After an almost seven-hour bus ride from Phnom Penh, we finally rolled into Siem Reap with my excitement swelling into a massive wave inside my body. My mind was painting a picture of the vast Angkor Wat complex and its nearby and equally impressive temple ruins. Comparing what I had imagined and read before to what I would see in a short while mirrored every adolescent boy's first foray into a lovemaking session with a beautiful girl.