Sunrise At Angkor Wat In Siem Reap Cambodia

Besides Candi Borobudur Temple, Angkor Wat in Cambodia has been on my bucket list for the longest time. I finally got to visit it recently.

Angkor Wat

We woke up at 4 AM to get ready to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat, Siem Reap. We walked past the pitch-black neighbourhood and reached the main road, where the tour guide waited for us. But before I had the chance to let out a long sigh for surviving walking past many stray dogs on the way, he told us politely that I should change because they might not allow me to enter the premises while channelling Angelina Jolie.

Not far from the city, we reached Angkor Wat when the sun started to peek. The outer garden looked so serene, even though it was swarmed with us, tourists. There were tour guides who offered their services and guidebooks. We said no to it.

I am not a morning person, so my default mode on anything I offer before 9 AM and a cuppa is “no, thanks” but I suggest taking it. It’s a huge temple, and it would be nice to have someone to guide you around it.

Law Of Attraction-ing Angkor Wat

While walking around the temple grounds, I couldn’t help but wonder what it would have looked like during the golden time of the Kingdom? It must have been magnificent.

You know, I have a habit of putting the picture of the place I want to visit on my office desktop screen and changing it once I have visited the place. I started doing it when I started my current job four years ago. It was only last year that I realized that I have been going to the places I displayed on it.

I believe in the law of attraction, so I was more thrilled than surprised. Still, what surprised me most was when I looked back, I remembered seeing the exact images on my desktop in real life. When I put Angkor Wat on my Cultural Travel Experiences list, just to make it interesting,

I chose a not-so-obvious part of the temple, something I could easily miss out on, challenging the Universe to bring me there. And it delivered. I saw and photographed that particular part.

Nicely done, Universe!

We were exhausted when we stopped by a small café just opposite the temple for some delicious Cambodian food.

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