Angkor What?

The temples of the old Khmer empires in Angkor (Siem Reap) in Cambodia are truly amazing and a must see for anyone interested in ancient cultures. Beaooooooooutiful country (although I only saw Siem Reap), expensive (and tasteless) food, even more expensive Coca Cola, extremely crazy tuk2 drivers, cars with no license plates, and did I mention the f*#king amazing temples??? Oh, home to some really cute and gorgeous children too! (Maddox is NOT the only cute Cambodian kid around).

For a country ravaged by so much poverty and sadness and cruelty, people there are surprisingly friendly - I suspect the locals secretly consume pizzas everyday (private joke probably only understood by people who have visited the place).

Back to the temples..... too many to see, and too little days. 2 that should NOT be missed are the obvious ones - the world famous Angkor Wat, and the not-so-distant-behind-in-popularity Ta Prohm (due to 2 reasons and 2 reasons alone - Lara Croft's boobies). How did humans build these giant temples with giant stones mined from hundreds and thousands of miles away over 900 years ago? NO FREAKING WAY!!!! Aliens, I tell you. Aliens! And here's my reasons why:

• Restoration works require 200m high cranes to carry and move bricks around
• The biggest religious site on the planet
• 1,000 temples covering about 200 square kms? C'mon!!!
• Structures so large - humanly impossible to make, move, carry, stack, etc.....

Angkor Wat - only one word to describe it - f*#king amazing! Okay, two!
See it to believe it.


NOTE: This blog is dedicated to Lat, our tuk2 driver, who nearly lost his life (and of our friend's too) - no thanks to Italy and France going overtime and all the way to penalty kicks.