Arrival in Cambodia

The Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal is the worst airport Ian and I have ever experienced. That's saying a lot, as we were once stuck under Lima airport's leaky roof for nine hours. Here's a good indicator of their ineptitude: our flight to Siem Reap was boarding at a gate with the sign "Hanoi." A mass of people with tickets for three different flights were all in the same line, and no crew members monitored the line to help people figure out where they needed to be. As we passed through the gate (presumably to board our plane), we were individually told our plane number and were released onto the tarmac to find our plane. Here we thought the gate would lead us down one of those little tunnels to our plane but instead we were walking around on the asphalt looking for plane F25. Awesome.

All this means we were very happy to arrive in Siem Reap, Cambodia to begin our three-day tour of Angkor Wat. We were excited to meet up with Ian's sister, Katie, and her boyfriend, Clark, when we arrived. It was Katie's birthday on Monday, and it was pretty cool to have a family reunion in Cambodia to celebrate. A few non-temple photos from our first couple of days:

First night's sunset. We watched it from a hilltop temple with about 1,000 other tourists.

Tiara loves Cambodia sunsets ... as long as the mosquitoes stay away.

Debbie, Katie, and Clark tuk-tuking around town.

The river was very still and had great reflective properties this morning.

Richard and Debbie bought Katie an elephant ride for her birthday. Ian and I were also feeling generous and spent a whole American dollar on bananas so she could feed the elephant.