Exploring Angkor Wat - Out and About

The name Angkor Wat is synonymous with travel, adventure, and Cambodia. However, a common misconception is that it's just one site. In reality, Angkor Wat serves the most iconic part of a larger, 400 square kilometer (154.4 sqmi) archeological park. The hallowed grounds are considered one of the most important in Southeast Asia and chronicle the Hindu and Buddhist beliefs of the Khmer Empire between the 9th and 15th centuries.
In this first installment of Out and About, I take you on a four-day journey through Angkor Wat Archeological Park. The episode begins at sundown on our arrival day and trip to the park to obtain admission tickets and a breathtaking sunset inside one of the temples. We then return to Angkor Wat the following morning to explore the famous UNSECO site World Heritage site and Little Circuit. Day two focuses on completing the previous day's task as well as seeing other temples on the Big Circuit, culminating with a return visit to Angkor Wat as the sun fades into oblivion.
Our final day inside the park began well before sunrise. Staking out ground beside one of two reflecting pools in front of Angkor Wat, we waited patiently for the sun to rise. Getting there early was key, as hundreds of people try to out do one another for that perfect shot. From there, we traveled to the extreme reaches of the park for some of the lessor known sights, that were in many ways just as beautiful, if not more so than Angkor Wat.
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  • @waterflowzz
    @waterflowzz10 жыл бұрын

    It is interesting how many ppl around the world have been brainwashed to think cambodia was a civilization of "barbarians" but the detailed and intricate art and architecture of cambodia tell a different story. I could only imagine how life would have been like there back in history. Awesome video as always. Thanks for sharing with the world.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    It was my pleasure waterflowzz . This was an amazing place and I'm happy to have been able to show folks a little about it.

  • @sunspiral79
    @sunspiral795 жыл бұрын

    Wow..The last temple...Its just incredible..Its hard to believe somebody carved that with their hands. Its just amazing...Breathtaking

  • @ericswanson8794

    @ericswanson8794

    Жыл бұрын

    The small and smaller doors means that you have to bow down when entering the compound showing respects (according to a tour guide).

  • @Veangtola
    @Veangtola9 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for visit my country .....at Angkor wat

  • @HappyJiyoung
    @HappyJiyoung5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing! Great work and effort and love you put together!!!! THANK YOU! I am gonna visit Angkor Wat soon! Can't wait to see in person! :)

  • @kietlim2964
    @kietlim2964 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your video. ! Very good job ! I like that. ! Thanks again. !

  • @NarithOm
    @NarithOm10 жыл бұрын

    I will go visit Angkor wat again and again.

  • @dewwicool
    @dewwicool9 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video Steve! You made me want to visit Angkor wat!

  • @ItsSteveMiller
    @ItsSteveMiller10 жыл бұрын

    The name Angkor Wat is synonymous with travel, adventure, and Cambodia. However, a common misconception is that it’s just one site. In reality, Angkor Wat serves the most iconic part of a larger, 400 square kilometer (154.4 sqmi) archeological park. The hallowed grounds are considered one of the most important in Southeast Asia and chronicle the Hindu and Buddhist beliefs of the Khmer Empire between the 9th and 15th centuries. In this first installment of Out and About, I take you on a four-day journey through Angkor Wat Archeological Park. The episode begins at sundown on our arrival day and trip to the park to obtain admission tickets and a breathtaking sunset inside one of the temples. We then return to Angkor Wat the following morning to explore the famous UNSECO site World Heritage site and Little Circuit. Day two focuses on completing the previous day’s task as well as seeing other temples on the Big Circuit, culminating with a return visit to Angkor Wat as the sun fades into oblivion. Our final day inside the park began well before sunrise. Staking out ground beside one of two reflecting pools in front of Angkor Wat, we waited patiently for the sun to rise. Getting there early was key, as hundreds of people try to out do one another for that perfect shot. From there, we traveled to the extreme reaches of the park for some of the lessor known sights, that were in many ways just as beautiful, if not more so than Angkor Wat. Video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h41tsNpmfZPYpNo.html #AngkorWat #Cambodia #Travel

  • @victoriakelley9462

    @victoriakelley9462

    10 жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic Steve Miller!

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ***** . It was a great experience and I'm quite happy with the way this episode. Now I need to focus on the location for the next one!

