Chariots of Fire and "The Imparatio" is riding high.

Picture it if you will: It is 5 am and I am praying my Tuk-Tuk driver Sabon, will be waiting for me as I quietly leave my hotel into the Cambodian darkness. Low & behold he is there, I am not sure why I doubted him. He has been my driver for the last three days as I explored the Temples of Angkor Watt, Angkor Tom and some of the smaller temples. It is cold and I have no jacket because a friend, who must remain namelss (Darrell Cummings) yet again gave me the wrong advice. He said just pack T Shirts and shorts that us all you will ever need.

We are off to see the spectacular sight of the sun rising over Angkor Wat. I have taken a sarong I got in Maui and have warpped it around myself. This would be O.K. but there are a ton of Tuk-Tuk's headed for the Temples. These are little chariots that are open on the sides. You ride so close you can shake hands with your neighbor in the next Tuk-Tuk. I looked like Keanu Reeves in the Buddist movie he was so bad in...O.K. I looked more like Maggie Smith in Godsford Park...O.K. It was truely embarrasing so tragic.

My driver has been racing other drivers and this is dangerous to say the least. With the road filled at 5 AM with only Tuk-Chariots he starts to race everyone. The night is pitch black, Iam wrapped in this sarong, the wind is blowing and we are laughing our fool heads off. We get to the entrance and we have won. I am not sure why the victory felt so good but it was a wild ride and I was so Ben Hur....O.K. more like Ben Vereen...O.K. Ben Stiller.

Anyway, we pull up and hundreds of people start walking into the temple grounds in the dark. We are sitting on the stone steps and the sun begins to rise. It was the most amazing site I have ever seen. There was a huge Lily Pond and all of these purple Lilies open at sunrise. As everyone ran to take pictures I realised the temple was open and approached the entrance. There I was at dusk, just a breath of morning light peeking in and I was in the grand temple by myself...picture it if you will.