Jill and Bow's Travels

Pics of Cambodia

Here are a few photos of our time in Cambodia.

This is the outside of Angkor Wat!

Nice bike eh! I'm all dudded up in my temple wear, quite fashionable I might add.

This is Jill on the inside of Angkor Wat, in front of the temple.

This is the view from inside the temple looking out.

One of the many carvings on the walls inside the temple.

Another carving (only this one was taken in 'Sepia', to give a more ancient look).

'Elephant Terrace' that Jill mentioned in the previous posting.

It took a lot of time and effort for Jilly to get down, but it was worth the climb up! The views were amazing.

A candid shot of one of the local monks at Angkor Wat.

This is the archway leading into Angkor Thom. As well, this is a common form of transportation used by the local Cambodian people.

The wall sculptures along the road leading to the archway of Angkor Thom.

Bayon, found inside of Angkor Thom, was our favourite of all of the temples. If you look closely you will see a 'face' on each of the towers. When it was built, there were 612 faces within the whole complex. Stunning!

This is an up close shot of two of the faces.

This is one of the many strange and unique sites we came across while biking back to our guest house. We initially wanted to get back before the sun went down, but after experiencing the night traffic and all its wonders we were glad we miscalculated on the time it would take!

Up close and personal! On our way to watch the sunrise.

After going to bed at one and waking up at 5, we were rewarded with a wonderful sunrise behind the temple of Angkor Wat! Initially we thought, is it really worth it... you be the judge.

After the sun finally came up above Angkor Wat.

Our tuk tuk driver! He looks a lot more innocent than what he was... ;)

This was our view of the local traffic taken from our Tuk Tuk... as you can see, anything goes! Yes that is an elephant ahead of us. We both thought we would never get on another tuk uk but in Cambodia they drive much slower and it is a lot safer!

One of the temples, Ta Prohm, has not been restored and as you can tell, Mother Nature is trying to redecorate!

A 'bird's eye view' of the Angkor Wat complex from our hot air balloon.

One of the many unique sites we saw as we travelled by boat from Siem Reap down to Phnom Penh. That's a store on the left and the houses on the right.

Students buying a snack before they go in for school. That is the school house behind them.

Can you say 'polution'?!? Our tuk tuk driver actually bought us these while we went on our tour of Phnom Penh.

These are the skulls we saw at the 'Killing Fields' of the many genocide victims. Over 40 000 victims were killed.

These two photos were taken on the grounds of the Royal Palace.

One of the many Buddha's we saw along the way. Sorry it is sideways, but couldn't figure out how to rotate it before uploading.

Posted by jill at January 25, 2004 12:51 PM