Angkor Archaeological Park

So....we spent two days exploring this place:  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/668

One could easily spend days and days and days here, but with 105 degree temperatures and 90% humidity, it's kinda hard to motivate after a few hours!

It is so hard to describe in words the sheer awesomeness of this place. 

Some of these temples are over 1,000 years old, and you can still read the inscriptions in the stones and see the detailed carvings. And thanks to various restoration projects, you can even climb up many of the temples and see the beautiful Cambodian vista from the "top" of their world!

Angkor Wat selfie:

We had an awesome guide, Veasna, who drove us between sites and recounted the history of the temples and of the various Khmer kings. We learned more about the ancient Hindu religious stories than I was expecting! 

It was just spectacular. Like the temples in Egypt, it's hard to believe that humans created these massive structures when they did with the simple tools available at the time.