Angkor Thom

Angkor Thom

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August 18th 2006
August 17th: We decide to head out of Bangkok and are dropped at the Airport by the local hospital rep for Astra Zeneca. We took our chances to find a plane to Siem Reap. The latter is the second largest city in Cambodia and home to Angkor Wat a 1000 year old monument dedicated to Hindu and Buddhist spiritual traditions. We secured a ticket the same day but only by delaying our departure to India ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

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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