Pandoraspace

  Tip No. 16: Be corny and spare $ 10.00 for an elephant ride. You are sure to impress the kids at  home.  

 For $ 10.00, you can take an elephant ride from outside the east gate of Angkor Thom to the surrounding areas of Bayon. Padma, who had her fair share of elephant rides in the past, decided to forego the ride. I, on the other hand, could not help myself. I wanted to go on another elephant ride.  When I got home and showed the picture that Padma took of me riding the elephant to the kids, they were soooo impressed.

While Padma’s friend suggested we experience sunrise at Bayon, she did not tell us what to expect. Being the Pandoras we are, Padma and I headed for Bayon on the first morning of our stay in Siem Reap.

As we passed Angkor Wat, our driver, Tony, asked us if we wanted to go there instead. We said no. It was then that I noticed that the headlight of our Tuk-Tuk provided the only flicker in the darkness. After a few minutes of cruising in the dark, Tony stopped the engine and told us “Here is Bayon. I will see you there later.” The word “where” was just on the tip of my tongue when Tony quickly drove away.

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