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Six days in Siem Reap and four visits to the Temples of Angkor. The famed temples are spectacular and some are quite massive. The first temples were built around 800 AD and the building continued for some five hundred years. They were started by a succession of Hindu Kings, but have flipped back and forth between Hindu and Buddist control. The temples sat undiscovered (by Westerners) until the late 19th century. You may be familiar with the iconic images (on the Cambodian flag) of Angkor Wat, or the depiction of Ta Prohm in the movie Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie. The temples are spread out, some are nearly 20 miles or more away from the main concentration near Angkor Wat. We have visited the furthest flung temples of Banteay Srey and Banteay Samre by Taxi, but found bicycling a great way to go around the large and small circuits. In all, we have visited about twelve temples, and we have another dozen we would like to see. We start a volunteer project tomorrow, so our time to visit the Temples may be minimal. We still hope to get that epic sunset photo. Not so keen on the early morning sessions though.
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