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In the words of Chinese traveler Chou Ta Kuan who lived in Angkor for a year in the 13th century: “When the king goes out, troops lead the escort; then come flags, banners and music. Palace women, numbering from three to five hundred, wearing clothes decorated with flowers, with flowers in their [...]
My English language guide to the Angkor temples, Spotlight Angkor, published in 2011 by Moon Books, has been reviewed by gonna.com.
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“Moon Spotlight Angkor Wat is a 60-page compress beam covering the most appropriate of this Cambodian city, together with the superfluous temples of Angkor — Phnom Wat Bakheng, Thomanon, and [...]
Tom Vater’s Moon Spotlight Angkor is available now.
This 60 page guide to the magnificent Angkor temples in Cambodia is part of Tom Vater’s Moon Cambodia Handbook, published in February 2010.