Musings of a displaced Australian Photographer in Seattle, USA
Cambodia is one of the proudest countries I’ve visited. Even amidst all the many hardships they’ve endured over the years, they love their country with all that they have. It was a somewhat depressing place to visit in moments outside of Angkor Wat (and even inside). Poverty cripples the streets of town with the exception...
One of the most incredible relics of the Angkor temples to see are the carvings on the wall. Angkor Wat is certainly no exception with Apsara, Cambodian war stories, and scripture engraved into the walls and stone pillars throughout the temples. Today’s image is certainly no exception. All the way up this giant pillar were...
After entering Angkor Wat you ascend into the middle tier of the temple where the King would spend a portion of his time relaxing. Today’s image features the King’s court and within it, his four pools in which he would swim. That’s right… four! Each pool sat outside in the shadow of the towers within...
Never have I seen so many long and narrow hallways in one place as in Angkor Wat. Some of the halls contain carvings in ancient languages, some contain carvings of Apsara as I posted yesterday. Very often, hallways will intersect one another and if you can imagine, you can stand in one spot and turn...
Apsaras are beautiful, supernatural women. They are youthful and elegant, but first and foremost they are dancers.Their job is to entertain the King and Queen in whichever dance hall they are present in. Every temple had in some place, a gallery reserved for dancing. This gallery was very obvious in almost every temple I visited...
To enter Angkor Wat, you need to cross a bridge over a rather large moat to enter the temple grounds. Outside of the temple, are pools like the one I posted yesterday. You still need to walk again beyond those pools to enter the temple itself. It’s about a three quarters of a mile from...
Angkor Wat is probably one of the most famous temples in the world, which literally means ‘City Temple’ – Angkor meaning City, Wat meaning temple. The temples in this area were definitely on my list of “places to photograph” and I’m really glad that I got to visit this magical place. I visited in mid-June,...
