On the road as we rode our bicycles we were passed at nearly a constant rate by buses, vans, cars, tuk-tuks, and motor-bikes. Maybe we weren't the only ones with this idea?
When we arrived the day was broken, but the sky was still mostly dark. We saw similar crowds as the day before, but the buses and cars were still streaming in. We cruised through the crowds and past the grassy ruins to a nice vantage spot, where you get cool silhouette shots like this:
Maybe not much of a silhouette, given how I had my light meter set and the fact the sun was coming up from behind, but you get the idea.
As the morning wore on and the sun was getting closer, I turned around to get a view of the crowd. And what a crowd had formed:
Our smart little idea was shared by a hundred-thousand of our closest friends. It was pretty outrageous, with people filling most available space stretching back all the way to the gates near the moat.
Finally the sun peaked over:
Then we went around the back and got some pictures in the golden sunlight:
Before packing it in and heading back to the bike rentals, we climbed midway up Angkor Wat and checked the field to see how thinned out the crowds had become. The answer: pretty damn thin:
Once we dropped off the bikes, we grabbed a tuk-tuk to get to the airport. We had a flight to Pakse, Lao. It was a cool propeller plane and tarmac entry:
Cambodia: we entered it by boat and exited by plane. Can't say I have too many country experiences like that.
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