Although in disrepair, this figure (originally) held the body of a serpent/ballustrade, which is along the walk through the main gates of the walled city, Ankor Thom. There are statues every 2m, and the entry walk is about 150m long, so there's about 150 of these huge things. (Entry to Ankor Thom, Ankor, Cambodia) I made it from Bangkok to Cambodia--a HARROWING journey. The roads are bad, there are scams left and right, and the trip was exhausting (even though I made it through in record time)...
And Ankor Wat is incredible. I have been here two days and tomorrow is my last. I am in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and it has rained HARD every day. Luckily, today it rained only for about 30 minutes, and yesterday for about 2 hours. The day before it rained all night long, but cleared by morning. IT IS HUMID.
Just walking around the temples in the still air creates dripping sweat all over... Add to that the sunscreen and bugspray concoction on my body, and when it drips in your eyes, you'll be sorry!
My camera has not been suffering in the unmoving air and blanket-like heat--like a nerd's steamed-up glasses, I've had a lot of condensation on the lens--leading to some fuzzy photos. So they are not as magnifique as I would have hoped.
Ankor is actually a temple complex--there are SO MANY sites here! (check out the map on the link!--that's only ONE of the sites!). Back in the 9th through 13th centuries, Ankor was a city of one MILLION when London's population was 50,000.
Ankor Wat (the most famous) is teeny tiny in the photo below--but I wanted to capture the magnificent ballustrades, too. TotallyIndiana-Jones-y! (Ankor Wat, Ankor, Cambodia)
Here I sit in the window between the roots. After a thousand years, the jungle is re-digesting the temples (Preah Khan, Ankor, Cambodia)
The enigmatic faces of Bayon (Bayon, Ankor, Cambodia)
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Estas fotos son impresionantes David ! Besos de Madagascar. Anne.
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