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Angkor
by
Maria Camilleri
Entrance to Angkor
Victory Gate to Angkor, The city of Angkor covers an area of more than 312...
The side of gate
The right side of the naga gate at the entrance to Angkor city. Each...
Detail of gate
The gate way into Angkor wat is gaurded by 2 rows of statues carrying the...
Angkor Wat 1
Angkor Wat is the main temple and is in the best condition of all the...
Angkor Wat 2
The same building taken from the left side, the old path is currently.
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Angkor Wat corner
Angkor Wat from a different direction
Angkor Wat walk
The pathway from the gate to the temple
Angkor Wat detail
Just inside the walkway into Angkor Wat there are sculptured murals...
Angkor Wat across the pond
There is a huge pond full of water lilies in front of the temple
Angkor Wat Naga
As you aproach the front of the temple it is gaurded by two 7 headed...
Angkor Wat wall
The wall in the main building of Angkor Wat tells the story of Vishnu...
Angkor Wat wall detail
A small section, detail of the Vishnu story, the whole wall is carved...
Angkor Wat Balcony
The detail of the archetectu
re is amazing this balcony has stone...
The Elephant Terrace
The Elephant Terrace leads to the statue of the "Leper King"...
Elephant Terrace Stairs
The stairs dividing the Elephant Terrace leads to the Leper king
Garuda
The far end of the Elephant Terrace ends with a section of Garuda the eagle
Phimeanaka
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Phimeanaka
s is the Royal temple at Angkor just inside the Elephant..
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The Royal Pond
The Royal Pond was the womens swimming pool in the time of the king as...
Bayon Temple
Bayon Temple thiugh not the biggest of the temples is certainly one of...
Bayon Temple reflection
A very small pond, bur just the right size for a reflection shot
Detail of king
Many of the walls in Bayon Temple were carved stone, most told stories...
Four faced tower
Of the original 45 four faced towers there are about 35 remaining
3 of the four faced towers
Three in a row as seen from a window in the temple
Buddhist nun
This nun was sitting in one of the towers asking people to light...
East Mebon door beyond door
East Mebon is anothe trully beautiful temple more in the Hindu style. It is...
East Mebon Another door
Each doorway leads to another and each lintel seems to tell a different story
East Mebon lintle detail
The depth of the sculpure makes it seem almost cast rather than carved
East Mebon main temple
The main temple in the complex was surrounded by towers
Doorway beyond doorway
They loved to line up their doorways these lead to the back of the temple...
East Mebon tower
One of the towers beside the main temple
East Mebon restored lintel
Restoring some of the buildings is like a huge jig saw puzzle, this...
East Mebon towers
The group of towers around the main temple
Tree at Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm is the remnant of a Buddhist temple reclaimed by the jungle, though...
Tree on doorway
You can enter the building through the door beneath the tree but the...
Tree on Temple
This whole temple has been swollowed up by the massive roots of this tree
Tree on tree
This strangler fig has swollowed the tree that swollowed this tower, simply...
Pre Rup
Pre Rup is dated late 10th Century and is a little out of Ankor anothe Hindu...
article published 03/10/2006
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Hi Maria,
I finally took time to look at this journal properly. What an amazing sight & you captured the majesty & detail so well.... I esp liked the elephant terrace & the 4 faced towers.. unique... Maybe we'll cross paths again in our travels ;o)
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Lorraine Brecht
, April 8, 2006
Good sharing, in fact, I'm going there too this April. Hope can see a clear weather as you did.
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Teo Say Wei
, March 21, 2006
some beautiful photos here, well done. you've brought back some very happy memories for me of angkor and cambodia. thank you.
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emma noden
, March 15, 2006
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