Siem Reap
The Ta Prohm Hotel. Undergoing rennovation in 2000.
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Siem Reap
Typical colonial architecture.
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Siem Reap
Art-deco colonial architecture in Seim Reap.
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Angkor Thom
The great moat around the Great City. This moat over eight hundred...
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Angkor Thom
The causeway to the south gate of Angkor Thom (Great City). Angkor...
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Angkor Thom
The massive carved faces of the south gopura or gateway. There were five...
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Angkor Thom
The carved faces on the south gate.
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Angkor Thom
The towering south gate of the Great City. There were five similarly...
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Bayon
The amazing and surreal Bayon temple. From a distance it appears as a chaotic...
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Bayon
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Bayon
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Bayon
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Bayon
An aspara (celestial dancing girl) through a window of the Bayon.
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Bayon
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Bayon
Shelly wandering amongst the forest of heads.
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Bayon
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Royal Pool
This pool was part of the palace complex.
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Phimeanakas
The Phimeanakas is a small temple mountain by Angkor standards. It stands...
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Preah Palilay
A twelfth century Buddhist shrine.
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Preah Palilay
Khmer kids clowning around at the base of a temple tower. These kids...
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Tep Pranam
A small Buddhist temple.
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Tep Pranam
Typically we hear alot about 'The Lost City of Angkor' as if...
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Imperial Palace
A gopura in the Imperial Palace compound.
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Prasat Sor Prat
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Elephant Terrace
A view from the Elephant Terrace looking towards the imperial parade ground.
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Elephant Terrace
The Elephant Terrace - so named because of the carved elephant...
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Elephant Terrace
The central stairway on the Elephant Terrace. This section is decorated with...
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Elephant Terrace
Looking towards the Bayon (whose upper tower is just visible through...
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Cyclists on the Processional Way
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Thommanon
The elegant, small temple complex of the Thommanon was built by the...
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Thommanon
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Thommanon
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Ta Keo
The temple of Ta Keo was built in 975AD as the funerary monument of...
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Ta Keo
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Pre Rup
In the mid tenth century (961AD) Rajendravarman moved the capital from Phnom...
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Pre Rup
Looking up towards the upper gallery. As always, these views don't quite...
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Pre Rup
One gets a better idea of the height looking down.
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Pre Rup
Looking down from the upper gallery.
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Pre Rup
Looking down from the top of the Pre Rup temple. Buffalo graze in the field...
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Banteay Samre
The processional way to Banteay Samre. This naga lined path now leads...
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Banteay Samre
Under-rated, under-visited, but serene.
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The cherub of Banteay Samre
This is my absolute favourite travel photo. This little girl was...
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Banteay Samre
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Banteay Samre
Outside the fortress-like wall of Banteay Samre a group of children...
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Rice
What it's all about - Rice. Rice - in abundance - was the backbone of the...
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Village house
Stilted village houses on the road to Bantaey Srei.
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Village House
A typical Khmer village house.
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Village kids
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Village kids
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Cows
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Banteay Srei
The processional way towards the temple of Banteay Srei.
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Banteay Srei
This photo emphasizes the small size of Banteay Srei. Often regarded...
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Banteay Srei
The elaborately carved gateway.
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Banteay Srei
The central towers of Banteay Srei. The small scale of Banteay Sre is quite...
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Banteay Srei
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Banteay Srei
One of the many elaborately carved panels.
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Banteay Srei
Gorgeous carving.
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Ta Prohm
The outer gatehouse at Ta Prohm. This is what all the gatehouse towers would...
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Ta Prohm
A crumbling gatehouse at Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm is always portrayed as the...
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Ta Prohm
Carved faces on one of the gatehouses in Ta Prohm. This was a new...
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Ta Prohm
Inside the main temple complex.
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm
The Khmer developed their stone carving from wood working traditions. Many...
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Phnom Bakheng
The temple of Phnom Bakheng is set on the summit of the only hill overlooking...
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Phnom Bakheng
Looking towards the Western Baray reserviour.
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Phnom Bakheng
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Angkor Wat
The magnificent towers of Angkor Wat soar in the distance. The view from the...
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Angkor Wat
From across the moat.
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Angkor Wat
A view along the outer wall from the first Gopura (gatehouse).
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Angkor Wat
Relief sculptures run for two kilometres around the outer gallery. This is a...
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Angkor Wat
Through the outer gateway.
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Angkor Wat
View from the first Gopura.
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Angkor Wat
Surayavarman II was a frenetic builder, constructing numerous temples...
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Angkor Wat
A view along the western wall of Angkor Wat from the upper gallery.
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Angkor Wat
The central platform of the Angkor Wat temple. The picture does not do...
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Angkor Wat
A view across the upper gallery. It has been raining and the floor is...
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Angkor Wat
One of the corner towers.
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Angkor Wat
A view from the upper gallery towards the main gopura (gatehouse). The moat...
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The Western Baray
Of all the Khmer marvels of engineering at Angkor, the Baray's are...
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