Cambodia Day 2 072

Cambodia Day 2

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May 28th 2010
Ancient Angkor Second day in Cambodia we mainly devoted to seeing all the temples. The most famous being Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom although we saw quite a few more including Bapuon, the elephant terrace, Leper King Terrace, Phimeankas, Thommanon, and Chao Say Tevoda just to name a few. Many of these temples were built over 900 years ago mainly for deities and kings of the time. The ... 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