Out visit to Angkor Wat was amazing. The temples are exactly what you’d expect – majestic! Their engineering is absolutely astounding. No surface is unadorned with some of the most intricate carvings around. Many of the temples are being ‘rescued’ from Mother Nature, as the forests have been left to almost overrun the temples in some places. But, they show a darker – the Khmer Rouge used the temples as strongholds and fortresses and the temples testify to this with many edifices pockmarked by machine gun fire.
Please has returned though, and many of the temples are actively used by Buddhist monks who arrive daily…
