Monks walking to Angkor Wat before the full moon

Angkor What?!

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May 11th 2014
We arrived on Sunday morning to 105 degrees and 90% humidity. Our tour guide picked us up and took us to our lovely hotel. We unpacked, swam, got massages and prepared for the first part of our tour. We went to the Tomb Raider temple first where we explored the amazing temple during a thunderstorm, it was amazing. The large temples Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom have large moats that surround the temp ... read more

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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