The title has already been poached by a watering hole in Siem Reap, and since Siem Reap is the gateway to the sheer wonder of a tourist magnet that is the religious complex of Angkor Wat, it comes as no surprise that this is Cambodia's chief tourist attraction. A place of superlatives then, beyond any reasonable doubt, but were the delights of Angkor Wat going to topple the dizzying heights of the best of Myanmar? In terms of sparkle and sheen, probably not, since the temples of Angkor are largely monochrome, unlike the gleaming silvers and golds of Myanmar's pagodas, but look closely, and the true beauty of Angkor Wat will reveal itself in the form of etchings, carvings, architecture, shapes, stonework and all the attention to detail which makes the place co
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