Recording the adventures of Robert and Jenn since 2010.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Temples of Angkor - Eastern Mebon: the whole temple was covered in these little holes that held the plaster at some point that covered the temple
Temples of Angkor - Eastern Mebon: not as nice as the other temples I'd been to that day
Temples of Angkor - Eastern Mebon: all the temples have different levels or sections that back in the day only certain people could go into the innermost sections
Temples of Angkor - Eastern Mebon: another
Temples of Angkor - Eastern Mebon: it had really nice elephant statues at every corner on two levels
Temples of Angkor - Eastern Mebon: the main entrance
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: how you would have came to the temple in it's time
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: another entrance gate
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: another
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: again the bottom part would have been filled with water which would have been coo to see
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: I was here too
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: the walls of the inside temple
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: entrance to where the Buddha statue was
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: inside the temple and the bottom part used to filled with water and were pools for purification
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: more supports
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: entrance to the main temple
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: wooden supports to keep the walls from falling down
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Samre: the carvings at the entrance
Temples of Angkor: sugar candy I bought thinking it was sticky rice
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: I actually was there
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: trying to get a picture of the whole temple
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: the details in the carving are truly amassing
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: another
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: actually a very small temple as it wasn't built by a king
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: replicas of the originals that were stolen by the French
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: inside the temples innermost wall
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: entrance to the main temple in the innermost area
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: more carvings
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: script on the inside of this doorway as with many others
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: script carved on e inside of a doorway
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: this temple is supposed to have some of the best carvings of all the temples in the area
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: main gate
Temples of Angkor - Banteay Srei: they had some good information at the entrance to this temple
Temples of Angkor: my first temple
Siem Reap: crazy Australians playing cricket in the street as a match is going on over the radio
Siem Reap: much better Amok but did it have to come in a coconut
Siem Reap: first attempt at Amok fish not the best but if it were spicer it would have been great
Phnom Penh: not sure what kind of animal they are roasting there
Phnom Penh: I'm not sure why so many sculls were on display. There were two other walls just like this
Phnom Penh: a famous artist rendition of the mug shots of the prisoners
Phnom Penh: trying to give perspective to how small the cells were in building B
Phnom Penh: the barbed wire mesh kept the prisoners from jumping off and committing suicide
Phnom Penh: in building B they had many rooms with pictures of the prisoners and victims of S-21
Phnom Penh: each room in building A had a picture like this inside
Phnom Penh: interrogation room in building A
Phnom Penh: building B used for torture and interrogation
Phnom Penh: one of the more depressing places I've ever been
Phnom Penh: organ meat rice soup not bad for 2000 khr
Phnom Penh: second failed attempt at happy pizza
Kep: drying rice
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