Water Festival

Day 5 - Siem Reap

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November 11th 2011
Reason to be in Siem Reap: to visit Angkor Temple Complex, but not today. We spent the whole day by the pool doing NOTHING just reading, sleeping, eating and drinking. We arranged with T to be picked up tomorrow to go to Angkor Complex. In the evening we walked to the city centre and stumbled into the Water Festival. The streets were beautifuly decorated (just like Christmas) and in the middle of ... 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