Angkor Wat

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Cows at the moat surrounding Angkor Wat
View from the left of the sandstone causeway to Angkor Wat. All the other temple seem very small compared to Angkor Wat. It is the largest and best preserved of all the temples. Walking the 190m causeway to the outer wall of Angkor you are in awe of this overwhelming structure. When you're through the outer wall a 475m long avenue leads to the central temple passing two libraries and two pools.
Everybody does it The experience left a lasting impression on me since the avenue was lined with begging landmine victims.

Just before entering the temple itself it was time to pose for "the holiday snapshot".
Galleries of Angkor wat Stretching around the outside the central temple complex is an 800m long gallery featuring bas reliefs (see below for an example). Imagine the time and effort it must have took for it to be made!

According to one scholar "the visitor who walks the causeway to the main entrance and through this into the courtyards to the final main tower, which once contained a statue of Vishnu, is metaphorically travelling back in time to the first age of the creation of universe."
Well whatever it may be, you won't be untouched when you stand in one of the towers and look around the Angkor complex when the sun sets.

Angkor is still used by Buddhist monks.
Smiling Monk
Bas relief

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