Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia- by Anna

Ancient and amazing. On Saturday morning, we took a tuk-tuk to Angkor Wat, one of the wonders of the world. When we arrived, the guide explained that Angkor Wat was built over six hundred years ago. Angkor Wat is a complex with thirty eight different temples. Angkor Wat is the one you’d see in most pictures. We walked through the Ancient building, learning a lot about the history of Angkor Wat, then we listen to our guide telling us about how he had been a Buddhist monk for 11 years. The picture quality was amazing and Amelie and Elise loved the hide and seek. After Angkor Wat, we headed to Bayon one of the other temples. Bayon was special because it had faces on it and most temples in the Angkor Wat were Hindu and became Buddhist temples but Bayon was always Buddhist. The pictures there were so cool, fun to take and we photo bombed each others photos. The next temple was called Ta Phrom. This one was unique because there are trees growing out of it. It was also the place were they filmed the movie “Tomb Raider”. We tried to reenact the scene in front of the tree. It kind of worked. Next was Pre Rup. It was one of my favourites because it was huge and the colour of the stone was rather pink. Then we did Banteay Srei. Beautiful as well. We’ve been travelling for seven months and we haven’t hit anywhere nearly as hot and humid as Cambodia. Angkor Wat was truly amazing and packed with history.