The first order of the day was the Angkor Wat and in all its glorious wonder.
Upon crossing the moat into the main complex where we had our guide give a very detailed in-depth history of Angkor Wat.
We met a few new friends inside where the long corridors decorated with intricate bas-relief friezes kept Mr Kamal very, very busy ; )
Madam Azizah posing with some of the colourful mythical costumed characters found inside followed by a group photo at the eastern gate which signified the end of the visit to Angkor Wat of which we then had our lunch by a lake nearby.
Next up was the ruins of a jungle temple (where apparently Lara Croft was filmed) of which somehow most of the pictures turned out blurry which was followed by a cultural performance at an orphanage and a center for people with disabilities; there were three dances, an Apsara dance, a monkey dance and village dance of which the monkey dance was to be most charming.
An entertaining performance all around of which their efforts were greeted with warm applause at the final song item.
A flash donation drive secured a considerable amount of money for the orphanage evidence of altruism being truly well and alive and yes, the children there stole our hearts.
A surprising end to the day where the visit to the orphanage proved to be the highlight of the day where so many of our students came forward to donate whatever amount they could and many donated very generously indeed. We were sad and reluctant to leave the orphanage so quickly as even during the short time that we were there, our interactions with the children there affected us deeply where many of us hoping that we could come back again to help out or just provide some form of companionship to the children there; we wanted to do more and we came to the agreement that we would go back to the hotel and pool together whatever that we could give away and send it to the orphanage in the morning and that we did with resolute unlike to other.
Heartening, humbling and disarming.
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