Hello again.

Angkor Wat is a massive, ancient World Heritage Site located only 5 or 6 kilometres from Siem Reap. It was built in the early 12th Century as a Hindu 'Temple City' (this being the translation of the words Angor Wat).

Very approximately 100 years later it was reconstituted as a Buddhist centre and so it remains today.

There is so much history attached to both this and the other nearby structures that I won't insult anyone by pretending to know much about it all. Look it up on-line, it's fascinating.

I have to say it is a hugely impressive site and very few other places in the world would be as affecting.

We took 314 photos here (and many more at the other nearby locations) so we can only hope the few photos here give you a taste of the majesty of it all.

Pix of Angkor Thom, including Bayon with the huge faces of Avalokiteshvara, and the vine-covered Ta Prohm will be put up later.