Majestic Angkor

My first international trip in 5 years. This trip was spectacular -- from the pristine islands of Thailand, to the majestic temples of Angkor, and of course, to the beautiful islands of my hometown. Southeast Asia definitely has tons of fantastic sights to ...

... off, as the chances of callopse are serious. As you enter the building you realize how much nature has now taken over the once majestic building.  Vine trees and roots have engulfed parts of the building, and it looks like the series 'attack of the ...

... The temple of Bayon was full of smiling faces carved out of huge boulders and built one on top of the other. Angkor Thom greeted us with a majestic long causeway leading to the entrance of the temple. We were told to walk around the back of this ...

Hetgene niemand mist in Cambodja is Angkor Wat. En volledig terecht. Met een tuk tuk reden we 2 dagen van tempel naar tempel. In het begin dacht ik dat je na een halve dag wel compleet overtempeld zou zijn, maar dat bleek niet zo: alle tempels zijn zo ...

... feat to think of the engineering involved to build it!  (That applies to all the temples, of course, not just Angkor Wat).  There is a gallery or corridor that side has a bas relief running along the wall that has intricate carvings depicting ...

... whole temple complex spans many many square miles, with Angkor Wat as the crown jewel among the other hundreds of temples surrounding it. Angkor Wat is the largest religious building that has ever been built to this day, nothing can touch it, and when it ...

... over several hours.  Today, we covered Angkor Thom, and all the temples within its compound, as well as Ta Prohm aka the Tombraider temple.  I worked this Lara Croft style lol Tomorrow, the majestic Angkor Wat, the eighth wonder of the world ...

... a distant waterfall which had stone carvings on the rock beneath the water . On day 2: the small tour, 9 temples including the majestic Angkor Wat, the mysterious and magical Ta Prohm (film set for Tomb Raider) and the beautiful and serene Baton. I have ...

... Srei as well a distant waterfall which had stone carvings beneath the water . On day 2: the small tour, 9 temples including the majestic Angkor Wat, the mysterious and magical Ta Prohm (film set for Tomb Raider) and the beautiful and serene Baton. I have ...

... of the Angkor complex. We visited many temples that day and I won't bore you with a big list. The grand finale was the majestic Angkor Wat, once the kings capital city and state temple. It is the most famous of all the Angkor sites, probably due to it's ...

... of Ta Prohm, where some of Tomb Raider was shot, the placid waters of Neak Pean, and joined the herd for sunrise at majestic Angkor Wat, mooing with pleasure as the colours changed and the gates to the barn, er, temple, finally swung open. It took two ...

... the solemn grounds of the temple with clear skies overhead.  There, we sat in a contemplative quietness gazing at the majestic outline of Angkor Wat perfectly reflected, a silhouette against a sky that turned from black to purple to pink to blue as ...

... me, I started going around, used my fingers to touch and felt ... cold, rough, ancient  and majestic. This is truly precious heritage of Cambodian. Angkor does not mean only Angkor Wat, still including so many ruins such as Bayon, Ta Prohm, Preah ...

... view of the misty, jungle-covered hillsides, the broad plains below with their mosaic-like rice fields and the majestic towers of Angkor Wat just breaking through the tree-tops was simply breathtaking. That evening, we discovered a fantastic ...

... Both of these sites are much smaller than the previous two.  Ta Prohm was really interesting because it is covered by tall, majestic trees. After Ta Prohm, Kirk and I decided to head back into town.  And it was perfect timing because it started ...

August 19th Ah - the majestic temples of Angkor Wat.  Our current picture count is at 48 pictures that we REALLY want to publish, though we realize that's a little bit of overkill for the average reader.  We're working on cutting it down, but ...

... view.        On our last day visiting the temples we went to see the sun rising over Angkor Wat. Sunrise over these majestic ruins was awe inspiring and well worth the 5am wake up call. Paul and I took breakfast with us and after ...

... Angkor Wat, you will see that they are as impressive as the Great Pyramid at Giza and as intracate as the majestic Taj Mahal. Not to undermine the wonder of Angkor, we weren't as impressed as the time we saw the Pyramids and I suppose in a couple of ...

... -discovered this would have just looked like a river with a dense forest on the other side. You would have no idea of the majestic temples hidden on the other side of the water. When the tuk-tuk stopped, out we jumped, already impressed by the view ...

... one of those decrepit ruins overgrown by massive trees. You've seen them in travel books and vagabonds' image libraries. Very, very impressive, majestic and beautiful. As the sun starts to decline, relieving us of the heat somewhat, we move on to the next ...