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Angkor - Ta Prohm  
   

Angkor - Ta Prohm

This temple has been left as discovered in the 19th century. This means that the abundant vegetation has not been removed from the temple. All other temples have been resotred and vegetation has been removed so that we can actually see the temple! This temple was used in the movie Lora Croft.
South-East Asian Cocktail: Beach, Ruins and Poverty

November 20th 2007
This is our first blog entry from South East Asia. Hope you enjoy it! We stayed 3 days in Bangkok before we actually started to travel. Definitely a great city and so different from everything we have seen before on our trip. It is evident that with this city, we begin a new part of our trip. All the countries visited before where on the Silk Road and had some cultural and geographical similariti ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap

Cambodian Flag 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
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