Siem Reap, Cambodia

So we finally made it to Cambodia...dragging Lily along to see the temples at Angkor.
Our bus ride to Siem Reap (the town outside of Angkor) was a nightmare. We caught a bus in Bangkok at 7:30am that drove us to the border...of course, stopping at a restaurant with a bunch of other tourists to get our visas that we were told we could get at the border, obviously we couldn't. We then passed through the border only to wait about an hour to get a mini bus to Siem Reap. This was a mini bus from hell. The seats were made for someone that was max 4 feet tall. And we were on this bus for 6 hours. No air con, no lights, no toilets, but a lot of bugs. And, of course, they dropped us off at a guesthouse of their choosing (think commission) considering that it was 10pm and no one was going to look for their own place (at least it only cost us $2 per person).
We woke up early to experience sunrise at Angkor Wat (note the first photo). It is really hard to put into words. It truly is a wonder of the world. We also went to Angkor Thom (which is actually bigger than Angkor Wat), and Phreah Kahn (which is in the process of being renovated at the moment). There were many Cambodian children trying to sell us postcards and the such. They would follow us all the way down the road asking us where we were from and telling us the capitals of any state in the US along with the population (they were pretty good with country capitals too). We rented a Tuk-tuk for the day who waited for us outside all of the temples. Talk about convenience.
We bought a 3 day pass, so we are heading back to do some other temples tomorrow. Can't wait!