Motorcycle Explorer September 2016 Issue 13 | Page 30

Feature: cambodia
We finally relented and spent a day in a tuk-tuk,
touring the temples at Angkor Wat. Travelling off-
season meant we had most of the place to
ourselves with uncrowded views of all the sites.
Hin, our driver was a lovely smiley kid and very
enthusiastic about showing us around for the day.
We left at 6-am and set out against the rising sun.
Hin was riding with one hand raised to shield his
eyes against the glare of the low sun. We rectified
this at the first opportunity with a pair of $5 Ray-
Bans, broadening his lovely grin even wider. The
temples were spectacular and the highlight was
Ta Prahm where strangler vines grip crumbling
walls like gruesome alien tentacles dropped out
of the sky.