Our first full day in Cambodia was a busy one! Our guide had a pretty amazing past. He survived the Khmer Rouge where he was kidnapped to become a boy soldier. They killed his whole family with his uncle as his only surviving relative. He was able to escape the Khmer Rouge and then illegally studied English. The Khmer Rouge finally collapsed in the 1990s and he has been ahead of the 8 ball with his ability to speak English the whole time! It's a crazy but inspirational story. Today we go on a whirlwind tour of seeing the South gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon temple, Phimeanakas, the Elephant and Leper King Terrace, Ta Prohm, Angkor Wat, and finishing the day at Phnom Bakheng Hill. Later that night we go to town in a tuktuk to eat and explore.
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Our first full day in Cambodia was a busy one! Our guide had a pretty amazing past. He survived the Khmer Rouge where he was kidnapped to become a boy soldier. They killed his whole family with his uncle as his only surviving relative. He was able to escape the Khmer Rouge and then illegally studied English. The Khmer Rouge finally collapsed in the 1990s and he has been ahead of the 8 ball with his ability to speak English the whole time! It's a crazy but inspirational story. Today we go on a whirlwind tour of seeing the South gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon temple, Phimeanakas, the Elephant and Leper King Terrace, Ta Prohm, Angkor Wat, and finishing the day at Phnom Bakheng Hill. Later that night we go to town in a tuktuk to eat and explore.
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