My last day in Angkor Wat

The day started at 4:30 am when I biked with two new friends to a temple 25km away on a mountain top with a climb of 300 steps. It's was a magical morning walking in and around, thru, beautiful ruins with only two other tourists willing to make the climb in comparison the masses surrounding the temples closer in. 

On the way we passed thru a village where all the wooden hut houses are on stilts with make shift kitchens with wood fires burning under giant medieval looking kettles along the road. Kids waving and saying hello excitedly. Rice paddy fields with cows and chickens and ladies in the fields. 

After some time further out I biked solo back into the main temples to have some quiet moments alone to savor a few more temples in the mid day heat....the heat helped to quiet the roads and temples so there were less giant groups of Chinese tourists.