Day 12 & 13

Day 12

Today was a little bit different. We woke up and had to pack bacause we were driving . We drove from Phnom Phen to Seim Reap. That was a 5 hour drive. While we were in the car Janna handed out letters some had pictures but others did not. Those where letters from home. That had just made my day. Hearing what my parrents had ritten forus befor we had left knowing we would get them part way through our trip. That had boosted my confidence. We came to "The hotel." We got to go swimming for 10 min before we went to dinner to cool off. Then we went out to dinner. The food was amazing and all of the girls split dinner. We got to eat a little bit of everything. Then we went to the night market. The night market was so cool. There was 4 boundarys that we could stay between. Then we all had to get a buddy. My buddy was Anna. We did'n shop for the same things but we were in the same store or we told each other where we were. I got most of my shopping for my family members. I think that they will like what I picked for them. I felt like I was much happier.

Day 13

Today was a long day. WE got up at 3:51 because we thought we needed to be downstairs by 4:30. It turns out that it is 5. We left so early so we could see the sun rise. We had to go and buy our day passes to see all of the temples. It was not the best sun rise because it was a cloudy morning. I got to see a bunch of pink clouds though.

The first temple we went to was Taprohm. That was a temple that had trees grown in to them. I thought that is was so pretty. You could see the roots and they where huge.That was my favorite temple.

Next was Angkor Wat. That was where we went to see the sun rise. It was also cool my second favorite. It had 3 different stories. The first was the underworld, then the earth / land, and the top floor was the heaven. It took 37 years to build and was not finished because the king died.

After that we went to Bayon. That was very interesting to see how the people carved each block to create all of the faces. There were faces looking at you where ever you looked. This one only took 5 years to build and it is complete.

Next was the Bop Kuon. That was the temple that was started being built, then stopped, and finally started building again. It is the 3rd largest temple in Cambodia. All three of the buildings are made of the same thing which is lava rock, lumber, and mainly sand stone.

The last temple that we went to was the Phineanakas. It also had 3 stories and statues of elephants and lions. Both are symbols of power. They placed the lions at the bottom of the stairs and the elephants were on the second floor on the corners and some of the elephants were carved into the rock.

That was a long day of adventure and learning. One less day in my adventure but I learned so much in that one day. This is the perfect quote for the day," follow an old path and youuuu find the expected. Blaze a new trail and you will have an adventure.