Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat

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November 29th 2008
Having spent the last three days exploring the temples in Siem Reap and suffering with a bout of delhi belly (Pete) and a cold (myself) - who gets a cold in these temperatures????? we are both shattered!!! We arrived in Siem Reap early afternoon on 26 November having arrived in Cambodia to be greeted by the easiest and best planned / efficient visa system we have encountered so far. Having ... 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