Roberta ascending the stairs of Pre Rup

June 15th 2014
It's only a two hour flight from Đà Nẵng to Siem Reap and Angkor Archaeological Park. Before leaving Vietnam for the next leg of our journey we had to take advantage of our proximity to this famous site. The Khmer empire ruled over most of mainland Southeast Asia from around 800AD to the 15th century. Angkor was the capital city of this shifting empire and comprises over 1000 temples in variou ... 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

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Roberta Cenedese

Matt and Roberta

Matt and I met while we were both traveling in Puerto Rico in 1998. He worked on a research site in El Yunque Rainforest on the main island and I worked as a divemaster on Vieques. After 10 years living a settled existence in Vancouver, Canada, we felt a real need to get back to traveling. So we sold our house, put our stuff in storage and set off in search of great places to freedive and new adventures. Right now plans are to explore SE Asia until we feel the call to move on...... full info

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16th June 2014

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Tara Cloud

Temple magic!
As usual, great photos and an incisive cultural, philosophical perspective, especially regarding the poverty and begging, sale of endangered animal parts and the transience of the graffiti compared to the enduring temples. I, too, choose the discomforts of weather over the tourists of high season, but my weather has been of the frigid sort--yours sounded scarier. Congrats on exploring so much in those treacherous conditions!

17th June 2014

Matt and Roberta
Roberta Cenedese

Thanks Tara!
Maybe not as treacherous as the Navimag Ferry, but the heat did reach the "scary" level on a couple of afternoons. After a few of these experiences it's easy to adapt to the local lifestyle of getting out the door at 5AM and then hiding in a hammock by lunchtime.

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