The girls finally arrived late Friday evening after an exhausting two days of flying! After a good night sleep, we all headed off to the temples the next morning.
The girls at Preah Ko temple during our first day visiting the temples
Monk rushing to the temple 
Inside Angkor Wat - the temple is enormous! 
After we rode through two floating villages, we stopped on a floating shop in the middle of the lake to enjoy our wine and cheese and olive platter that we packed. We walked up to the third floor roof and opened up the wine. Then the clouds started to roll in and the wind started to pick up. Bernadette and I (the only native Californians in the group) thought that we should stay on the roof until the storm hit and then head for shelter. Good thing the other girls did not like that plan. We packed up our food and headed down stairs to absolute chaos. The wind was now whipping through the little shop and the shop owners were furiously boarding up the place and protecting all of their goods. The storm then hit hard - the wind and rain was so intense at times that I was a little afraid (I'll admit it - I am a California girl and it was scary!!). Obviously we made it out unscathed and were rewarded with an amazing sunset.
The impending storm 
All together it was an amazing day shared with great friends and an unforgettable storm
The girls at Preah Ko temple during our first day visiting the temples Monk rushing to the temple The following morning, we woke up to darkness at 4:15am, crammed into our Tuk-tuk at 4:45am and were off to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat. Unfortunately it was a very cloudy morning so it wasn't the most picturesque. Here is a picture of sunrise behind the temple.
Inside Angkor Wat - the temple is enormous! Later that day, we took a boat ride on Tonle Sap Lake to see the sunset. As we were riding around the lake, various children and vendors tried selling us their goods. At one point a little boy and his father were behind us on their little canoe boat. We were all furiously taking photos of this boy while they slipped up beside our boat and he jumped on board. All of our bargaining powers left us and we paid this little boy $8 for a couple of sodas and a beer (extremely expensive for Cambodia)!
After we rode through two floating villages, we stopped on a floating shop in the middle of the lake to enjoy our wine and cheese and olive platter that we packed. We walked up to the third floor roof and opened up the wine. Then the clouds started to roll in and the wind started to pick up. Bernadette and I (the only native Californians in the group) thought that we should stay on the roof until the storm hit and then head for shelter. Good thing the other girls did not like that plan. We packed up our food and headed down stairs to absolute chaos. The wind was now whipping through the little shop and the shop owners were furiously boarding up the place and protecting all of their goods. The storm then hit hard - the wind and rain was so intense at times that I was a little afraid (I'll admit it - I am a California girl and it was scary!!). Obviously we made it out unscathed and were rewarded with an amazing sunset. The impending storm All together it was an amazing day shared with great friends and an unforgettable storm
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