Cambodia - The Temples of Angkor, 2006

>Our visit to Cambodia was specifically to visit the Angkor complex of temples, including the famous Angkor Wat. Thus, we flew directly to Siem Reap, the town closest to the Angkor complex.

The Angkor temples are stretched across more than 20 km. Most were built around the 12th century as Hindu temples, but became Bhuddist monuments in the 14th century, when the Khmer people adopted Bhuddism as their dominant religion.

The temples of Angkor were reclaimed by the jungle centuries ago, and it was only in the 19th century that they were rediscovered.

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1. Approaching Angkor Wat	2. Angkor Wat	3. Stairs to a tower within Angkor Wat	4. Locals inside Angkor Wat	5. Buddha inside Angkor Wat
6. Angkor Wat carvings	7. Row of carved figures at the South Gate of Angkor Thom	8. Carved faces above the South Gate to Angkor Thom	9. Carvings in the Bayon temple	10. Five Bayon faces
11. A Bayon face	12. Three faces of Bayon	13. Bayon carved face	14. Bayon carved face	15. Bayon carved face
16. Ta Prohm carving	17. Ta Prohm collapsed building	18. Ta Prohm tree and building	19. A Ta Prohm tree	20. Ta Prohm tree
21. Ta Prohm tree	22. Phnom Bakheng	23. Phnom Bakheng stairs	24. Banteay Srey temple	25. Banteay Srey carvings
26. Pre Rup temple	27. Sabine on Pre Rup stairs

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