Angkor

Khmers fall asleep, Angkor wakes up.

Angkor Wat before dawn

A massive flow of tourists arrives in Cambodia, in the small city of Siem Reap, to wake up at 4 in the morning and go watch the sunrise over the ancient temple.

Tourists waiting for sunrise at an Angkor temple The silhouette of Angkor Wat at dawn Sunrise over an ancient temple at Angkor

Well, the author also got up in the middle of the night and went to see it. No matter how “touristy” this place may be, it’s still really cool here.

Angkor Wat in the morning

Angkor is an enormous temple complex, built by the ancient Khmer Empire in honor of the god Vishnu.

The Angkor temple complex of the ancient Khmer Empire

The reader might ask, “Rly that big?” I don’t even know what to compare it to. The total area, including forests and lakes, is 400 square kilometers. Is that a lot or a little?

Is 400 square kilometers in Angkor

This, reader, is just 2 times smaller than Moscow within the Ring Road.

The vast grounds of Angkor

Can you imagine what it would be like if such an area were completely filled with churches? The priests would have to ride their processions on motorcycles all day.

The vast grounds of the Angkor temple complex Stone towers of a temple at Angkor The walls of Angkor Wat A temple gallery at Angkor

You can explore the ruins of Angkor endlessly.

Temple ruins at Angkor

Somewhere around here they filmed Lara Croft.

Trees growing on Angkor ruins where Lara Croft was filmed Tree roots over temple walls at Angkor A jungle-covered temple at Angkor

It’s astonishing that Europeans only became aware of this place in the mid-19th century.

Ancient ruins in the Cambodian jungle Fallen temple stones at Angkor A stone passage in the Angkor ruins

Reader, please forgive me. I don’t know how to comment on this beauty. It would be better if you read about Angkor yourself. I’ll just show you some photos.

The ruins of Angkor An ancient Khmer temple at Angkor Stone temple walls at Angkor Temple ruins among trees at Angkor A temple tower at Angkor A temple courtyard at Angkor Stone blocks of an ancient temple in Cambodia The Angkor temple complex Old ruins at Angkor An opening in a temple wall at Angkor An Angkor temple in the jungle A ruined temple at Angkor Ancient structures of Angkor A stone temple from the Khmer era Ruins on the Angkor grounds Overgrown ruins at Angkor A view of a temple at Angkor The approach to a temple at Angkor

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Temple buildings of Angkor
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