  • @victoriakelley9462

    @victoriakelley9462

    10 жыл бұрын

    This is the first time I've seen the famous Jo in a video! Tell her I said HI! :D

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    I will do so ***** !

  • @JonMadsen70

    @JonMadsen70

    10 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video Steve Miller!!

  • @subriany
    @subriany10 жыл бұрын

    Is this spontaneous narration? If so, you have a natural talent. Love your oral presentation. This is better than National Geographic. It is amazing the amount of work you put into these and the quality you achieve. Thanks for sharing. You and your wife are a team of 50 people. Production, narration, cinematography, presentation, editing, dubbing, writing, etc. Sorry if I went overboard, I am that impressed.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for such great comments. The comments in the park are all spontaneous and unscripted.

  • @asihyulianti5797
    @asihyulianti57977 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the video for me to a little guide for explore in a little time.

  • @jayejaye1543
    @jayejaye15437 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing! thanks for posting!

  • @paulturner251
    @paulturner2518 жыл бұрын

    Great VLOG. Can't wait for my 5 night trip to the park...now armed with the knowledge of what not to miss.

  • @karnikamehta1355
    @karnikamehta13559 жыл бұрын

    Great video Steve.I went there in dec 2014 and forgot all the names.This vedio brought back all the memories and now i am going to caption all my pictures.Thx

  • @varukerbrains
    @varukerbrains8 жыл бұрын

    Great vid. Love your passion and explanations.

  • @medianewstravel4694
    @medianewstravel46947 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your Amazing Video about my Country Cambodia Angkor Wat

  • @marknewman4797
    @marknewman47977 жыл бұрын

    Great, very informative video...I will be there in a few weeks...can't wait!

  • @vsonk2
    @vsonk25 жыл бұрын

    I love your video very much. You show it very details of carvings. I am enjoying your video. It is awesome Angkor Wat. Thank you very much for sharing!!!

  • @veeravenkata2757
    @veeravenkata27577 жыл бұрын

    Wow man what a Wonder full Exploration...... VERY interesting to hear u

  • @allanmoore4840
    @allanmoore484010 жыл бұрын

    What a video....masterpiece!

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Glad you really enjoyed this Allan Moore !

  • @RogsMyJRT
    @RogsMyJRT10 жыл бұрын

    Steve, your video is amazing. I'm looking forward to more videos in this series.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Glad you had fun with this one!

  • @sapounngin2237
    @sapounngin22378 жыл бұрын

    Nice video sir. Good job. I been there four time. I LOVE ANGKOR WAT.

  • @calendulaxyz
    @calendulaxyz8 жыл бұрын

    Thank u Steve. U have inspired us more. We are visiting the place in couple of months.

  • @diegocervantes7946
    @diegocervantes79467 жыл бұрын

    Angkor has just astounded me, to say the very least, ever since I saw it. Thank you for making this video. I'm glad at least 1 other person enjoys taking in the ancient sites as I do and marveling at the ingenuity.

  • @SheaRoberts
    @SheaRoberts10 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Steve! I'm already hooked on your "Out and About" series after this. I think Cambodia and Angkor Wat will be my winter trip this year!

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Shea Roberts . It was a joy to put together and I can't wait to put together a new episode!

  • @phampants
    @phampants10 жыл бұрын

    This was so wonderful! I really like this so much. I'm glad you took the time to see everything.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thank you my friend!!!! Unfortunately, there's so much more to see - it means we'll have to return again ***** .

  • @jmledwell7296
    @jmledwell729610 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous, Steve. This place is on my wall at home and in my office at work..never been but it calls to me. Someday! Have to echo the comments below, better than NATGEO.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks JM Ledwell . I appreciate the complement.

  • @KhmerAdventures
    @KhmerAdventures7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your video, this is the best video ever. I am a Khmer person living in the USA and I cannot wait to go back to visit cambodia again maybe very soon in the near future.

  • @jtboston
    @jtboston10 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Thanks for sharing

  • @astroboy3507
    @astroboy350710 жыл бұрын

    Like a pro steve !!!, very nice vid !!!!

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks astroboy3507 .

  • @martychum
    @martychum9 жыл бұрын

    excellent video!

