Angkor Wat


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April 3rd 2007
Published: April 3rd 2007
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Ancient temples here we come…. We hired a tuk tuk driver as our guide and off we went. Angkor Wat was built by Suryavarman II in 1112-52 and it was amazing to see the temple still in such good condition. Makes New Zealand seem a newborn infant in comparison to how old all these temples were. We visited Angkor Wat for both sunset and sunrise, along with every other tourist, but it still was imp... Read Full Entry



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The trees have taken over this temple. This tree is around 400 years old.
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This root system now is part of the building. If this tree died, this part of the temple would collapse.



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