You can see modern ruins haikyo from Japan in the galleries here. And world ruins in the galleries here. Your email address will not be published. A few weeks back my wife SY and I went to moon right alongside them. Angkor Wat beyond the boundary moat.
And of course we took photos along the way. This is an HDR composite image, with the tourists fogged to ghosts.
I quite like how they appear transient, while the Wat holds firm. Angkor Wat is acres in size. And that was just Angkor Wat. Some photos. In the middle gatehouse, looking in. But first, the carving- Actually I think is the wrong carving, this being one of what heaven and hell looked like to the Khmers.
Essentially quite a lot like a Christian version, with lots of torture in hell, and lots of slaves except for the slaves pampering you in heaven. Image from harekrsna. This is the entrance to Angkor Thom more on it in another post. At left and right are long lines of Naga-pullers. Soon we were inside. This is inside the central five stacks.
Probably these big squares would have been full of water. The cloisters in HDR. Lots of monks were strolling around in orange robes. When restoration of the temples began, the French Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient chose Ta Prohm to be left in its "natural" state, as an example of how most of Angkor looked in the early 19th century. They did, however, clear away the jungle and the landmines. As a result, Ta Prohm is full of giant banyan and silk-cotton trees growing up out of the ruins--some of them over years old!
Banteay Srei, a small but intricately decorated temple about 20 km away from the main complex. One of my favorites. It is built of pink sandstone not the regular black-and-white sandstone used for the other temples , and features small, delicate temples full of exquisitely detailed carving.
Because pink sandstone is harder than the regular sandstone, the carvings have weathered much better than at the other temples. I put it in quotations because Angkor Wat has been continuously used since its building, so was never forgotten in the first place--but many of the other ruins were. The Bayon is a small temple, full of marvellous reliefs, apsaras, and large stone faces.
Due to its many pillars and narrow corridors, it can accommodate a lot of tourists, and yet it still feels private and abandoned. Directly next to the Bayon are the Terrace of the Elephants with life-size elephant reliefs, and the Terrace of the Leper King. Ta Keo was extensively rebuilt with Chinese help. Ta Prohm was our personal highlight in Angkor.
Much of the temple is overgrown with plants and large fig trees. The main route through the temple is a well-maintained with wooden planks. Throughout most of the day, it is so full of loud, Chinese tourist groups that it is nearly unbearable. We still stayed at the main route for some photo ops. Fortunately, the Chinese tourist groups stay strictly on the main route.
Once you leave the route, you can explore the vast labyrinth of overgrown temple ruins nearly for yourself. The temple looks different behind every corner, and the jungle atmosphere really made us feel like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. Banteay Srei is located approximately 25km north-east of Angkor Thom.
Our favourite feauture of Banteay Srei were the many cool monkey sculptures that are scattered all over the temple. We shared an area as large as a small housing block with approximately Chinese tourists, two French tourist groups and about a dozen of individual tourists.
To make the atmosphere even worse, the area was constantly blasted with loud contemporary Asian music. A little bit disappointed, we headed further North to Kbal Spean. Kbal Spean is a small sandstone relief within the riverbed of the Stung Kbal Spean river. The reliefs itself are not that spectacular, but the surrounding environment more than makes up for it! We came across a picturesque waterfall and had to climb over large stones and fallen trees.
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