Angkor Wasp

I don't have enough words for "amazing" to describe the ruins at Angkor Wat. I had read about them, looked at pictures, watched a History Channel documentary, and I was still surprised and blown away. We still have several outlying sites to explore tomorrow and I think we will go back to the main site one more time while we are here. But, our day of exploring was almost disasterously de-railed when we disturbed a wasp nest while we were exploring a building away from the main area. We were standing on top of a five-foot high wall taking some pictures and we saw the nest up in the corner. I wasn't too concerned but apparently we were too close. The whole swarm shot at us - fast! We all leaped right off the wall and started sprinting across a field (I know it's been awhile since I have done anything that could be called "sprinting" but I'm pretty sure I was moving at record speed). We got lucky and only suffered a total of five stings, and after the adrenaline rush wore off we were able to enjoy exploring for the rest of the day!

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