Definitely my favorite of all the temples so far, it's being reconstructed currently in several spots but you can still make your way around to get some fantastic shots of trees growing from the ruins and find your way through tiny, rubble filled, corridors that host signs saying "do not enter" which doesn't seem to matter. 

I can't even put into words how magnificent these temples and ruins are. Even more so, what a great job they are doing restoring them and the knowledge the locals have. Some have only been open to the public for a few years now, so I feel exceptionally blessed. It does shock me however, how anxious thousands of people a day are to tear through all these places when they look like they will crumble on top of you at any moment. Present company included. I decided to go under a pilar being held up by a stick. Common sense I tell ya.

Fun fact: Pub Street. Wow. (mini Freemont street) this place has given me bush baby eyes.