carving at Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat

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April 4th 2009
We spent two days looking at the temples of Angkor. We hired a tuk tuk driver for the two days and left it to him to decide which temples to take us to. There are so many temples spread out over a 40km square area some people spend up to 5 days exploring them. But two 6 hours trips were enough for us, I remember once in Sri Lanka getting temple fatigue from looking at too many temples in one day. ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap

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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