Angkor

The great Angkor region of Cambodia is an ancient land where the Khmer Empire built its capital, over a 1200 years ago. The single most notable landmark in the area is the stunning Angkor Wat, built in the 12th century, which stands today as an incredible feat of engineering, and remains the largest temple complex in the world.

But that's not all. There are literally hundreds of temples in the area. Some of them majestic; some of them eerie, invaded and occupied by the jungle for centuries. Siem Reap, Cambodia's fifth largest city, has become the logical starting point for temple trekking, and since Angkor's "rediscovery" by the French in 1901, the area has become one of the most spectacular historical sites in the world.
  • Angkor at dawn
  • Ankor the great  One of the many, many temples in the Angkor region.
  • angkor colorless  Ta Som, a tempe built in the 12th century that has since become overgrown with trees.
  • Angkor explored  Preah Kahn, an expansive 12th century temple complex that welcomes exploration.
  • Monks of Angkor
  • Angkor abandoned  A small, unamed temple in the Jungle.
  • Angkor after dawn  Angkor Wat.
  • Angkor Thom  Bayon, and Angkor Tom, beleived to have housed a population of between 150-200,000 people in the 11th century.
  • Ankor  Pre Rup, one of the older yet still impressive temples of Angkor.
  • Beautiful Angkor  Neak Pean, water temple.
  • Faces of Thom  Faces carved into Bayon
  • Monkey Temple  The hindu temple of Banteay Srei is among the most intricate, yet well preserved in Ankor. As of 2013, it is 1046 years old!
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  • Rainy Angkor  Raining in Preah Khan
  • Thom  Bayon (12th century).
  • Tones of Siem Reap  Siem Reap's lively streets, full of 0.5$ beers and 1$ bbq'd frog.
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  • 969  Thousand+ year old carvings at Banteay Srei.
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  • 1035  Faces in stone.
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  • 1146  Inside Preah Khan
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  • 1164  Red soil roads of the Cambodian countryside
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  • 1184  Colorful bridge crossing in Siem Reap
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  • 1205  Above Siem Reap
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  • 1321  Some of the 200 faces of Bayon.
  • 1231  Carved imagery lining the outer walls of Angkor Wat.
  • 1233  For such a gigantic complex, Angkor Wat is intricate down to the tiniest details.
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  • 1246  The famous steps of Angkor.
  • 1250  Inner courtyard of Angkor Wat.
  • 1252  Inside Angkor Wat.
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  • 1267  For perhaps 500 years, it was monkeys - and not men - that have used Angkor.
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  • 1282  The innermost sections of Angkor.
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  • 1312  "Bayon is...but a muddle of stones, a sort of moving chaos assaulting the sky" -Maurice Glaize, one of the original French archeologists of Angkor.
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  • Angkor 3  Banteay Srei and the Jungle
  • Angkor 4  East Mebon, 953 AD.