Angkor Wat and Uncle Tom
June 16th 2009 I have seen the temples of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom and they are as amazing as everyone says!
In Thailand the temples were (and are) mostly built of wood - teak is the best, apparently - so when they fall into ruin little is left apart from the stupas rising above the ashes of those buried there. The viharns and the bots, all the rooms used for living and worship, are gone. But in this part
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