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Siem Reap

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April 13th 2010
Next morning took a tuk tu to Angkor Wat where we brought the three consecutive day pass $40. We entered the main temple and it all seemed slightly surreal. The main temple Angkor Wat was very large and impressive. We decided to walk the day, we walked up the Angkor Thom area, my favourite there- Bayon temple = hundreds of faces on the walls they were not curved into one large stone but put tog ... 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