Angkor Wat

New Year in Siem Reap, Ankor Temples

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January 6th 2006
We spent new year at a street party in Siem Reap. The Japanese, Australians, Irish, Scots, English, Germans, Scandanavians, Indians and Cambodians all got into the party spirit and danced in the streets. Fireworks went off overhead as street children jigged on the shoulders of drunken revellers! Crazy!!! Nursing a hangover we visited the amazing temple of Angor Wat. It is the largest religious ... 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