Now being back in Kodiak it's hard to believe that just a few days ago we were so far away from home. We started our adventure in Seattle where we regrouped from the plane ride from Kodiak at our close friends and traveling partners, Cindy and Evan Jones' home. Stephen and I love these two like family and knew this trip would see just how close the four of us really were. We took a 12 hour flight from Canada to Hong Kong where we flew to Bangkok, Thailand where we took a cab to the train station. The picture below is of Cindy and Evan at 4 in the morning waiting for our 5:55AM train. The train was slow and a bit rickety and the fresh warm breeze was our air conditioning. Stephen took great advantage of this and enjoyed looking at the rice fields and for our 5 hour trip. 
We arrived near the Cambodia border and took our first Tuk-tuk ride (I'll post a picture later of a tuk tuk) to Poipet. It was a bit crazy getting across the border. But it wasn't terrible. The government is so corrupt that the workers have to make a little money some how. So our $20 visas only cost us each about $23. There were three stations to get through before being able to enter Cambodia and all I really remember is it being extremely hot and Evan's zipper broke to his pocket with his passport in it and it took a pair of scissors to finally retrieve it.
Once through the border stuff we traveled by Camry car to Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was a 3 hour ride on a very muddy, bumby and busy road. When I say busy I mean, bike riders, motos, cows, pigs, pigs riding on motos with 3 other people on as well, tuk tuks, trucks and camry cars. Wow it was crazy! Praise God for his amazing protection!
As you can see from the picture below we made it to the temples and the next day was spent exploring all the intricate remains!
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