Angkor Wat

We miss our alarm but manage to scramble out of bed to a waiting Sokry. Squeezing together on his moto we head to sunrise at Angkor Wat. Light rays are already piercing the morning haze, the surrounding moat shimmers as we stride across the stone boulevard bridge and step through into the main courtyard. There are hundreds of tourists already inside sitting quietly. We find a vantage spot amongst them and wait. The main spires ahead are cast in shadow. The atmosphere is quite serene...