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Temple of boom

October 31 - November 6, 2007
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Hidden deep in a jungle overrun by parrots, cicadas and banyan trees is a magical 12th Century temple. Writer William Dalrymple journeys into the heart of mediaeval Cambodia I know nowhere more secretive, more lost-in-the-forest, or more mysteriously, darkly lovely than the Khmer temple complex of Ta Prohm, a few kilometres' hike into the jungle from Angkor Wat.