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Cambodia -- Angkor Wat
 

Below I've created a clickable "photo guide" to the Angkor sites I visited. Click on each site to bring up an photo album, with commentary about each site. When you're done with each album, simply close the window to come back for more! I hope this will encourage more people to really visit and spend the time at Angkor, a place that should be high on the list of every traveler.


1.Angkor Wat
map of angkor wat
(Thanks to NASA for the original image)

5.Phnom Bakheng

2.Bayon

6. Ta Keo

3.Ta Prohm

7. Preah Khan

4.Angkor Thom

8. Preah Rup
 

9. Beng mealea

10. Bantey Srei

11. Kbal Spean

12. Siem Reap
 
Siem Reap Angkor Wat Beng mealea Preah Rup Ta Prohm Ta Keo Phnom Bakheng Bayon Angkor Thom, the walled city Preah Khan Kbal Spean Bantey Srei

As you can see, Angkor is HUGE. Like most people, I first heard about "Angkor Wat," the temple which shares its name with the city ("wat" means temple). But there is much much more to see here than just that. To give you a sense of the scale of the lost city of Angkor, take a look at these side by side images of Angkor and New York City:

satellite photo of angkor wat

If I had truly appreciated the size of Angkor before my trip, I would have planned to spend more than three days there. I was only just starting to get a sense of this entire lost civilization, in which the royal court traveled by elephant and the kings welcomed Budhists and Hindus alike into these grand temples...

Links to other sites about Angkor:

  • The Angkor Guide -- A free download and an extensive coverage of Angkor sites. The guide is based on a 50-year old book, but thousand-year-old ruins don't change much in 50 years!
  • APSARA -- The official management company of the Angkor Archeological Park.
  • The Angkor Wikipedia entry has a pretty good high-level overview of the site's history and main temples.

Also, check out my Phnom Penh page.

 


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