Can not deny it: a bit 'my legs tremble with emotion. There are 6 in the morning when we leave the hostel in Siem Reap and forking Our Viner to move 10 km to the north and see the dawn rises on soaring peaks of Angkor Wat, the largest religious complex remained intact in the Khmer-era jungle tropical after the mysterious fall of this huge empire. When watching the sun slowly illuminate the high stupa are caught by a strong suggestion that will continue throughout the day within the walls of the town pride of Cambodia.

We had started to learn about the wonders of Khmer already in the south of Laos, near the town of Champasak where you will find the Wat Phu continuing the discovery of this civilization at Koh Ker.

Today we are faced with the most majestic building, an entire city (Angkor Thom) closed by walls and surrounded by many temples. To see all of your time and attention the hidden jewels in the jungle around Siem Reap would serve at least a week, but since the cost of the ticket we settle for a day of super-concentrated and intense. The first step through the mysteries of Angkor now leads us in the spiritual and spend three to four hours to wander among the stones of Angkor Wat, discovering its majesty in an exciting environment through the cacophony of the dawn in the forest. Few people become a flood when the time gets more normal and then we move east to find the pearls of the most distant Ta Phrom and Banteay Kdey slowly wound among the roots of huge trees that have conquered the sky planting the foundations on rocks that once held up lintels and ceilings.

We enter the fortified town from the east gate when it is already late afternoon, the central square is large and scattered but as soon as we get closer to the Bayon, the second building awareness and importance among those present here, we plunge back among the hordes of tourists in search of photos I remember with one of the 216 enormous faces that decorate its towers. The Baphuon, at the center of the city is still closed after the destruction of the civil war has hit here too.