We determined this was our third sunrise of our trip behind Torres Del Paine and the dunes in Namibia. Each time it ends up being worth it so we were excited for another! We quickly got ready and ensured everything was packed and cleared out of the Airbnb before heading out with Chantri to Angkor Wat, as we were to head directly to the airport after sunrise.

In reading about sunrise at Angkor Wat, the best place to watch is supposedly at the waters edge to catch the reflection as the sun goes up above the towers. However, by the time we arrived, it was already very crowded so we headed to one of the nearby buildings to set up our spot to watch from. It turned out to be a great spot and Grant started a Timelapse to catch the changing colors of the sunrise . We did have a moment where a guy wanted us to move our tripod from the window so he could get that “perfect shot” but wasn’t too thrilled when we said no (in our defense we were 30 minutes into our timelapse, we were not the only ones near the window, and the structure had many windows for him to get the same exact shot of).

We ended up making friends with a young boy and his aunt who had hopped up to watch the sunrise next to us. We learned he was from British Columbia on his spring break and was visiting Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. We had previously met a group of high school students also on their spring break and it turns out in Canada they get two weeks unlike our one. 

After sunrise, we headed to the back of Angkor Wat to snag some pictures without all the crowds. On the way, we ran into a group of monkeys and of course had to snap some photos. There were even some cute babies with them playing on the tree roots and limbs. Though the teeth on those animals makes you not want to ever get bit by them. 

After grabbing our photos and already dripping in sweat by 7:30 am, we headed off to the airport. We gave Chantri our tip for driving us over the weekend (which he always accepted with a giddy laugh) and said our goodbyes. 

Once in the airport, we grabbed some coffee and breakfast while we pulled out our camera and laptop to work for a little bit on the blog. Like I said previously, travel days are the best times to work on the blog as most days are jam packed with activities. Our flight ended up getting pushed back an hour due to the incoming flight arriving late and of course I started to freak out about missing our connecting flight in Singapore. These days are when I wish I could be a more relaxed traveler like Grant and just know things will work out even if we have to spend the night in Singapore. 

Once we boarded our plane, I watched the new Whitney Houston movie to take my stress off watching the clock. I was still stressed once we landed as it was supposedly our boarding time for the connecting flight. There were several other guests on the flight trying to make that same connection to Bali and we were all running to make the transfer to the gate. 

At the Singapore airport, you have to run your carryons through security and have your boarding pass scanned. Already in high stress mode, the stewardess scanned my boarding pass and took my ticket saying I needed to step to the side and wait. Needless to say, I broke down in the airport worrying I wasn’t going to be on this flight while Grant easily made it through. Grant verified everything was okay and I was able to get my ticket returned to me to board the plane. I could finally relax once we got on the plane and we were headed to one of our last four destinations.