Beautiful Angkor


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February 17th 2011
Published: February 19th 2011
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This time round I elected to make use of the free sunset option with my Angkor pass (purchase your pass after 4:45pm and you are alowed into the park for free to watch the sunset) and pootled off to Angkor Wat to enjoy it relatively crowd free (although it was still anoyingly busy - didn't they know they were meant to be clambering up Phnom Bahkeng for sunset?) Still, managed to amble around soak... Read Full Entry



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Cheery old chapCheery old chap
Cheery old chap

lurking within the terrace of the leper king
Victory GateVictory Gate
Victory Gate

There are 2 East gates, this is one, the other is known as Ghost Gate (not, as I initially missunderstood, goose gate)
Washing the cowsWashing the cows
Washing the cows

Once upon a time only kings bathed here, oh how times change...
Curios SellersCurios Sellers
Curios Sellers

Even in the depths of the temple there is no escape
Bantrey SreiBantrey Srei
Bantrey Srei

Not quite devoid of tour groups alas
Infamous Crossed TreesInfamous Crossed Trees
Infamous Crossed Trees

Managed to avid all impromptu guides this visit, phew for I had absolutely no spaer pennies to bestow!
Hidden CarvingHidden Carving
Hidden Carving

Found her all myself this time, who said I had no sense of direction
Ta NeiTa Nei
Ta Nei

The only photo I managed before my battery went flat, and not it's best angle either. Darn!



21st February 2011

sooo glad you didnt have to decend those steps in the dark, clumsy clumsy jen dear. BE ALERT, cos qmh needs lerts. lol lol xx

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