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What Would You Nominate as the Eighth Wonder of the World?

Source: Graham Roumieu

Vanessa Hua, author, A River of Stars

is where my husband proposed to me at dawn, the sky rosy and golden over the spires reflected in the moat. With its stunning bas-reliefs and crumbling temples in eternal battle with banyan trees, the temple complex inspires awe and contemplation of the sweep of history and

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