In awe of Angkor, part 2 Photo 2

Sunrise at Angkor Wat

January 18th 2010
For my third and last day at Angkor, I'd saved the main attractions - the walled city of Angkor Thom, which houses around 8 key temples, Ta Prohm (used as a film set for Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider - the archetypal Angkor ruin) and Angkor Wat. I decided that the Lonely Planet's suggestion to see some of the smaller temples first and work up to the big ones made sense... I could imagine that seei ... 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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Jonathan Smith

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I work as a town planner in London, and have always enjoyed travelling. I also love photography, and in June 2009 I decided to take a year off work to travel the globe. This blog recounts that trip. I left London on the 14th June 2009. My trip divided roughly into four legs. The first is in Africa, from Kenya to South Africa, starting in June and finishing at the end of September. I then flew to Mumbai, for a three month trip through Central Asia taking in India, Nepal and Tibet. Next up was Southeast Asia, where I travelled through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, arriving in Sin... full info

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