Showing posts with label Cambodia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambodia. Show all posts

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Cambodia: Royal Palace, Phnom Penh

My memory is faulty, and I have already discarded the booklet describing all the buildings at the Royal Palace. The mural is the wall surrounding the palace. The last picture is just a random picture showing traffic in Phnom Penh.

Preah Moha Prasat Khemarin
Hor Samritvimean
Preah Tineang Tevea Vinichhay
Mondapa of Satra and Tripitaka
Gallery of Ramaketi Frescos


Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Cambodia: Other temples of Angkor 4

Bayon
Bayon
Phimeanakas
Terrace of the Elephants
Phnom Bakheng

Cambodia: Other temples of Angkor 3

Terrace of the Leper King
Thommanom
Baphuon
Bayon
Bayon

Cambodia: Other temples of Angkor 2

Preah Khan
Sras Srang
Ta Keo
Ta Prohm
Ta Som

Cambodia: Other temples of Angkor 1

Bantaey Kdei
East Mebon
Neak Pean
Prasat Kravan
Pre Rup

Cambodia: The scale of Angkor Wat

Arial photo borrowed from Wikipedia to give a sense of scale.
Angkor Wat, viewed from on top of Phnom Bakheng. 3x zoom
Viewed from on top of Phnom Bakheng. 10x zoom
Photo, borrowed from Wikipedia, of a model of Angkor Wat.
View from just inside the west gate.

Cambodia: Angkor Wat Galleries






Cambodia: Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat, viewed from the west.
Viewed from the south.
Reflection in the north pool. Terrible lighting conditions in the morning.
A library in Angkor Wat.
Inside Angkor Wat.

Cambodia: The gates of Angkor Wat

The east gate to Ankor Wat.
The north gate.
The moat, as viewed from the north gate. The moat is about 2 football fields wide.
The main gate, the west gate.
The south gate.

Cambodia: S-21 & the Killing Fields

Exumed skulls of victims of the killing fields.
Monument to the victims of the killing fields. In the foreground, the depressions in the ground were mass graves.
A room at S-21 with torture instuments. The paintings, which show the kinds of torture that occured at S-21, were painted several years ago by a guard who worked had worked there.
Prison cells on the ground floor of building C.
The bed inside one of the interrogation cells.