Where we went
What impresses me abotu Angkor Wat is the engineering and design. To have moved all these stone, the rock must have come from somewhere nearby. Perhaps the mote or the long 7km x 2km lake". The arch construction is not as stable as Roman arches but very impressive. The stone carving (bas relief) has a level of detail that cannot be appreciated unleess seen first hand
Temple carving
There is a pond filled with lotus blooms - a chance for hand held macro practice
Our Macro Maniac of Singapore Flickr group was started by Colleen Goh - Damselfly on Flickr. Here is our damselfly on a lotus
Another damselfly
Looking down the hall
Wall carvings
Reflections of the main temple area
Temple monks walking to the working temple
just following
Temple reflections
Temple reflections
Ellen and reflections
Another building
Looking through the door
Another temple building
Buddha and doors
Exit
No words
A mom and daughter
PiSey and driving to the south gate
The dragon guarding the gate
The dragon guarding the gate
The south gate
THe mote to the right
Shadows looking left
South Gate
Another temple area on the other side of the South gate. The Bas Relief's are simply amazing
Framing the temple
Another view
Looking through the doors
More bas relief
From the inside looking out
The temple tank
Its lunch time and the sound of what we though were cicadas was quite loud and like ringing bells - very high pitched. We found onf of the little guys - This little guy, a cicada, sings like jingle bells. I made a video to catch the sound and will upload soon
After lunch - we found a working water wheel - on the Siem Reap River
C. Frank Starmer