Banteay Srei

My Wat is bigger than your Wat – or how to get a head in Cambodia

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August 13th 2010
And now it’s time for, arguably, Cambodia’s main event. Drum roll please… The Angkor temple complex. Angkor was the last capital of the Khamer empire and the 9sq km city is full of temples. Boggling, beautiful, decaying, glorious temples. At the centre of all this is Angkor Wat (Wat is the Khamer word for temple) which is the single biggest religious building in the world. What a W ... 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