Unfortunate Scaffolding

Temples and Ruins

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August 20th 2007
Stunning doesn't start to sum up the huge remains of the Angkor temples just North of Siem Reap. We took a tour by tuk-tuk out into the jungle in search of the ruins, famed on the backpacker circuit and an icon of Cambodia itself. We saw so many temples in the one day, each slightly different from the one before, on all scales and stages of delapidation. The Angkor Wat grounds were huge and aft ... 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