Angkor Wat From the Rear

Siem Reap & Angkor

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March 19th 2009
We were in Siem Reap to see the Temples of Angkor and after spending one day avoiding crippling 43°C heat we set off on push bikes along with a guy from Hong Kong. For those who may not know, the temples were all built somewhere between 800AD - 1250AD by the kings of Cambodia, each new one in a pi**ing contest kinda way just had to build one biggest than the last, resulting eventually in the most ... 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