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Thenewextrememimi ‘s  impression about the sunrise and sunset at Angkor temples

December 29, 2007

Angkor Wat sunrise

It’s 5AM and still pitch black when I walk across the bridge into Angkor’s Wat’s gates, the stars reflecting in the waterway below me. The outlines of the temple spires rise ominously over me as I step into the structure’s shelter. Out of the darkness, a great Buddha statue appears, swathed in bright orange cloth.
I make my way down to the edge of a long square pool that leads all the way to the main temple, and sit down. Slowly, tourists straggle in and fill out the area. Locals are selling coffee, tea and renting chairs. We wait. The sun rises in 2 hours.

I had flown into Siem Reap the evening before, and motored into town. Siem Reap is a gorgeous little town, calmer, cleaner and more genteel-feeling than Phnom Penh, if also more upscale and touristy.
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