Today was my first day touring the ruins. I hired a guide and driver. Once we got started, however, a group of Australians noticed me and asked if they could split the cost of the guide. They were really nice and it was great to have people in a group with the guide.
The sheer size of the complex is mind boggling. The scale of the grounds of just one temple is measured in kilometers. It would take a long time in the heat to walk from one to the other. Even walking around the inside of one was very tiring.
We started with Angkor Thom, which is actually a large walled area containing many temples and other structures. We then drove to Ta Phrom, a temple that has not been cleared of vegetation so it has trees growing out of it. It was made famous when the movie "Tomb Raider" was filmed here. After lunch we go to Angkor Wat, a large temple surrounded by a moat, containing the distinctive 5 towers.
That was a full day. In the evening I went to the "culture show" of traditional Cambodian dancing.
The sheer size of the complex is mind boggling. The scale of the grounds of just one temple is measured in kilometers. It would take a long time in the heat to walk from one to the other. Even walking around the inside of one was very tiring.
We started with Angkor Thom, which is actually a large walled area containing many temples and other structures. We then drove to Ta Phrom, a temple that has not been cleared of vegetation so it has trees growing out of it. It was made famous when the movie "Tomb Raider" was filmed here. After lunch we go to Angkor Wat, a large temple surrounded by a moat, containing the distinctive 5 towers.
That was a full day. In the evening I went to the "culture show" of traditional Cambodian dancing.
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