Today was a weird day. We got up really early so we could go to sunrise at Angkor Wat. Ewe left the hotel at about 5:20. They said it was too early for a cab, so we walked out to the street and about a block down we found a tuktuk driver to take us. He was just getting set up for the day, putting on his shirt! He drove us out for $5.00 each way, waiting for us to return. Sunrise was beautiful. We watched for about half an hour, from a sky with just a hint of pink until the sun was above the temple. After, we rode back to the hotel for breakfast and then went swimming at the hotel pool. It really is a beautiful pool!
At that point, it was only a little after nine, so we hung around the room for a bit before lunch. We walked down the street toward town, looking for an ATM for Julie, and found a cute pottery studio. I bought a little elephant. Siem Reap is lovely but it really isn't a walkable city. Everywhere tuktuk drivers were calling out to give us a ride. Probably should have taken them up on it, since it was so hot. We got to the old market area and had lunch at a place on pub street called Cambodian soup. I was so hot, though, that I was fading pretty quickly, so after failing to find a market area that was on the map, we took the tuktuk back to the hotel and crashed. Julie didn't want to sleep since she keeps waking up at 3 am, but I had a nice nap. We rode back down to the old market for dinner. Poor Julie, I dragged her through the grocery area, where women were squatting up on the tables scaling fish and chopping out their guts. I love that sort of thing- real travel. There were no backpacking tourists in there!
We ate at the red piano, which had been recommended but wasn't great. We talked a bit with a guy from Norway who was living in Thailand. Then Julie got a new bag since her drawstring backpack was ripping, and we headed home. Oh, there was a stop at The Blue Pumpkin for ice cream first- caramel cashew and green lemon. Both were great.
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