Cultural Tour of Cambodia

From student Emma Dedman
I am enjoying the trip. I have learned a lot about Cambodian history and culture. We went to Siem Reap for a few days and we saw many temples including Angkor Wat. It was very interesting. Then we went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a few days to visit temples and mosques. Now we are in Vietnam. Tomorrow, we are going to Cuchi Tunnels which were used during the war with Vietnam.

Here is a description of Angkor Wat (pictured above) and other sacred places in SE Asia: "There are two great complexes of ancient temples in Southeast Asia, one at Bagan in Burma, the other at Angkor in Cambodia. The temples of Angkor, built by the Khmer civilization between 802 and 1220 AD, represent one of humankind's most astonishing and enduring architectural achievements. From Angkor, the Khmer kings ruled over a vast domain that reached from Vietnam to China to the Bay of Bengal. The structures one sees at Angkor today, more than 100 stone temples in all, are the surviving remains of a grand religious, social, and administrative metropolis whose other buildings - palaces, public buildings, and houses - were built of wood and have long since decayed and disappeared."