Angkor

If there's one "must-see" in Cambodia, it's Angkor. It's difficult to describe in a few words...
What is called Angkor today, are the remnants of the temples of the city with the same name, the center of the old Khmer empire. Angkor covered at its height I don't know how many square kilometers and about 1 million people were living there. Most of this is gone, as houses, palaces and most other buildings were constructed of wood. Stone was reserved for the temples...
The Khmer god-kings constructed Angkor between the 9th and the 13th century. What is left today, is one of the most impressive and fascinating archaeological sites on this planet. To get more than a glimpse of the temples and take an closer look at the marvels designed and constructed so many centuries ago, one needs easily three days... to discover some more remote sites, scattered all around Siem Reap and other provinces, one could spend a week or two... and there is much more all over Cambodia...
If you would like to get an idea of what Angkor is like, take a look at www.theangkorguide.com, which is still the definite guide and can be downloaded for free. To see some photos, employ your search engine... I didn't find a website I really liked, but then I also didn't spend much time searching...

Sorry to make it that short, but Angkor is too impressive to describe in a few minutes... the best is to try everything to make it there one day...