Ta Prohm

Next we saw the Ta Prohm ruins which was my favorite because of all the big trees and how green it was. There were lots of young children around trying to sell flutes or magnets or guide books or anything. It was really sad to see them in such poverty and trying so hard to earn just a dollar. "2 for one dollar lady" 

After that we headed to lunch and had my first taste of delicious mango shake. Mmm. Also the Khmer curry is so tasty. Loved all the food we ate in Cambodia!

Angkor Thom

In Cambodia our main attractions were Angkor Wat and some of the other ruins/temples there. We arranged for the branch president in Cambodia to drive us around in his van and a member of the ward was our tour guide. It was a long day, but very interesting and cool. We learned a lot about the history of Cambodia and saw some really beautiful and amazing sites. The pictures will be in 3 different posts because I took about a billion. 

The first site we went to was Angkor Thom and all the pictures in this post are from there.  

Angkor Boutique Hotel

Just some pictures from our hotel and the view out our balcony. It was a beautiful place. The staff was super friendly and thought we were pretty funny with all our kiddos. When you walk in the hotel you leave your shoes on the porch and just walk barefoot or with socks.

 

The kids, especially Matthias  endeared themselves to the tuk-tuk drivers. The kids loved riding on them, as did us adults. We went to the Night Market and had some yummy dinner and looked around a little. Bought some cool elephant pants and such. And found this really loud lizard in our room make so much chirping noise and running along the walls. 

 

Tuk-Tuks

And then we took the coolest ride of our lives! Our cute and awesome boutique hotel sent drivers to pick us up. In tuk-tuks. Which I felt skeptical about as we saw them, but my hesitations immediately vanished. Hyrum is in LOVE with tuk-tuks. They are so fun to ride and the drive along the basically one paved road in all of Siem Riep was so beautiful and amazing. The people were lovely and all of everything. We were all completely thrilled and in love with Cambodia by the time we arrived at our hotel. And from there it just got better. The accommodations were excellent and the people were so friendly and happy and smiley. 

 

Hello Cambodia.

Went to sacrament meeting in the morning. Then off to check out of the apartment and grab a couple taxis to the airport. The plane ride to Cambodia was SO short...about 2 hours. The kids were all like "we are already there?!" Haha. After those never ending flights it was barely enough time to fill in the entry slip. 

 

When we landed we were all really shocked by the 'airport'. It was such a tiny little one story building. And there was only one other plane. We exited by a wheeled staircase and had to walk across the tarmac. It was so cute and quaint. We were in awe and thus began our love of Cambodia.