I'm still in utter shock with how amazing yesterday was. We both knew that Angkor Wat was going to be a memorable experience but it far exceeded our expectations. What also far exceeded our expectations was how exhausted we were going to be from it. Not only did we wake up at 4 AM yesterday but we also spent nearly 12-hours in 90-degree heat with nearly 100% humidity. We woke up this morning beat up and not ready to do much of anything.

Today was one of the busiest and best days of the trip hands down. Today was the day we were going to see one of the most beloved historical sites in all of the world, Angkor Wat. Jenn has been talking about wanting to go to Angkor Wat at least since our Bejing/Bali trip in 2013. We had a couple of options with Angkor Wat. We could do it on our own and hire Tuk Tuks to take us around or we could hire a tour guide. Most of the time we'd do it on our own, but because we were in Cambodia and didn't know what to expect we went with the #1 rated tour guide on TripAdvisor, Happy Angkor Tour for a full 1-day sunrise tour of Angkor Wat. 

Unlike past travel days, today we tried to use as a part travel day, part rest day. Because our flight wasn't until 3 PM this afternoon we didn't have anything to do all morning, and it was glorious. We laid in bed like it was a Saturday morning, surfed the internet on our phones and enjoyed the beautiful sunrise in Hanoi. 

Wow was yesterday a long but glorious day. After nearly eight hours of driving and five hours on a boat, we slept incredibly hard last night. I woke up before Jenn and snuck out to get a quick run in, in the beautiful gym here at the JW Marriott. One quick note on the gym. When you walk in its a cool 70 degrees but the treadmills are right up against the floor to ceiling glass which means its 10-degrees warmer on them making my run this morning a tad more difficult.

For each stop on the trip, there’s one tour or destination that we had in mind as a driving force for why we chose to go to that country. Today is that sort of day in Vietnam. One of the places both Jenn and I have always wanted to visit is Halong Bay. We booked a group tour (more on that in a bit) to take us from Hanoi to Halong Bay which is 186kms away or 111 miles from our hotel.

Today will be a short write up as its one of many transit days coming up. Unlike our flight into Hong Kong, today we didn’t have an early morning flight. Instead we woke up at a leisurely 7 AM on our own. I went for a run and Jenn got ready for the day. When I got back from my run I took and a shower and Jenn got our last Starbucks run in Hong Kong. It sure has been nice to have it around the corner from us.