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Angkor Wat Slideshow
Angkor Wat
Travel Blogs from Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Nous voilà aux portes des temples d'Angkor / 1er j
... magie s’effectuera à 7h15, lorsque le soleil apparaitra, merci Mélissa ! Programme de la journée nom des différents temples : Angkor Vat / Thommanon / Chau Say Tevoda / Spean Thma / Ta Keo / Neak Pean / Krol Ko / Preah Khan / Basei ...
The many faces of Buddha
In the ancient city walls of Angkor Thom, through the gate archways adorned with faces, sits the stunning temple of Bayan. This temple features either 48 or 54 (depending on which guide book you read) faces of Buddha on the sides of the towers. The ...
Magical Angkor Wat at sunset
Angkor Wat is absolutely magical. I had no idea such a place existed and it's unlike anything I've ever seen before. We arrived the first evening and were immediately surrounded by the children selling guide books and postcards. Once I left them behind I ...
Very high temple at sunset
This temple has incredibly steep steps and hundreds of tourists came to see the sunset from the top. The way up meant walking close to a bank full of spider's webs covered in the moisture from the air... wasn't completely ...
so much more than Angkor Wat - breathtaking
If, like us, you thought that Angkor Wat was the main attraction in Siem Reap, and maybe even in Cambodia, think again. The Wat is of course utterly breathtaking; we think it ranks higher than any other ancient world monument we have ever seen, and that ...
Temple eaten by jungle!
A very crumbly temple in the jungle which is being torn apart, and also held together, by giant trees... Unfortunately some of the trees are dying because of the number of tourists feet pounding the earth and the roots. The are beginning to restore parts ...
Angkor City
... got a day pass and visited 6 of the many many tombs - Angkor Thom, Bayon, Preah Khan, Ta Prohm (as in the Tomb Raider Tomb), Angkor Wat and Sunset Bakheng. Angkor Wat was amazing, it is so huge compared to the others, and it is well preserved, apart from ...
Angkor 2: The Little Circuit
... kilometers away by raft, which puts it on the scale of the great pyramids of Egypt. Why Angkor Wat has become the national and international face of Cambodia is apparent in its highly preserved state. The jungle has not reclaimed the structure and ...
"Overtempled"
... a labunkban es tobb szaz keppel a memoria kartyan vegeztunk az utolso templommal es szoltunk Shytanak hogy irany haza. Egy Angkor sor mellett probalunk most regeneralodni majd megyunk be a kozpontba vacsorazni meg foglalni a tovabbi utazasunkat. Holnap ...
Jul 15, 2011
Incredible Angkor Wat Temples
... while there was a nice breeze while biking, as soon as we stopped we got drenched. The main temple of Angkor Wat is still in pretty good shape and the intricate stone carvings which are incredible can be pretty well observed. The main ...
Nov 02, 2011
Thanksgiving sunrise in Angkor Wat!
We got up at 4:30am and took a tuk-tuk out to Angkor Wat to see the sunrise. For those of you who don't know, a tuk-tuk is really the local version of a taxi cab and consists of a moped pulling extention in the rear. It can be made of wood and ...
Journey into the Jewel
... this is actually not a temple but a city. It was known as the largest Khmer cities until 17th century and was the capital of Cambodia once upon a time. As we were driving through the gates, we were greeted by 2 rolls of 54 statue each side. On the left ...
Soo a s'day (hello!)
... sure. We also beat some of the crowds and afternoon heat which was a bonus as the temperature rises above 40... After exploring Angkor Wat and learning about the history of Cambodians, their kings, temples and Buddhist and Hindu religions, we were off to ...
Zwiedzajac symbol narodowy Kambodzy
Angkor, czyli zespol swiatyn z XI i XII wieku, odkryty na nowo dopiero pod koniec XIX wieku, jest niesamowity. Fantastyczny, piekny, niezle utrzymany, zrobil na nas piorunujace wrazenie. Dodatkowo bylo zaskakujaco malo innych turystow, wiec miejscami dalo ...
Lever du soleil
... bord d'un bassin royal ? nous oui... Brahma, Shiva et Visnou nous ont offert une météo à rendre jaloux un îlien pacifiste. Au revoir Angkor, nous avons touché tes couleurs et repartons aussi orgueilleux que ton sublime royalisme... ...
Shop around
When you are going to Angkor wat.. Shop around. we/i spent about 45 minutes bargaining with tuk-tuk drivers and we ended up with a good deal. 25 USD for each of us. (2 pers) and that is including 20 USD each in entrance fee. we had a One day trip around.. ...
Angkor Wat
... is, eens met volwassenen te zijn. We zijn om half zes ’s ochtends, bij zonsopgang, begonnen bij het pronkstuk: Angkor Wat. Het ontluikende ochtendlicht schittert fel op de ervoor gelegen vijver, waar je de spiegeling van de tempel in kan ontwaren. ...
The Temples to beat all temples
... to explore due to the sheer size of it. This may be why I wasn't so enthusiastic. I liked the smaller, intimate, easier to explore temples. Angkor Wat has 3 tier kind of levels. We made it to the stairs of the last one and I am stopped due to my vest. I ...
Angkor Wat
... i just couldn't imagine how they completed it all without metal machinery et al! and could only admire their achievements even more. Angkor Wat was built at the height of the Kymer Empire who ruled over lands stretching from the Indus ...
Angkor Where?? Angkor What?!
... that connection...) this one is almost a combination of the two, abit bigger than the Bay urn, but abit more ruined than Angkor Wat, this one however, has got huge trees growing over, through, round and allover, making amazing sections of wall that are ...
Touring Siem Reap & Angkor Wat
... in the 9th century, and are a great way of gauging the architectural progress that was made from this time until the creation of Angkor Wat. Bakong is especially fascinating, as it was built to represent Mt. Neru and dedicated to Shiva, the third deity of ...
I Need A Dollar, Dollar, A Dollar Is What I Need
... hotel complexes which was a major contrast from the shack houses and shops we had already seen and continued to see. I appreciate that Angkor Wat is a massive tourist attraction, but I don't see how they can possibly fill these hotels. It is also a ...
Temples of Angkor - Day 20
... well. Within the temple there are passage ways everywhere and it was a fun maze to walk around and admire. Finally I hit up Angkor Wat itself! It is massive! I was getting quite tired so I just walked around the main grounds (which is ...
Made it!
Today we made the final leg of our challenge from Siem Reap to the ancint city of Angkor Wat. This was the shortest leg of our challenge, so though it was hot and humid again, it just felt like a bit of a jaunt! Siem Reap is the second biggest city in ...
Boarder crossing
Heya We decide that we'd had enough of Thailand and decided to make a run for the boarder to Cambodia. Now we'd heard some pretty bad horror stories about getting across the boarder like buses that went deliberately slow so you had to stay a night in a ...