  • @liamturner283
    @liamturner2839 жыл бұрын

    great video, it was wonderful to see you visit all these awe inspiring temples, my answer to the last question is gwrych castle, gwrych castle is a 19th century folly located in north wales near where my grandparents live, it is wonderful and their is so much to see there, its now derelict and isnt open to the public but there is public rights of way throughout the grounds and formal garden ruins and i love visiting time and time again because i always see something new.

  • @sureman57
    @sureman579 жыл бұрын

    YOU ASK what is the one place I go back in thoughts over and over. It is for me San Miguel de Allende la gruta thermal springs. It is not much in terms of things to see but it is so so peaceful and the hot springs just makes me feel so relaxed that I go back thinking about it and it relaxes me. I try to get there twice a year - it is a quiet peaceful town with not much to do and that is why it is special. It allows me to relax.

  • @perdomot
    @perdomot10 жыл бұрын

    Truly an awesome video. I can tell you really loved your time there and I totally get what you meant at the end of the video about the sensory overload. My first trip to Japan was a mere 6 days and even though I had a good plan for seeing as much as possible, once I got back home, that feeling of needing to go back came on strong. Considering I am scared of flying, the fact that I went to Japan 7 times really drives home the point of how important a place it is to me.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this as much as I had fun making it.

  • @sojeanify
    @sojeanify9 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Steve.

  • @semkim9209
    @semkim92098 жыл бұрын

    Steve, This is the one place where I can go back time and time again! What's the name of the last temple you visited in your video? I don't think I've visited there yet.

  • @piseth9447
    @piseth94474 жыл бұрын

    Hi i'm cambodia,i love temple in cambodia

  • @graywolf7295
    @graywolf72955 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Steve iam going there next month

  • @donnatate6327
    @donnatate63279 жыл бұрын

    You feature more views of your face than you do of the carvings!

  • @MyOldBook123
    @MyOldBook1234 жыл бұрын

    Wow Cambodia

  • @TubaBuddha
    @TubaBuddha10 жыл бұрын

    I once saw a program that compared the foot print of Angkor Wat, The Great Pyramids and some other complexes around the world. From an arial view they all seem to represent the positioning of Orion's Belt and certain star configurations. As well as the positioning of the complexes in relation to the cardinal points. It is a stunning complex, but I wish more of the structures and iconography survived in better shape.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed this my friend! The iconography is so nice at some of the places though!

  • @asihyulianti5797
    @asihyulianti57977 жыл бұрын

    Angkor Wat wait for me I will come 20-4-2017 from Singapore

  • @LumpsPlays
    @LumpsPlays7 жыл бұрын

    The video is really great, but just what are they trying to accomplish with that constant ear splitting high pitched noise? Ouch, man. Ouch.

  • @savyyen7332
    @savyyen733210 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for vist us and I wish you good luck foevr thanks.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure. We really enjoyed our time there.

  • @savyyen7332

    @savyyen7332

    10 жыл бұрын

    will you come back Cambodia again ?

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Eventually.

  • @MiltonOntarioNetwork
    @MiltonOntarioNetwork10 жыл бұрын

    Steve I did Angkor Wat back in January of 2007 it was the best time of my life. I also did Seoul South Korea and had a blast as well. The only thing I wish I could have had with me is my sony nex5n and my Gopro hero 3+ black because I would have got tons more videos and pics. By the way you remind me of Walter white from breaking bad.

  • @3333sweetie
    @3333sweetie9 жыл бұрын

    Lovely country. I hope the people are nice too, especially the men ;)

  • @veeravenkata2757
    @veeravenkata27577 жыл бұрын

    Amaging Hindu temple...... Angkor wat

  • @globetrotter6363
    @globetrotter636310 жыл бұрын

    Just finished watching the video. It brought back great, fresh memories of the five days my family and I spent in Siem Reap in Dec '13. Like you, we toured Angkor Archaeological Park over three days. Awesome!! I really enjoyed your program! What time of year were you there? Would you mind sharing the titles/artists of the music played through-out the program? Really nice! Thanks in advance!

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Globetrotter. This was filmed in January 2014 on our recent trip. It was a great time and I'd love to go back and do more. As for the music - That's going to be a little difficult. I use Smart Sound to do a lot of my scoring. Each section had two or more tracks from some 20 albums I have. Plus, with Smart Sound you can choose variations and moods, and I spent some time tailoring each. So "World Groove" appears three different times, but I composed it three different ways, so it sounds different each time.

