February 19: day five

We’re up before 5 am to catch the sunrise over Angkor Wat temple. We ride tuk tuk’s to the temple and move with the throngs of early morning folks to see the rising sun. Afterward we head to Angkor Thom, everybody’s favorite.

In the afternoon several of us ventured to The Angkor Hospital for Children to donate supplies that we had been given by an affiliated MD in Vermont. This free hospital is a pediatric teaching hospital that is funded by Friends Without A Border, an NGO started by Kenro Izu, a Japanese photographer inspired in his non-profit work by trips to Siem Reap for photography. www.angkorhospital.org & www.fwab.org It is an impressive hospital that treats 300-400 children every day. Families of in-patients supply their own food and there is both a spacious kitchen available and an extensive garden project for teaching nutrition.

Most of the group climbed up to watch sunset from Phnom Bakheng temple for a 360 degree view of the valley.

February 20: day six

It was another lovely early morning to catch the best light of the day that found us exploring Ta Prom temple, known for the tree roots that are so famously intertwined with temple buildings and the jungle canopy that shrouds this temple in appealing mystery. Our last day in Cambodia for most of the group, there was a celebratory lunch at The Butterflies Garden restaurant, where 1500 butterflies live inside the garden environs, contained by gates and netting.

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Thank you to those who have contributed photos to our website including Isabel Campbell-Gross, Tatiana & Heather Faris, Natalia Forbath, Alix & Patrick Kalaher, Chamroeurn Sok, Lili Winslow & Marya Wegman.

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