Exploring Angkor Wat

Hi Steemit back again with another travel blog. This time it from one of the most famous temples in the world called Angkor Wat and for any of you that don't know its located in Siem Reap which is one of the bigger cities in Cambodia.

Here's a map showing you the temple complex that houses many different temples such as Ankor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm to name a few. There are so many possible temples that you could see if you wanted to. This leads me nicely onto my next point and that is the temple passes. You can get a temple pass ranging from one day, three day and seven day all increasing is price. We decided to adopt the three day pass enable us with plenty of time to go and explore the temples as we pleased rather than rushing around like headless chickens with only one day on the pass.

We booked a tour with our hostel called the ''Grand Tour'' it cost us $18 for a 6 hour private tuk tuk and we got the chance to see the sunrise over Ankor Wat itself. Despite seeing the sunrise on the first door the sky was far too cloudy for one of the spectacular sunsets you see in pictures. Luckily we had the three day pass though and decided to spend our third day by going to Angkor Wat again and it was significantly better.

While I was exploring Angkor Wat we came across two monks located inside the temple itself and they offered the ability to bless you ! I took them up on this offer for a small donation and its probably the most unique experience I've ever done and something I'll never forget ! I've made a video showing me being blessed and I'll provide that here :

I'll post a collection of pictures from Angkor Wat here.

Over the three days we spent exploring the temple complex we saw so many different temples I've actually forgotten which temples in the complex that the vast majority of my photos are from so I'll post little annotations next to the ones I know for you.

Overall this is definitely the main attraction to see in Siem Reap and I'd have to recommend anybody that visits Siem Reap goes to Angkor Wat its such a unique special experience !

Thanks for reading,
Ben

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