We were not able to get up early enough to watch the sunrise in Angkor Wat. Therefore, we would not miss the opportunity when our tour guide informed us that we could catch the sunset scene by walking up to a mountain nearby.That was exactly what we did after walking around in the heat under a scorching sun for the entire day. We got to the bottom of the hill shortly after 4p.m.
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| Tourists waiting to catch the sunset in the Angkor Wat area |
Our guide cautioned us that there was no light, lamp of any sort on the hill which we were climbing up. The sun would start going down starting at 5:15p.m. and that it would get dark very quickly within a few minutes.
We must leave very quickly after 5:15pm and should get back down to the bottom of the hill by 5:30p.m. otherwise, we would be descending the hill in total darkness.
After climbing Mt. Fuji last August and experiencing how fast the sun went down in matters of minutes, I took this to heart. My friends and I went as fast as we could up to the top of the hill! After a flight of stairs, we reached the platform. There were full of people milling around taking pictures, sitting down on the ground and waiting to catch the sunset! It was a busy place indeed!
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| The West Baray viewing platform |
We were afraid that there could be a stampede of people rushing down after the sun went down, so we started descending ahead of the others.
A little down from the top of the hill, we came across a platform above the West Barray and there were only a handful people there.
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| Watching sunset over the West Baray, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia |
We had a pretty good spot and were able to take a few good pictures of the Cambodian sun setting over the western horizon.
It was beautiful! We were able to get back down to the bottom of the hill right at 5:30p.m. avoiding the crowd and before darkness engulf the hill!
R.T.
Cambodia
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