During a recent long weekend, we managed to do a short trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, famous for the impressive Angkor Temples and ruins of the ancient Khmer civilisation. Angkor Wat is probably the most famous part of the enormous complex. The whole site is stretched over several square kilometers and temples can be very far apart. We were there for 2,5 days so focused on some of the highlights but still managed to visit a few temples farther afield. The heat was unforgiving so we had to sweat it out during our trips. Highlights include: Angkor Wat (central temple complex representing the universe), Angkor Thom (walled temple complex with Bayong temple, famous for the giant carved faces), Banteay Strei (Lady temple, a small but exquisite temple 20km out), Roluos temple group (with Bakong temple), Preah Khan and the fantastic Tha Phrom, offering great photo opportunities due to the fact that several trees have grown in and on the buildings (fans of Lara Croft-Tomb Raider will know that this temple was prominently featured in the movie, or so we were told). There are many more sites to visit, but you have to make choices in life... Attached a few random pictures of our trip.
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