Our first full day in Siem Reap we decided to visit the main purpose of our travel to Cambodia - Ankor Wat. We arranged our tuk-tuk pick up the night before. Sunny, as he called himself picked us up at 8:30. We got lucky as it was cloudy and not so hot, at least for now. There are many temples in the area with Angkor Wat being the most famous of them all. We stopped by the front gate to purchase our $40 tickets and through an alley of monkeys (they were everywhere) we finally arrived at the main gate. The enjoyment of this place and its magnificence increased dramatically once got away from most of the Japanese tourists. This place was amazing. We were both so happy that we didn't decide to omit Cambodia as originally contemplated. The detail on all of walls, the statues, the size, it is impossible to describe. We wandered around Angkor Wat for a while in absolute awe. 
Once we gout our fill Sunny took us to the next destination - Angkor Thom, a fortified Royal City (10 square km) surrounded by a moat 30 feet wide. The best part was the Bayon. Bayon is a temple mountain that stands in the center of the area. It's towers are decorated with over 200 smiling faces. We walked around some more visiting the Terrace of Elephants and of the Leper King but it was getting really hot and we were getting really tired and hungry, at this point it was close to 2pm.
We had a lunch on one of the restaurant in the area. Chris seemed to have enjoyed it but I didn't like one of the dishes so I left it alone.
Once again we spent the afternoon by our wonderful pool and in the evening we headed for dinner in the Temple Restaurant that offered traditional Apsara dance show during dinner times and also had cooking classes one could attend during the day. The food here was absolutely amazing and the price ($3 for a meal) unbeatable so we decided to sign up for a class the next day. Beat we headed to bed around 9.
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