Entrance to Angkor Thom

We're on the road again...

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July 21st 2008
4.30am anyone? We began our Cambodian holiday with an early morning start (although we did take a day to get used to the heat and time zone)... and a shock for any of you who have seen Naera before a morning coffee and 9am but we made the dawn raid on Angkor by 5am in time to see the sunrise armed with cameras, along with a few thousand others... spectacular none the less! From there we s ... 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