Angkor Wat, Cambodia

I left off the travelogue at the end of the cruise at which point we had a post cruise tour of the Angkor Wat Temples. It was a long and grueling day when we disembarked early and took a 5 hour coach to Siem Reap. Upon arrival at the gorgeous Victoria Angkor Resort (1st 3 photos) we checked in, had a super quick lunch and immediately went to tour the first set of temples. Picture 4 upper right is a sunset shot of the famous ones with the faces. It was so beautiful that it did make me forget the exhaustion, high heat and humidity for a little while at least.
This famous and enormous complex of temples is our second World Heritage Site of the trip and rightly so as I will say the two, Halong Bay and Angkor Wat are absolutely stunning and the highlights of the trip.

If you are interested the paragraph below is swiped from Wikipedia about the temples.
Thanks for your concern (after the Malaysian air flight on the news) and we will continue our travels as safely as possible.
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Angkor Wat was first a Hindu, then subsequently a Buddhist, temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer KingSuryavarman II in the early 12th century inYasodharapura (Khmer: present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Breaking from theShaivism tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to Vishnu. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.