Angkor Wat

OMG what a day! Our chauffeured Vespas picked us up from the hotel at 7.30am and off we zoomed via roads and tracks to Angkor Wat. The sheer scale of the temple complex is incredible and words cannot do it justice. Angkor Wat means the city which is a temple. The sandstone was carried there from 45km away by bamboo rafts on the river then by elephants on land. Then the temples were built over many years and adorned with detailed carvings depicting gods, battles etc.
There was a very steep wooden staircase to climb up to the top level where you could walk around all the towers and see for miles around. The central temple used to be surrounded by a village of wooden houses for 12,000 people. The wooden houses are long gone and in their place are many tall trees. Over the centuries the temple buildings have suffered some natural decay, but there is a UNESCO restoration programme to safeguard the structure as well as replace the carvings.Meer informatie