Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Well its takem 10 years to come here and the temples are really as fantastic as imagined!
Hired Kim Leng our "Remorque- Moto" driver for the day for a quick intro of the many temples of Angkor and around. Off we set early in the morning - befire realising that my camera had no batery No problem we could always rely on Emily's. We proceded past the "Mother of all temples" ANGKOR WAT - we would be returning later - straight through the south gate of ANGKOR THOM with its impressive stone heads and gate tower. We climbed up the BAYON temple with its 216 coldly smiling faces in the early morning sun. Pretty impressive we thought... and this was just the start... Rather than describe everything here you really should visit yourself. Highlights include PREAH PALILAY, TEP PRANAM, TERRACE OF THE LEPER KING and TERRACE OF THE ELEPHANTS all had amazing stone carvings.

After lunch we continued at out favourite temple TA PROHM - one of the most atmospheric ruins at Angkor as it has been consumed by the jungle. Used as a film set for TOMB RAIDER it has huge tree (and roots) growing up and out of the crumbled ruins. In the dappled sunlight of afternoon it came as a welcome and cool place to sit and contemplate... why no camera!

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Photos

Angkor Wat
At dusk ...

Monks
Monks at Angkor Wat

Angkor Thom
Bayon

Gate to Angkor Thom
Gate to Angkor Thom

Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm