Angkor Wat, Cambodia Travel Blogs

Angkor Wow
Sep 28, 2006 (15 photos)

... to Angkor Wat or at least I think we did since it was still too dark to tell where we where. Standing in front of Angkor Wat I knew it was there, probably more due to the hoards of other people waiting around too, but could still only just make out the ...

The Ancient City
Aug 5, 2007 (14 photos)

... is uncanny.  I continuously had to remind him to stop swinging from vines or removing precious artifacts.  Angkor Wat; a stunning ancient city, was the old capital of the Khmer Kingdom from 802 to 1295.  It ...

CAMBODIA
Oct 19, 2005 (27 photos)

... size during this time. The speed boat took us to Siem Reap, a base for exploring the largest place of worship in the world, Angkor Wat. Said to be up there with the Great Wall of China and the Taj Majal as world wonders, a bumpy and arduous 7 hour ...

Angkor Wat and Phnom Penh
Mar 16, 2004

... , I found Bagan in Burma more breathtaking, but this area will likely remain a trip highlight. After a week visiting the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, I headed out to Beng Melea, where part of Tomb Raider was filmed & to Koh Keh. Lui, our Toyota ...

Incredible Temples
Aug 9, 2004 (29 photos)

... rafts to build over 37 years. To obtain even the most cursory overview of this temple takes 3 hours minimum. What makes Angkor Wat, so incredible is not only the monumental size, but the fact that this is coupled with unsurpassed attention to detail and ...

Not another blog titled: Angkor what a temple!
Jul 26, 2008 (71 photos)

... with eight hands who sit cross-legged on lotus flowers watch over the temple ponds. We got up at 4am for great sunrises over Angkor wat and stayed till 5pm for sunsets viewed from the top of other temples and then on the third day I celebrated my 28th ...

A Wonder of the World
Nov 11, 2008

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Reflections of Cambodia
Feb 26, 2009 (32 photos)

... AD.  Angkor was the heart of the Khmer Empire that flourished in Indochina from the 9th to the 13th Century with Angkor Wat being the biggest and most notable.  There are over 50 different sites located several kilometers apart all with their own ...

Beautiful Cambodia: Phenom Penh and Angkor Wat
Oct 7, 2006

... would've loved it and really appreciated it - I hope my pictures will give some idea of their magnitude. Next, we returned to Angkor Wat - this time from the East entrance (in the morning, we entered via the West entrance). These temples are in a much ...

I get the feeling we are being watched!
Jul 5, 2009 (23 photos)

... kings in the empire. It is a relatively small complex but has so much detail in its architecture, possibly eclipsing that of Angkor Wat. Its outer walls were covered in some of the finest bas reliefs we have seen. Thousands of dancing apsaras were engraved ...

Angkor day 6 – Elephants and Leper Kings
Jul 4, 2009 (21 photos)

... it used to be a Buddhist University. The sun was starting to push its way through the clouds so we cycled back into Angkor Thom and spent a while admiring the Leper King Terrace, and the secret carved passage inside, where the camera batteries ran out ...

What an experience!
Nov 21, 2006 (78 photos)

Angkor Wat I was expecting to see one temple - Angkor Wat - in Cambodia. Was I wrong! There are a few dozen temples just around the Siem Reap area. I thought I had "moto" written all over my face, since so many people yelled to me that name. ...

Thumbs up to Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Feb 23, 2009 (151 photos)

Wow, we are so glad we spent the money and went to Angkor Wat in Cambodia (Siem Reap is the closest city).  We didn't want to deal with the road border crossing into Cambodia since its supposed to be hellish; so we spent a fortune on flights, visas ($ ...

The marvel that is Angkor Wat
Jul 3, 2009 (23 photos)

... get a photo. As we entered we soon discovered Buddhist relics scattered throughout the first tier. It seems Buddhism was introduced to Angkor Wat in the recent centuries (14th – 15th). The early morning light didn't quite hit the first tier as we ...

The Khmer Temple's of Angkor Wat
Oct 3, 2009

Had to get up at 04:00 to gamble on a good sunrise over Angkor Wat but the wholeday was well worth it, really hot day and really exhausting but impressive none the less. Once you 've seen one temple you've seen them all but you've still got to go to them ...

The Temples of Angkor
Dec 24, 2008 (47 photos)

... der Bluetezeit sollen einige der Tempelanlagen bis zu eine Million Bewohner beherbergt haben. Der bekannteste Tempel ist Angkor Wat, der mit riesigen Maiskolbentuermen aufwarten kann. Bayron besteht aus massenweise grosser Steintuerme in denen jeweils ...

Angkor day 4: The Grand Tour
Jul 2, 2009 (23 photos)

Following yesterday's race to Angkor Wat for the sunrise, we left even earlier and arrived in the temple at 5am, as we cycled in the darkness with just our dynamo powered lights little bugs splattered into us – we are again at one with nature ! ...

Temples of Angkor
Oct 17, 2009

... the ruler at the time, merged with the face of Buddha look high above and in every direction, as you walk underneath them. Angkor Wat itself was a huge system of temples surrounded by the mother of all moats or basically a lake! Though my favourite was ...

The eighth wonder of the world
Oct 23, 2009 (29 photos)

... breakfast (noodle soup of course) and was collected at 8 by a driver for my 10 hour tour of the World Heritage Site 'Angkor Wat'. We picked up a middle aged Aussie (who turned out to be a geography teacher) who lived 200 miles south of Sydney, a lost ...

Vagabonder and Mini-Vagabonder Tour Cambodia
Feb 3, 2004

... , the horror. This seems to be the description of each Siem Riep road survivor. Siem Riep is the small town nearby Angkor Wat (our destination in Cambodia). One may fly to Siem Riep or the same may be reached overland from Thailand. Prior to the trip V and ...

all templed out!
Jul 15, 2005

... the people. my guide was talking for hours about the significance of every detail on the wall, but i tended to just slip away. in Angkor Wat itself i found a group of 3 kids and i chatted to them for a while. every time i lifted my camera, the little girl ...

The "Short" Tour of the Angkor Temples
Nov 5, 2009 (10 photos)

... ;s favorite temple, it was overgrown by enormous gum trees, Tomb Raider also shot here. And, 4)      Angkor Wat.  To save the most famous temple for last and see the sunset there. A Little Angkor History The temples at Angkor ...

Temples of Angkor
Dec 15, 2008

Went to the Temples of Angkor today and on the lash during the night. An expensive day. The temples were quite remarkable however spread over a much greater distance than I had imagined and quite taxing. Nonetheless, I enjoyed myself. One annoyance ...

Angkor Wat
Jul 7, 2009 (15 photos)

... - 7th July The next morning we took our Tuk-Tuk to the most breathtaking of all the temples in Cambodia, perhaps the world - Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat means "Temple that is a city", not surprising, as it is the largest religious structure in the world ...

Angkor What???
Aug 25, 2009 (34 photos)

... too, but also had many stone piles blocking doors and entrance ways.  This temple is less visited and it absolutely stunning. At Angkor Wat, this was my favorite temple. At all of these temples, the guards give you free rane to go wherever you want ...

The Great Angkor Wat
Sep 12, 2007 (33 photos)

... the day and he took us around.  From early in the morning until sunset we viewed temples. Angkor Wat temple itself was stunning but not our favorite, some others were definitely much more impressive. Bayon in particular& ...

Siem Reap
Jan 4, 2007 (15 photos)

... to Matt! Nothing changes there then. From here we bussed it up to Siem Riep for a day of temple seeing. Angkor Wat was really impressive, something right out of Indiana Jones. Lots of Chinese tourist's taking over the site but we had a ...

Too Many Temples (Even More than Kyoto) AngkorWat
May 7, 2009 (36 photos)

... the massive roots of giant trees. The trees have collapsed several parts of the temple and are slowly destroying the rest.   Angkor Wat, itself, is a tall temple with four main spires. The temple is inside a wall inside a green area, inside another ...

Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Feb 21, 2006 (10 photos)

Took a quick vacation trip over to Cambodia, to see the temples at Angkor Wat, last week with our friend Benji. Marjorie took a vacation from me and stayed home in Chiang Mai, and from all reports, had a delightful time. Briefly, Angkor Wat was the ...

Angkor
Jan 22, 2009

... we parked our bikes and then headed over the stone path and through the main gate, behind which you could see Angkor Wat. Once through the gateway the causeway continues for a few hundred metre before reaching the main temple which dominates the skyline, ...