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Siem Reap, Cambodia

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We visited Seim Reap for four days to visit Angkor Wat and many of the other ancient Khmer temples nearby.

Gate of Angkor Thom, Cambodia...

Angkor Wat

Angkor, Cambodia 1999 #1 by Andreas H. Bitesnich

Banteay Srei (Citadel of Beauty), 10th Century. Taken by Talmadge O'Neill

Strangler Fig Tree known as the Tomb Raider Tree at Ta Prohm outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Taken by Talmadge O'Neill

Strangler Fig Tree known as the Crocodile Tree at Ta Prohm outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Taken by Talmadge O'Neill

One of multiple gates into Angkor Thom near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Taken by Talmadge O'Neill.

Apsara Dancing Costume

Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia by Teri Lou

by John McDermott

Angkor Thom gate by John McDermott.

Bayon Faces by John McDermott

Solar eclipse at Angkor Wat, 1995 by John McDermott

Cambodian basket

Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia

10th century Banteay Srei (temple of women)

Carving at Banteay Samre. Banteay Samre was built in the 12th century and is one of the few fortified temples surrounded by a moat and has well-preserved bas-reliefs of the Vishnu legends.

A sunset at Bakong Temple, in the Roluos Group.

Pre Rup is a temple mountain of brick, laterite and sandstone erected in 961 AD.

Ta Som with a strangler Fig enveloping an entrance

Statue at Tam Som, a Buddhist temple surrounded by a series of concentric moats

Neak Poan in the middle of an artificial lake featuring a motif of two coiled serpents

Banteay Kdei

At Preah Khan temple

The abandoned monastery of Ta Prohm is visually arresting with its towering silk-cotton trees whose giant roots have invaded and overwhelmed the ruins, ensnaring and toppling vast blocks of stone.

Bayon, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat

One of Twenty-Three towers of Angkor Thom, one of the largest sub cities within Angkor Wat.

Heads of Kings and Heads of Buddhas at the entryway to one of Angkor Wat's grand gates in Cambodia.

Angkor Wat

There are many temples beyond Angkor Wat in the vicinity.

Traveling in a remork

Pool suite at the Amansara, formerly the guest villa of King Norodom Sihanouk

Shadow puppetry

Monk

The highlight will be to see Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temple complex in the world, built in the early 12th century