Our next stop of our tour of Cambodia was Siem Reap. The first day began quite early, 4:30am to be exact, arranging Tuk-Tuks for the day to take us around the city. We arrived at Angkor Wat in time to watch the sunrise, had breakfast with Rambo, then spent the rest of the day touring other wats (temples) in the Angkor Wat region. The temples were beautiful and truly amazing. We climbed, hiked, and took pictures galore!
After touring and seeing enough wats to last a lifetime, we took a boat tour of a water village. The poverty and hardships the people of this village face are astonishing and the desperation was even worse. Families would do anything and everything to earn a few extra dollars, from selling sodas and fruit, to putting young children in cooking pots filled with snakes as a way for tourists to take pictures and give money. Although many of the "houses" were government subsidized, it was nothing like I'd ever seen. The "houses" consisted of bamboo pieces nailed together and leaves to act as roves. Wishing we came better prepared with books, and school supplies to donate, we ended our tour with a hope to return, and desire to make a change!
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