Saturday and Sunday I was in Cambodia. My plan was to see Angkor and the temples there.
By lucky coincidence my hotel was across the street from the
Angkor National Museum. So I spent Saturday afternoon looking through the exhibits there. This is an excellent museum! It has a guided floor plan that introduces Buddhism and Hinduism, the "historical periods" that Angkor's temples, their architecture, statues and engravings span and the distinctive characteristics of each period. Then it leads you through exhibits illustrating each of these things.
It also has very good multimedia presentations that all worked. And all could be played in a number of languages including English, Khmer, Japanese and Chinese. I'm certain there were additional options on the language menu I just didn't recognize what languages they were.
On Sunday it was off to Angkor. Our guide made clear that Angkor Wat is a specific temple site within the city of Angkor. So... off to Angkor.
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| Ta Prom temple detail |
One piece of trivia our guide passed on, one of the Ta Prom temples was featured when filming Raiders of the Lost Ark. I'll let the pictures do the talking from here.
You can find a
map of Angkor here. Or see
Google Maps satellite view here.
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