Sunrise at Angkor Wat

A Day in Ancient Angkor

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November 16th 2007
Matt and I had been planning on doing Cambodia and Laos at sometime and with time in the semester winding down (can't believe its almost December!) we had to book them as one solid trip. I was swamped with mid-terms but luckily Matt had time to book the trip for the both of us. This ended up being a much harder task than he'd imagined as there were so many factors involved to make all the flights ... 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