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The Mother of all Temples

“The Temples of Angkor – the heart and soul of the Kingdom of Cambodia”

After all the temples I’ve visited throughout SE Asia – None can come close to Angkor Wat! It really doesn’t come any bigger than this. Angkor Wat is one of those places that you have to see before you die! I repeathave to see before you die! Trust me – you wouldn’t want to miss this divine beauty!! It took me four and a half hours just to walk through the entire temple and try to take in the extensive base-reliefs and structure. That’s how massive and astonishing it is!!

Check out my pics and see for yourself  http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdizon 
(The pictures really don’t do it justice though)

Quick facts about Angkor Wat:

– World’s largest religious monument

– Dated early 12th century

– Built w/ Hindu influences dedicated to Vishnu

– Classical style of Khmer architecture

– Oriented to the West

– Total area almost 200 hectares including the moat that surrounds the it.

– 800 m of intricate narrative base-reliefs w/ nearly 2000 apsaras stretched across the outside of the central temple.

Angkor Wat at sunrise



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