Siem Reap: Thailand’s Waterloo, perhaps.) It is indeed built on the scale of a city.Īngkor Wat–one of many temples in the area–is the largest religious structure in the world, representing “the completely realized microcosm of the Hindu universe, culminating in Mount Heru”–the home of the gods (Hindu Mount Olympus?). Simply translated “City Temple” the complex covers acres upon acres of cleared jungle a short tukk-tukk drive away from Siem Reap (a city named after a victory over the Siamese: Yeah, we beat them and we named our city thus.
Forty thousand elephants were used in the construction of Angkor Wat, the iconic world-heritage temple complex located in the west-central area of Cambodia.
