Angkor is a region in Cambodia that served as the seat of the powerful Khmer Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia. According my Lonely Planet Angkor is one of the most impressive ancient sites on earth, with the epic proportions of the Great Wall of China, the detail and intricacy of the Taj Mahal and the symbolism and symmetry of the Egyptian pyramids all rolled into one. The hundreds of temples surviving today are but the sacred skeleton of the vast poilitical, religious and social centre of the ancient Khmer empire. Angkor was a city that boasted a population of one million during 1010-1220. I found it immensely impressive to explore these multitude of ruin temples.
The principal temple of the Angkorian region, Angkor Wat, was built between 1113 and 1150 by King Suryavarman II
Sunset
Sunrise at Angkor Wat
The ruined temples are now guarded by monkeys
The eastern entrance gate to Angkor Thom, the capital city of the Khmer empire covering an area of 9 km^2
Bayon, the state temple of Jayavarman VII
The Bayon is decorated with 1.2 km of bas-reliefs, depict everyday life of the 12th-century in Cambodia
The Bayon consist of 37 standing towers decorated with enormous smiling faces representing the king as the Bodhisattva Lokesvara (embodying the compassion of all Buddhas)
Located inside the ancient Royal Palace compound, the Phimeanakas served as the king’s temple
Ta Phrom is cloaked in dappled shadow with its crumbling towers and walls locked in the slow muscular embrace of trees. Both Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones Temple of Doom were filmed here.
Wondering Nomads 