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    A Palace fit for a king

    FRANCE | Thu, 10 Sep 2015 | By kakimono | Views [633]

    On Sunday, we met in Paris to catch the RER to Versailles. Besides the people in the program and the tour guide Guillaume, we were accompanied by Stephanie’s sister, Erin’s husband and two children, and Cambria’s parents. Cambria’... Read more >

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    The Angkor Wat is the largest religious complex in the world and trying to cover everything within a single day is never justified. I had the luxury of visiting different parts of the complex on multiple visits spread out over an entire week. Visitors should never approach the complex as a tourist attraction but rather as a sacred temple built in honour for their king who was also their god. As you step through the stone arches and ascend upwards, imagine the intricate wooden carvings that used to adorn the gateways, the thick scent of incense swirling through the air, priests in ceremonial robes cleansing washing their hands in the pools of water drawn straight from the river, all of which are distant wishful memories of a once vibrant city only to be filled with bus loads of tourists today. : by mahenbala, Views[706]
    The Angkor Wat is the largest religious complex in the world and trying to cover everything within a single day is never justified. I had the luxury of visiting different parts of the complex on multiple visits spread out over an entire week. Visitors should never approach the complex as a tourist attraction but rather as a sacred temple built in honour for their king who was also their god. As you step through the stone arches and ascend upwards, imagine the intricate wooden carvings that used to adorn the gateways, the thick scent of incense swirling through the air, priests in ceremonial robes cleansing washing their hands in the pools of water drawn straight from the river, all of which are distant wishful memories of a once vibrant city only to be filled with bus loads of tourists today.

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