Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat is the largest of all the temples here in Siem Reap. It took only 36 years to complete. It was built in the 12'th century. The scale and detail is beyond description. The king at the time ( I can't remember his name) hired an amazing architect who along with the high priests designed this place of worship. There were over a million people who worked on it's construction. Angkor was the capital of Cambodia until the mid 1500's when it moved to Phnom Penh because of the trade routes. The religion for the temple started out as Hindo but it became Buddist. Cambodia today is primarily all Buddist.


That is the Angkor Wat temple beyond the west entrance gate. This moat was hand dug of course and is 100 meters wide and goes around the entire temple. That must have been a full time job for many of those laborers back in 1100.


This is the largest carved relief in the world. It is over a kilometer when including all four sides.


One of the towers inside the main temple





A library on the grounds of Angkor Wat


This is just the entrance to the main temple


All the relief tell of story's of the time.


Leaving from the east side.





Another temple that they call the jungle temple.


This is where they filmed Tomb Raider in 2001 with Angolina Jolie.


We had a great guide for both days. His name is Prom. He is 33 has 2 kids 8 & 5 and has speaks amazing english.





This is inside Victoria Hotel in Siem Reap where we are staying 3 nights. michael knows the general manager and gave us a real friend & family discount.


We are living large....

Location:Siem Reap