CAMBODIA
Near the border between
Thailand and Cambodia
Many people take all sort
of goods across the border from Thailand to Cambodia
Girl selling snails
Vendors at work
Little shop with fresh
fruit
One of many petrol
stations
This school has only one
classroom
Monks collecting alms
Angkor Wat. This is the
largest religious building in the world
Angkor is visited by about 1 million tourists every year
Angkor Wat was built in
XII century. At that time, the city had 1 million inhabitants!
One modern engineer
estimated it would take 300 years to complete Angkor Wat today
It took 40 years to build
by people who lived 8 centuries ago
Inside Angkor Wat
Churning of the Ocean of
Milk, the most famous of Angkor's bas-reliefs
Next we went to the
fortified city of Angkor Thom. Elephant rides are an option here
Young vendors. They are
very smart and speak good English
These girls were just
playing