Angkor Wat: 20 Must see temples (Cambodia)

I purchased this e-book a couple days after it came out, and just recently got back from my trip. Anton Swanepoel, thank you so much I already sent you an email personally thanking you for putting together such a wonderful package, but I wanted to personally leave you a public review as well. People obviously this isn't for everyone, but if you found your way to e-books about Cambodian temples. Well it probably is, we planned our entire trip based around the places in this book.My husband and I are both archeologists so naturally we wanted to see as many places as we could at once. We were able to plan an effective route to hit all 20 temples on our 2-week trip because of you, we had the experience of a lifetime. It also probably has nothing to do with your e-book, but I was purposed to on my trip at the temple of Angkor Wat. Gosh if that wasn't the most romantic thing my hubby could have done!The temples were all magnificent and we were able to find cheap local guides at each one! This was truly a life changing journey and while I can't say your experience will be exactly as mine will, but as far as what the book provides it's absolutely spot on. We only really had to do research about getting to Cambodia and between the sites, aside from that everything else we needed was covered in a neat and organized fashion. I highly recommend this book as a quick read and a great source to plan a trip from. We also noticed that you have another book about Phnom Penh, we're going to purchase that and plan our next trip around it! Keep making these we love ‘em!

I arrived in Cambodia for a three day stay without much notice. Because I didn't have time to read through a 200+ page book to plan my itinerary, this book was PERFECT. I read through the brief but very useful descriptions of the temples and picked out my favorites. I then took screenshots and took them to my hotel front desk where they told me the best way to hit all of them. Perhaps a couple more pictures of each temple would be useful but this might take away from the conciseness. Overall, for my purposes, I wouldn't change a thing. Because I wasn't able to research before I came, this book was a lifesaver! Thanks very much to the author!

Great, detailed information about the individual temples really helped us narrow down what temples were truly must see and how to allocate our time in Angkor Wat. We bought MANY guidebooks for our trip to Cambodia, and this was lightweight, concise, and gave more information than most of the other guidebooks costing three times as much and weighing 20 times more. This book very much felt like it was written by an all-knowing local, not a visiting guidebook writer. A must read for those visiting Angkor Wat!

After reading this short book, I don't have a good feel for why we should visit that temples that he suggests. He insists that we must visit these 20 temples out of hundreds in Angkor Wat but really does not offer a good reason for choosing them. I'm going to just defer to my guide when I get there. The black and white photos are of poor quality.

Excellent book. The book has all the great places to stop and see. Many suggestions that worked out well.

It is informative but be aware that even though the front cover may be in color, the interior pix are in back and white. Will still use it (among others) when I go in a few months.

A+

I was in Angkor for two days. Gave me all I needed to know. In addition to this, I recommend hiring a guide for the main Angkor temple. There others you just need this book!

Brief and flippant

For the price of book expected more from it and not same info available on web. Would recommend if you are too lazy to search the web or read some blogs.Infact some blogs are more informative than the book

Great for those who don't want to go into detail with reliefs and carvings, but are looking for a gold overview of must-sees at Angkor Wat.

I will be able to judge better after I have made a visit..to Ankor Watt.

Has provided me with good information to put to use on my next trip.