Sunrise and 2nd day at Angkor Wat Photo 8

Sunrise and 2nd day at Angkor Wat

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January 21st 2011
Rany picked us up this morning at 5 am and we headed to Angkor Wat and took our places in front of its lagoon inside and waited for about an hour before the sun rose at about 6:20. By 7:00 we were at the next temple. The second was pretty neat because it was symmetrical with four small square ponds on each side of a larger square pond which had a building in the center. The third one was small and ... 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