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A Visit to Angkor Wat - Siem Reap, Cambodia

February 11th 2008
So with Cambodia’s horrific recent history heavy on our minds, we journeyed to Siem Reap, where stand Cambodia’s pride and joy, the temples of Angkor Wat. These majestic stone temples, magnificent in size, design and detail, are remnants of the great Khmer empire, existing from 800 AD to 1432 AD. At a time when London’s population was 50,000, the Khmer empire, made up of the entirety of Sou ... 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

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