Angor Wat

Angkor Temples.

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June 16th 2008
I am really enjoying Cambodia so far! The people are friendly and the town is much more relaxed than Bangkok and India. Today we went to four of the Angkor Temples. After eating granola bars in the room for breakfast we headed out to the main Angkor Wat temple complex. These temples are all about 800 years old and have survived pretty well. Angkor wat was huge and beautiful. We had a tour guid ... read more

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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