Awe-inspiring Angkor Wat

From: New Straits Times | Date: March 2, 2003| Author: Bob Holmes | Copyright information


New Straits Times

03-02-2003

Awe-inspiring Angkor Wat
Byline: Bob Holmes
Edition: 2*

Just as we should never meet our heroes to avoid the possibility of disappointment, so the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids and Empire State Building and the like, should all be approached with caution. Impressive hunks of masonry they may be, but a bad hair day is still possible if your arrival coincides with a fleet of tourist buses about to disgorge their occupants, a dus...

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