Angkor Wat - written by Katie

             Ankgor Wat!

Now Ankgor Wat is not just your normal temple… it is huge, it’s like the biggest temple I’ve ever seen in my life! Its 640,000 square metres on the outside walls. You know how I said ‘the biggest temple’ it is actually the WORLD’S biggest religious temple.

 

We ride on a tuk tuk to it; we went through some jungles and villages to get there. When I saw it my first impressions were: Wow, amazing, huge, awesome, and ancient. We had a tour guide which was very good, because he told stories and facts like these:

·      If you mucked up the carving you would get your head chopped off.

·      It is 1000 years old.

·      They used a lifting thing to lift up heavy stones.

 

Around it was a huge moat; it had a long bridge probably about 70 metres. There were a lot of things to take pictures of; here are my top 5 favourite pictures I took.

 

Writing in Cambodian. 

 Monks at the temple!

 Amazing Carvings.

 

 

looking down temple hallways!

We had lots of fun exploring around: Ankgor Wat , Ankgor Thom, Elephant Terrace and lots more.. (pictures down below of other temples)

 

 Ta Prohm, where Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones was filmed!

Angkor Thom, Bayon, smiling faces

I had a great day exploring around Siem Reap’s countryside as well. I would absolutely recommend this if you ever go to Siem Reap.