Mid-Morning

Turning 24 at Angkor

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May 27th 2009
Angkor Wat for my birthday, a wonder of the man made world. A civilization that at one time was the largest in the world. A civilization that created a temple city whose size and majesty is unsurpassed to this day. What a great idea! And like most of my better ideas, I stole it from someone else. That someone else was a girl I met in Vientiene, Laos. We started talking and she mentioned that she w ... 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