  • @alexseng7587
    @alexseng7587 Жыл бұрын

    I just want to say thank you for your interesting the history of Angkor Wat Cambodia 🇰🇭 most of turase just look but no interest.

  • @ks-es9xd
    @ks-es9xd10 жыл бұрын

    Ah, Angkor Wat is great place for insipration, drawings and studies.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    10 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @darooster5787
    @darooster57873 жыл бұрын

    Temple is great but I go back to the rice field again and again.

  • @bunsinggameplay
    @bunsinggameplay8 жыл бұрын

    Hay that foot print you don't know is the foot print of our God.

  • @saaem4045
    @saaem40452 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🇰🇭

  • @daniellerawlins3887
    @daniellerawlins38875 жыл бұрын

    They had help building perhaps star people were also our ancestors Buddha went to Angkor a few hundred years after. They were built

  • @1213amg
    @1213amg9 жыл бұрын

    I was born there never got to visit the Temple, cause I was too young and than the Khmer rough took over while I was 7 years old.

  • @harshadpatel7399
    @harshadpatel73996 жыл бұрын

    Waw! Thanks Steve Miller, great video and naration. Love the presentation which is very well done except some annnoing audio interferences.Your wife was the Camerawoman? Well done, Mrs. WE are going to visit Angkor Watt in about 18 days. By the way, did you use iPhone or DLR camera or Video Camera to shoot this? Seems pretty study footage. Did you edit very much? I know you have added some Voice over on some parts. All is all very good efforts fpor this creation. Good Luck.

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    6 жыл бұрын

    Harshad Patel - Glad you really enjoyed this video from way back... I can’t recall what shots Jo helped me out with. But the majority of the shots were just me, a GoPro, and a Canon HFS11. As for editing.... I had about 10 hours of footage in total to edit down to this presentation.

  • @samm35393
    @samm353936 жыл бұрын

    The doors way is lower cuz it an honor to lower your heads or Bow down your heads to enter any places

  • @xaipirina
    @xaipirina9 жыл бұрын

    Great video Steve, I am heading there in a week. Quick question, not sure if I understand that first 'tip' with getting the ticket on the evening before .. you mean the 3day ticket? and you already can use it that day, so you basically get 3.5 days ? or you get an extra 1 day ticket? (is there such a thing?) cheers

  • @ItsSteveMiller

    @ItsSteveMiller

    9 жыл бұрын

    essentially a 3.25 day ticket. since you only get in for sunset. They sell 1, 3, and 7-day tickets.

  • @3333sweetie

    @3333sweetie

    9 жыл бұрын

    Steve Miller Did they have dinosaur carvings or engravings in Angkor Wat as people say?

  • @monikey7283
    @monikey72839 жыл бұрын

    IN Cambodia កម្ពុជា

  • @daniellerawlins3887
    @daniellerawlins38875 жыл бұрын

    Angkor watt and Angkor Thom is a lot older than they're saying Cambodian ancestors were lemurians from mu. The motherland that sank several thousand years before Atlantis.

  • @garyroberts3859

    @garyroberts3859

    4 жыл бұрын

    Danielle Rawlins do you always argue with the science?

  • @daniellerawlins3887
    @daniellerawlins38875 жыл бұрын

    Its a lot older than they're saying

  • @garyroberts3859
    @garyroberts38594 жыл бұрын

    Not much in the way of statues at Phear Khan

  • @joyleenpoortier7496
    @joyleenpoortier74966 жыл бұрын

    Can’t stand videos that have the person in the middle of the screen and you miss out on all the good views

  • @BrianMcInnis87
    @BrianMcInnis877 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad he filmed himself most of the time he's talking so I can corroborate his lip movements with his speech. I'd hate to just look at Angkor Wat when I could be looking at Steve Miller talking about Angkor Wat instead.

  • @opentrunk
    @opentrunk7 жыл бұрын

    Would love to see it if there weren't thousands of other people to squeeze through. I guess the whole world is a tourist trap now.

  • @virakthong8022
    @virakthong80229 жыл бұрын

    Some of that arch way you have to lower your head for the respect.

  • @ginettevandenkerckhove6593

    @ginettevandenkerckhove6593

    9 жыл бұрын

    Great plagge

  • @virakthong8022

    @virakthong8022

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ginette Vandenkerckhove You should visit Cambodia one day.