Angkor Wat

Exploring Siem Reap and Angkor's temples!

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February 7th 2007
We arrived in Siem Reap at around 7:30pm last night. The airport reminded Anand of trivandrum airport, which as you can imagine I found interesting considering that's the capital of their state and this is a tiny little town 😊. Driving into town though, both of us felt strongly that this place seemed very much like India. The same smell, same humidity (which felt great after a cold winter ( ... 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