Thailand/Cambodia - first travel - part 6 - Siem Reap, Big Circuit

The next day we start at 5:00 in the morning, wake up and departure to Angkor Wat at sunrise. It's very cold, well that to Angkor is not far away and after a short drive we reach the place. We go in the dark to the temple. Around us crowds of tourists (worth to take a torch!). We forgot a flashlight so I'm using a mobile phone. We're taking position in front of the temple on the stairs left of the library (it's such a small building next to the pond with water lilies), I am installing a tripod and checking on GPS whether we are at good side of the temple. During this time, the natives running around us, offering us coffee or tea. Sunrise was not particularly interesting - the sun rose on the right side of the temple over palm trees. We gathered our stuff and went to Banteay Srey. This temple has a very well preserved reliefs and despite the remoteness from the main temple complex is worth a visit.

Throughout the day we go to the next temples (along the road called "Big Circuit"), some are smaller and some huge.

In the evening we go to the top of the hill on which is the temple of Phnom Bakheng, which is recommended in guide books as a place to admire the sunset instead of the besieged Angkor Wat. At the top of the temple we find that our guide is very popular in Japan. Hordes of Japanese lemmings running around the top of the temple. They wear great half caps and white masks on their faces, looking for a place to set photographic tripods. We had quite a good position to take pictures but few the Japanese tourists, risking an accident, climb on the edge of the temple between us and the sun. At this point, damn it hit me and without waiting for the sunset we went down from the top of the temple. Besides, the sunset was unattractive, so we did not lose so much. We return to the hotel and: dinner, internet and sleeping.