Ta-Prohm

17th May 2010 The most popular place to witness sunrise is at Angkor Wat, and although we normally do our utmost to avoid the masses, sometimes you just have to go with the flow. After all, these things are generally popular for good reason. We arrived at the entrance to Angkor Wat about half past five in the morning and it was already begining to get light. There were quite a few people walking across the sandstone causeway into the central temple complex, but as it is currently low season, the numbers were not overwhelming. ...

16th May 2010 We had arranged with our new tuk-tuk driver to set off around 9am this morning and head out to explore some of the ancient temples of Angkor. Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer empire, which flourished from approximately the ninth century to the thirteenth century. The ruins of Angkor are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle Sap) and south of the Kulen Hills, near modern-day Siem Reap, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat, said to be the world’s largest single religious monument. ...