Angkor Wat was a definitely highlight of the Southeast Asian portion of our trip - pictured here during a sunless sunrise. Angkor is one of the world's biggest religious building - with its soaring towers and extraordinary bas relief. It is one of the most inspired and spectacular monuments ever conceived by the human mind. However, weather conditions were less than idea during our visit to Angkor - there was a plethora of umbrellas.
The majestic temples and monuments of Angkor, built between 9th and 13th centuries when the Khmer civilization was at the height of its extraordinary creativity, constitutes one of humanity's most audacious architectural achievements. From Angkor, the kings of he Khmer empire ruled once a vast territory that extended from what is now Southern Vietnam northward to Yunnan in China, and from Vietnam westward to the Bay of Bengal.
The hundreds of temples constitute the sacred skeleton of a much larger and spectacular administrative and religious center whose houses, public buildings, and palaces were constructed out of wood - because the right to dwell in structures of brick or stone was reserved for the gods.
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