Well, we made it. What a journey so far and we still have two days left to soak it all in. We arrived in Bangkok this afternoon and o boy, it is a large, busy city. Did I mention busy?
After an event-filled day yesterday, we welcomed a relaxing night and we did just that. A quick skytrain ride to Siam Paragon, area mall, for a quick dinner and we are settled back into our cozy hotel On8 Sukhumvit.
Only Ashley and I are on this leg of the trip, as the rest of the team head back to the States tonight. We had planned this time to meet up with some missionaries that Fred Garmon connected us with whose children are Lee alumni. We meet up with them tomorrow for some shopping and dinner.
Our day yesterday consisted of a visit to Angkor Wat temple. In a word, amazing. The detailed work that the three temples we were able to see was very impressive, and even more so when you know it was constructed in the year 1000 A.D. I mean, where did they find the tools to do such craftmanship?? Check out the pictures I posted in the Flickr account on the home page, and you will be saying the same thing.
Being the picture nut I am, I took just a few of the temples…
O, and you better believe we took our “Torch Travels” alumni picture right in front of the main temple shortly after sunrise. It. Was. Gorgeous.
Yea, you read it right, we were there at sunrise. That meant we left our hotel at 4:45 AM to get there in time. This was after a very colorful experience with the 10 Tuk Tuk drivers it took to get all 30 of us there.
It was as fun as it sounds.
What is a Tuk Tuk you might ask? Only THE way to get around Siem Reap, and it usually only took $1 to get any where in the city. That is Ashley’s kind of travel price.
I could say so much about this trip and what it has meant to me, but I think I could easily sum it all up by saying coming on this trip and having to document every part of it has made me realize just how “real” it all is. The people, the influence PCL already has in Cambodia, and the great impact of PCL’s slogan in action “Inspiring Hope. Empowering Potential” definitely affected me most. Just plain awesome.
Alright, heading to bed. Long day of shopping, I mean sightseeing, tomorrow.
Mitzi
