by Dan Haneveer
Recently a tweet pointed me to a Times Online article The Worlds 5 Most Overrated Tourist Sites I hardly think any of them are actually overrated, in fact the complaints were less about the sites themselves and more about crowds and money.
Angkor Wat, glaringly omitted from Hillmans new 7 wonders of the world was listed, the complaint being the crowds. “Unfortunately, there’s no escaping the crowds here.” Put simply, Wrong! Absolutely the crowds are abundant but the suggestion they are inescapable is laughable, the thing about Angkor and Angkor Wat itself is its size. The crowds at Angkor unsurprisingly congregate and they do so mainly in 2 or 3 points on the causeway leading to the temple main. Cambodia is hot and at the risk of offending some the walk for package tourists from the moat entrance all the way to the temple is out of the comfort zone of many, take your snaps at those vantages and quickly move along and you’ll soon find the number of tourists is far more tolerable, crowd attrition only increases with the introduction of steps, it’s no guarantee though, especially during high season.
Read the rest of Dan’s article HERE.
