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Temple Tour

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May 13th 2007
Today we ventured away from our volunteering for the day. It is one of many holidays here this weekend and so we had the day off today. Savath (Sa-Vat) took us to three of the local temples so that we could see them up close instead of from the distance of the orphanage. The temples blew us away by the sheer magnitude and the intricate carvings in every stone. The ruins are often scattered for ... 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