Angkor Wat (Cambodia)

Posted on September 25, 2007
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We gave Cambodia the short shrift on this trip in order to have more time in Vietnam. In retrospect, this was kind of a bad decision as we felt that we spent a little too much time in Vietnam and certainly did not spend enough in Cambodia. As it was, we went to Cambodia for 5 days and focused the trip entirely on the ruins at Angkor Wat, staying nearby in the town of Siem Reap. What you can you say about Angkor Wat without sounding cheesy and starstruck? Nothing really. It was life-changing, incredible, something everyone should do, amazingly beautiful. Does it convey the magnitude of awesomeness to tell you that we took over 600 photos of the place? Maybe and maybe not. Just take my word that if you have any amount of time in your life that you could possibly meld into a trip to Cambodia to see the ruins, DO IT.
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