Michael Pluznick » angkor wat

Back in the Bay Area of Northern California, cold but beautiful!

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:02:34 +0000

Hi everyone. I am back from my trip to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It was a great trip visitng lot’s of beautiful places, meeting some very friendly people, seeing some new temples, beautiful scenery and great weather, too! I was very lucky.

Angkor Wat Temple City Sacred Temples

I really enjoyed going to all the temples and sacred sites in Asia. Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple city was truly amazing and I highly recommend [...]

Bayon Temple in Angkor Wat Temple City,Cambodia

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:50:57 +0000

Dating from the 12th century, Bayon Temple is the spectacular central temple of the ancient city of Angkor Thom. The complex is located just to the north of the famous Angkor WatBuilt around 1190 AD by King Jayavarman VII, Bayon is a Buddhist temple but it incorporates elements of Hindu cosmology. Angkor Thom was built as a square, the sides of which run exactly north to south and east to west. Standing in [...]

Angkor Wat (Temple) in Cambodia

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:16:33 +0000

Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angor Cambodia, built for the king Suryavaraman ll in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city.

A photo of the famous Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia

As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation—first Hindu, dedicated to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. The temple is the epitome of [...]