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There are many tourist spots in Southeast Asia. Cambodia is one of them. This place has numerous towns which are equally popular among tourists. Siem Reap is one of these towns. Location of Siem Reap is in the Siem Reap Province of Cambodia. This place is within reach from the Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport. Location of Siem Reap is prominent because it is the place of Angkor Wat. If you ask anyone then they would be able to tell you the direction to this town. Reaching to this location is easy due to the availability of various international airliners to this place. You will get flights from Bangkok, Singapore, Phnom Penh and Kuala Lumpur. All these flights come to the Location of Siem Reap. Reaching Siem Reap is also possible by boat. You can hire these boats from Phnom Penh. The journey is not very expensive rather it is quite reasonable. Transport to Siem Reap is, therefore, easy to get. The transport would help you undertake a comfortable journey. If you are one of the adventurous types then you can take the land route from Phnom Penh and the border of Thailand. This is another way of entering Siem Reap. There are many interesting places here that will take much of your time to survey. A list of these places is given below: Angkor Wat is the most famous of them all. This temple was built by King Jayavardhan VII. It is one of the most famous temples in the world. This place was built during 12th century. There is a statue of Lord Vishnu here. You can also visit the Bayon Temple in Siem Reap. It is inside Angkor Tom. There are many other temples inside this spacious Angkor Tom. This temple too was completed during the reign of King Jayavarman VII. In this temple you will see a combination of Buddhist and Hindu beliefs. There are different images of Bodhisattva here. Bodhisattva was the incarnation of Gautam Budhha. Terrace of the Leper King too was built by King Jayavarman VII, in fact it was he who built most of the temple that you can see in Angkor Tom. This temple has images of mythological characters like Garuda and Kabandha, a giant. Terrace of the Elephant is another interesting place in the Angkor Tom. King Jayavarman VII used to listen to meet his citizens here.
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