Picture 101

Angkor Wat

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January 25th 2009
Visiting Angkor Wat Possibly the earliest start yet, being awoken rather shrply by our alarm clock at 4:30 am. The reason behind this being a view of the sun rise over the 5 point towers of Angkor Wat. The evening before we befriended a lovely man named Kin (or as spoken, Jin) who convinced us to be taken around the temples in his TukTuk. An idea which soon became a very good one afte ... 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