Relief carvings

Thousand calorie Buddha

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April 6th 2008
Today was our day to see Angkor Wat! We set off from the hotel at 7:30 with a guide and a driver in a dusty little Toyota Camry with weak air conditioning and a tendency to overheat. (Okay, I’m exaggerating a little. It only overheated once.) We drove 15 minutes or so to Angkor Wat, which I won’t describe in great detail - you can read all about it in books or online, and it is an amazing sig ... 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