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February 11, 2007
Ankor Wat Temples Day 1
We've been in Siem Reap for a while now and so obviously we had to go to see the Temples of Ankor Wat. They are the Pride and Joy of The Kingdom of Cambodia. Ankor Wat is on the Cambodian flag, they have a beer named after it, they have cigarettes named after it, and it is quite rightly seen as one of Cambodias greatest achievments
I had a quick look in the guide book before we set off but it was all very complex so we decided just to go and look.
You see Ankor Wat from the road, driving towards it. It's just imense, rising out of the man made lake surrounding it, but we were going to Phnom Bakheng, to watch the sunset. We got there pretty early and had a nice walk round the path to the foot of the temple. I din't appreciate how big they were until standing at the bottom of the steps. Now if it was England, there'd be a big fence right around it, with no touching, walking on or climbing, but here you're free to do whatever you want. So we started to climb. The steps were massive, and very steep, don't know how they don't have accidents. The view from the top was pretty amazing, and so was the temple. Every single block of stone had some kind of intricate carving.
We had a good look aroung and sat down to wait for the sunset. In the meantime, the people started to arrive, there must have thousands, and none of then seemed that interested in the actual temples.
Posted by admins at February 11, 2007 4:49 AM