Travel
Banteay Srei 2
Like most Khmer temples, Banteay Srei is oriented to the east. Four eastern Gopuram is all that remains of the outer wall. Just to the left is a dam 67 meters from the remnants of the corridor on both sides of the United Gopuram with the third body. The third body is 95 to 110 meters, covered with Gopuram and has laterite walls on the east and west. The main part of the territory is inside the third body of the ditch, it is divided into two parts by the walls on the east and west.
Temples of Angkor
Angkor is a complex of ancient temples, which was the capital of the Khmer empire for a long time from the 9th to the 15th century AD. The ruins of the temples of Angkor are located amid forests and farmland to the north of Tonle Sap Lake, near modern Siem Ripa. In the nineties of the 20th century the temples of Angkor monuments were listed in UNESCO World Heritage Site. Angkor temples are scattered over a very large area and are considered the largest religious monument in the world. Many of the temples of Angkor have been restored, and together they constitute as a collection of Khmer architecture and are a monument to one of the greatest civilizations
The Museum of landmines
The Museum of landmines (Landmine museum) was set up with local deminers Aki Ra (Aki Ra) in 1998, to familiarize local residents and tourists danger of land mines. The creator of the museum Aki Ra orphan in the early 80's at the age of 7 years was one of the Khmer Rouge, then fought in the Vietnamese army, and beginning in 1989, the Cambodian army. In 1995, he began clearing areas and in 1998 created a small educational center and museum. He works in Siem Reap, prvintsiyah Oddar, and Banteay Meanchey, but lately it's more likely work in Poipet, near the border with Thailand.
His work and all that he does for his country does not find great support from local authorities, who have tried many times to close the museum, on the pretext that he was afraid of tourists who travel to Cambodia, was subjected to persecution in matters of licensing and storage of weapons on the territory, accused of selling weapons and collecting it for use against the government.
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