Leave hotel so stupid early but baguette game here is on point and this make me happy. If you ask for bread, you get a baguette. I've realized there is one type of bread in this world and it is baguette. Elongated flaky goodness that is accommodating to condiments or any sandwich topping ever. The baguettes punch line is that even on its own it puts a pb&j on white in the corner.
Hotel calls the homie Venna to pick me up for the sunrise at Angkor Wat. It's still dark out and feels like we're going in circles.
A few miles from the hotel we get to the ticket booth and I buy three day pass for $50. They even take my picture to put on the pass. Very official.
Venna drops me off and I find a chill spot to wait for the sun. I keep waiting and it gets brighter but no defining moment because it's all cloudy. Still neat with everything coming to life. I move on.
The temple is huge and it takes a good minute to see everything. The most upper tier is closed off which is total dookie. After cruising around I see some chicks giggle in German up there which inspires me to go up anyways. The view is great but I used film so have to hold out on that.
I treat myself to an iced coffee at one of these cafe/vendor things they have nearby with names like Tiger Woods, James Bond, Harry Potter, etc. Lara Croft was obvious choice.
After we go see Olmec and sketchy dude grabs me but I have one of those tokens so he let me go. Angkor Tom is also big and I take my time walking to three different temples.
We stop at our first turd temple that doesn't do much for me. I do meet my first tour guide that tries to get money out of me too. He tells me all this really basic stuff and how to say a few things in Khmer.
The next temple we go to is the one I've been hyping up in my head. My GT 500 if I was Nick Cage. Gatsby's Daisy. The proverbial one that got away. Ta Prohm.
Unfortunately it's covered in mouth breathers. A rando creeper guy tells me to follow him so I (duh) follow him. I know he's going to ask for money but fuck this crowd yaddamean? We climb over a wall and the crowd is gone. A big part of the temple is all caved in so you just climb over it.
There is one spot I wait something ridiculous like almost 30 minutes hopeful that people will clear out for 3 seconds but no. Tourists are hella good at loitering and I'm only able to get a so-so shot of a hallway that is covered in roots that Lara Croft jams through. I find Venna and dip back to Golden Temple Villa.
I walk around the marketplace for a minute and get a camo jacket. I use the point and shoot mostly so not many pics except my favorite freaks.
Getting four hours of sleep finally kicks in and I fall asleep to adventure time muted and Simpsons on the iPad.
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