Jessica - A trip to Angkor Wat, Cambodia

I went to Cambodia during the Uni holiday. I travelled back to China, where it was winter at that time, so it is a perfect time to go to Cambodia since it stays warm consistently. Angkor Wat is the symbol of Cambodia, and it has a great reserving value for archaeology. It was built with stones without any concrete and steel back then. It was a magnificent project though lots of people died in the process of its creation. Most amazingly, it is built on the water, and Cambodia actually rains a lot. So the ancestor invented a special drainage system to avoid the flood.

When I arrived there, all you could see was a grand palace looking building sitting in front of me. It appears green when from a further distance. There is a small lake located in front of the building which forms a mirror reflecting Angkor Wat in the water, making Angkor Wat even more mysterious and beautiful.

As I visited inside, it was actually a little bit empty and desolate inside and we were just allowed to visit one corner of this giant masterpiece, which create extremely mysterious atmosphere for the room we visited. While the sunset came in, it gave this cold and still building a piece of hope. And we came out again; the outside was like being gold-plated with the sunset. The picture down here is the favorite picture I took with Angkor Wat. The girl was sitting at an edge of Angkor Wat and she was enjoying her time. She was very relaxed and it formed a beautiful painting drawn by natural color but she was the bright spot who gave this stately building a life and made it lively.

Although I prefer travelling to somewhere natural, I am still keen to visit somewhere magnificent. From those places, what you have felt will be different from seeing the nature, which will become admiration of human’s wisdom and enrich your knowledge about different cultures. Overall, the Angkor Wat is a place you must go to learn about the civilization of ancient Asia.