Cambodia is truly the temple capital of Asia.
Angkor Wat, the biggest temple on the site, is the biggest religious building in the world. Angkor Thom was the biggest Asian metropolis in the 13th century. Ta Prohm is ovverrun with trees (and Chinese people!). Bayon boasts 216 enormous smiling faces and it's decorated with vivid images of 12th century Cambodia.
An amazing expression of Khmer art, god-kings who wanted temple after temple, Buddhism and Hinduism mixed together where the old and the new traditions mix enough to drag people out of bed to watch the sunrise as well as having the locals shouting "2 for 1 dollaaaah" for anything you look at.
Here's some pictures of the 400+ I took in the 2days experience... Also, it looks so much better in real life.
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