Cambodia-Angkor Wat

After a few days in Bangkok we took a short one hour flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia to check off a bucket list item: Angkor Wat. While there are hundreds of temples in the Angkor historical area, this one is the biggest and most impressive, as it's the largest religious complex in the world. 

Angkor Wat was commissioned by the King in 1100ad as a temple to the Hindu gods, and was later transitioned to a Buddhist temple. While many other temples in the area are in worse shape, it's believed that the moat around Angkor Wat kept it from being destroyed by the growing jungle.

Our first peek at the structure.

Statue of a Hindu god.

The space is about 500acres.

Sweaty but happy visitors. I should mention that while I never pretend to be a great photographer, the mugginess, rain, and cloudy skies don't make for great pictures. We still took hundreds!

The many rules of Angkor. 

It feels like an adult playground where you can wander around, get lost, find different nooks and crannies. These pictures are actually over two days, we enjoyed it so much the first day we went back for more.

We were not alone. In 1995 Angkor Wat saw 7,000 visitors, in 2014 there were 2 million.