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Ta Prohm  
   

Ta Prohm

My second favorite temple [my photos of Bayon, my favorite, were not the best]. The trees at Ta Prohm are amazing, their roots flow all over the temple. The most graceful trees I've ever seen.
First Day at Angkor

June 20th 2005
I'm glad we waited a couple weeks instead of coming here first thing. The anticipation has been building and it was well worth the wait. Anisa suggested going to see sunrise over Angkor Wat, the main temple, which sounded like a wonderful idea to me. I didn't realize that if we watched the sunrise at 6am we would have to leave town in our tuk tuk [here that means a rickshaw attached to the back of ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

Cambodian Flag 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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