Khmer Empire - Angkor Wat

Excellent intro to Angkor touring!
Dear Andrew and Alexia, Thank you for posting this well-researched...and quite entertaining...account of your journey to Angkor. The antics of your tuk-tuk driver Hum kept me amused. I laughed out loud when he told you that the "Rolous temple group doesn't exist anymore". (-: Since 2005, I've devoted myself to studying the portraits of the sacred women of Angkor Wat. I have identified 1,796 women so far and each image is unique. Today, they're called by the Sanskrit terms devata or apsaras. No living person knows what the ancient Khmer called them. Their identity, significance and function remain a mystery. I actually found your post because you referred to Shakti, the female energy of the universe. Indeed that seems to be part of the solution to this puzzle. I will refer your post to friends visiting Angkor for the first time. You really captured the flavor, depth and even the humor of Cambodia.