The sun also rises

Amazingly Angkor

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January 25th 2007
My watch started beeping at 4:30am. I let it go for awhile, letting it sink in that today we would get to see Angkor Wat at sunrise, a somewhat prized right of passage for any visitor to Cambodia. After being here a week volunteering, learning, understanding a small piece of cambodia's history, seeing the same people over and over again, gaining a routine...bike....icecream...shower....nap, it f ... 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