Armitage Shah Family Travels

  Did you know that Siem Reap Cambodia has 91 temples. Angkor Wat is the largest Temple in the world. The Buddhist and Hindu temples represent places of worship. Most were built from the 9th to 14th century. I loved exploring these wonderful works of art. Angkor Wat is also the largest religious monument on earth. It took 5 million tons of sandstone to build and they had to use 6000 elephants to transport the stone from 50 km away. It is almost 900 years old but has been refurbished. The entrance to the temple is very large and the first thing you see are thousands of detailed hand done carvings. At the top of the temple you could see the whole property of Angkor Wat. After the Angkor Wat we went to the Bayon Temple. It was fascinating because there are 54 pillars. Each pillar has  4 faces, looking north, south, east and west. The Bayon Temple is very open and symmetrical. It has beams holding up the walls due to years of erosion. The temple is in the shape of a pyramid and there are m

  Did you know that Kuala Lumpur has the world's 2nd tallest building. We visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the end of April and saw many fantastic sites. We had an awesome view of the Merdeka 118 ( second tallest building in the world ) from the KL tower . The glass walk was my favorite because I could see how high off the ground I was. We walked up the 272 steps at the batu caves to see the monkeys and the sun peeking through the top of the mountain. The statue in front of the stairs is very tall and detailed      We went up a mountain by cable car at the Genting Highlands and where there was a very large mall and theme park. We were disappointed that we couldn't see the view of the mountains because all of the buildings were blocking it. We were trying to get a photo of the natural mountains but I had to settle for a photo of the theme park mountains. I liked going to the Pewter Museum because of all of the cool figures. Pewter is a metal made from tin, antimony, copper and

  Splash! As we felt the cold water soak into our shirts and cool us off. I quickly grab my water bucket and splash the people around me. This water party is a celebration for the Thai New Year on April 13th. I was very excited  to experience this celebration in Ao Nang, Krabi. The new year is called Songkran and people will splash you with water to wash away the bad spirits. My family and I spent the afternoon celebrating.  We were lucky to catch a ride in the back of a bus with a local family. The bus had 5 massive buckets filled with water. We were driven around town splashing everyone we could see. The roads were filled with families in the back of trucks, people on the sidewalk blasting music and smiling.  I'm so thrilled I was a part of this amazing celebration, Thailand has been my favorite place for cultural experiences.