Angkor What?

Yo Everybody!

Here's some radness we saw while in Siem Riep.

Angkor Thom is the name of the Capital city of King Jayavarman the 7th, the last of the Khmer Empire, established in the 12th century. In it's center is the temple complex known as "Bayon". This was established as a Buddhist temple, with huge face carvings of Avalokitesvra donning its towers (more than 200 in all). Since its construction, it was converted to Hinduism, and then back to Buddhism.

Angkor Wat is definitely the most well known temple in all of Cambodia. It was completely swollen with tourists, even for sunrise at 5:00 am! Fortunately for us, tourists are lazy, and thus do not venture forth into the internal cloisters for some time. This gave me plenty of time to enjoy the massive stone carvings of Hindu Epics such as the Ramayana. Well worth checking out, especially if you can avoid the droves of tourists.

That's all for now, we're off to Virachey National Park to swim in some extinct volcanoes!

-Chris