Ta Phrom

Cambodia

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March 5th 2006
We headed to Cambodia the next day to see the incredible Angkor temples. They were the centre of Khmer civilisation: between the 8th and 13th centuries a succession of Hindu and Buddhist kings created magnificant stone temples, thus most of the remaining temples are wonderfully incorporative of both religions. At 7am we caught a minibus to the Thai/Cambodia border; stopping off for an inexplicab ... 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