Musings of a displaced Australian Photographer in Seattle, USA
I couldn’t leave for Photoshop World without dropping September’s Wallpaper. This is a full-colour version of the image from Bakheng, temple on a tall hill inside Angkor Thom with some spectacular views of the Angkor temples & Siem Reap from above. I’ve been looking forward to posting this version of the image, as I enjoy...
Banteay Srei and lies about 20 km from Away from Siem Reap. The best way to describe it is miniature version of Angkor Wat, and looks like it could of been used exclusively by children because of it’s diminutive size. The first thing I noticed was how small the doorways were which were only a...
Ta Prohm wasn’t just a temple dedicated to the King’s mother… It was also a place of great wealth. Today’s image is one of the inner chambers. I’m standing right next to a shrine in her memory, with corridors leading both towards and away from me. Looking up, you see the path up to heaven...
This is the Angkor Wat as it was when it was discovered in ruins. The temple of Ta Prohm, is to this day the only temple in all of the Angkor Temples that remains as it was found – engulfed by trees. These are cotton trees as I was told, with simply enormous root systems...
Bahkeng is a temple on a tall hill inside Angkor Thom. It offers unparalleled views of Siem Reap, Angkor Wat and the surround temples. On any given day at sunset, tourists in their masses ascend the hill on foot or on the back of a friendly elephant to take in the view. I was no...
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...
