Stairs at Angkor Wat

Cambodia Redeems Itself

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September 23rd 2007
So I was a little peeved about the whole bus scam thing, but after 2 days at the Temples of Angkor, I'm opening up to Cambodia. Yesterday we saw Angkor Wat and part of Angkor Thom, and today we did the rest of Angkor Thom and a bunch of the smaller surrounding temples. It was all very cool. I was really looking forward to Angkor Wat, but I wasn't expecting to be as blown away as I was. I couldn't ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more