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31 March 2010, 03:14 PMHello again! I am here in Cambodia. Lots of light! This is Phnom Pehn (capital) and I am heading to the temples but will stop for a night at some village. This tuk tuk transport is official in Cambodia.
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31 March 2010, 01:43 PMFrom bus, while getting into the country, I saw this strange game with the flip-flops kids play... I couldn't understand...
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31 March 2010, 03:39 PMMoto - car kaos as usual in Asia...
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31 March 2010, 03:05 PMSmiles,
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31 March 2010, 04:44 PMAll the way looked like this between Phnom Phen and Skoun, where I will sleep tonite. Quite dry as a dessert.
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31 March 2010, 01:44 PMCambodias flag has the temples symbol on it. It is the proudest symbol for the country. We cross the mekong here.
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31 March 2010, 05:05 PMNice fruit as usual.
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31 March 2010, 05:06 PMI had one of the hottest times of my life at Cambodia. Cant believe they wear those clothes.
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31 March 2010, 04:51 PMAll houses are raised from floor, like this one
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31 March 2010, 05:11 PMMore smiles :) :) :)
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31 March 2010, 05:12 PMDessertic stop
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31 March 2010, 05:28 PMAnd I am at Skoun already. This village is famous for the TARANTULA cooking. Enormous spiders fried and they eat them.
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31 March 2010, 05:29 PMSkoun has nothing else so special.
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31 March 2010, 05:34 PMSo here I am walking around the village to find local customs
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31 March 2010, 05:54 PMDogs were all trying to kill me! I wonder if I smell really rare for them
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31 March 2010, 05:36 PMLocal houses are like this
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31 March 2010, 05:58 PMThis family invited me to some company and that horrible drink they were all having in the village.
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31 March 2010, 06:01 PMwhat?
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31 March 2010, 06:02 PMnot bad for a sleeping... I wish they invited me to stay there
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31 March 2010, 06:07 PMIt was so bitter agggh ... to drink this!
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31 March 2010, 06:01 PMWell ... this is how they live
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31 March 2010, 06:10 PMVolley!
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31 March 2010, 06:10 PMNo way to communicate but yeah! smile
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31 March 2010, 06:17 PMI dont want to drink that anymore!
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31 March 2010, 06:20 PMI guess I am something funny in town
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31 March 2010, 06:42 PMparty? let's see
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31 March 2010, 09:21 PMSugus here! From argentina? mmmh I rather go to sleep
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1 April 2010, 06:29 AMSunrise at guest house :)
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1 April 2010, 06:31 AMI have a loong way today too
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1 April 2010, 08:23 AMbut first lets walk around and find more fruit and insects
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1 April 2010, 08:10 AMDont worry... I did not eat it
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1 April 2010, 10:30 AMThis guy was almost sleeping, I swear... look at the wheels, if I push a bit.... .. and the 33 made the pic.
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1 April 2010, 06:33 AMWell... ready to leave Skuon
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1 April 2010, 04:53 PMAlready in Siem Reap, Heading to the temples first time!
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1 April 2010, 05:02 PMAnd this is and elephant in Angkor already. Today I will visit just one temple for sunset.
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1 April 2010, 05:03 PMElephants are very respected here and used for transport as u can see.
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1 April 2010, 05:05 PMMutilateds from mines are common to happen around, and they interpret some music in public places, expecting some money in exchange.
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1 April 2010, 05:11 PMMy own way to the temple, Ta Prohm. Nice sounds here
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1 April 2010, 05:22 PMHere it is.
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1 April 2010, 05:26 PMSo many millions of stones... all around
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1 April 2010, 05:28 PMmonks around yeahh
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1 April 2010, 05:27 PMI love the looking of the temples. They belong to a relilgion I would consider as favourite, since it is not so horribly re-charged with gold and awful decoration, as christianism or buddism does.
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1 April 2010, 05:35 PMThere starts the famous Cambodian lake, Tonle Sap, with the floating houses.
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1 April 2010, 05:38 PMYesss it was a bit crowded as usual on trips... but the sunset wasnt bad!
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1 April 2010, 05:47 PMHere it is just... beautiful, well designed, symetric, with simple plans, peaceful buildings in the middle of the jungle. Simple!
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1 April 2010, 05:52 PMThats the central tower of main Angkor temple. I will see that tomorrow maybe
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1 April 2010, 06:13 PMRuins!
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1 April 2010, 06:14 PMmmhm I will remember these stones very long.
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1 April 2010, 06:23 PMSometimes u cant believe the reliefs are so well conserved. Here, outdoor. This Ta Prohm temple was one of many temples in the Khmer temple area. Good bye!
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1 April 2010, 07:17 PMNow we will have a walk in the famous night market of Siem Reap. Cheap nice hippie clothes!
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1 April 2010, 08:08 PMBut I prefer this AMAZING fish doctor therapy in my feet.
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1 April 2010, 08:25 PMSculpting
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1 April 2010, 08:11 PMIt was more than an orgasm at the beginning. Really you can't support the tickling of hundreds of feelings from both feet. And my feet were after very clean and relaxed... One of the best moments os Cambodia actually... see u tomorrow!
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2 April 2010, 05:51 AMWell. Today is the day of Temples. First, Angkor Wat in the morning for sunrise is my decision as a starter. I woke up at 4.30 and hopes gonna be worth it.
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2 April 2010, 05:57 AMTemples are normally surrounded by water. I cant believe they did such engineering-trouble designs so many years ago
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2 April 2010, 06:02 AMStill night
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2 April 2010, 06:01 AMCrossing the first wall to enter temple
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2 April 2010, 06:09 AMHere it is
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2 April 2010, 06:23 AMHi Angkor.
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2 April 2010, 06:22 AMAll my respect,
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2 April 2010, 06:28 AMIt is my pleasure to meet you.
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2 April 2010, 06:30 AMI waited long for this moment!
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2 April 2010, 06:34 AMSun is getting higher and light envelopes the temple
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2 April 2010, 06:27 AMNow you can see it better
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2 April 2010, 06:48 AMLooking back from main entrance
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2 April 2010, 06:53 AMWell after a beautiful sunset I will tell you that the temples were constructed between 893 and 1300 after Christ.
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2 April 2010, 06:56 AMThe temples of Angkor, capital of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer empire, are the perfect fusion of creative ambition and spiritual devotion.
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2 April 2010, 06:56 AMTHEY ARE THE WORLD LARGEST RELIGIOUS BUILDING!
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2 April 2010, 07:07 AMThe hundreds of temples surviving today are but the sacred skeleton of the vast political, religious and social centre of an empire that stretched from Myanmar (Burma) to Vietnam
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2 April 2010, 06:58 AMAngkor Wat is one of the most inspired and spectacular monuments ever conceived by the human mind.
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2 April 2010, 07:03 AMSome researchers believe a walk from its outer causeway to its inner confines is a sym- bolic trip back to the first age of the universe’s creation.
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2 April 2010, 07:05 AMAngkor is the heart and soul of the King- dom of Cambodia, a source of inspiration and national pride to all Khmers as they struggle to rebuild their lives after years of war and trauma.
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2 April 2010, 07:07 AMOthers point out it also replicates the spatial universe in miniature; the Hindu’s mythical Mt Meru represented by the massive central tower, with its surrounding smaller peaks (lesser towers) surrounded in turn by continents (lower courtyards) and oceans (moat)
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2 April 2010, 07:13 AMThis brilliantly executed carving depicts 88 asura (demons) on the left and 92 deva (gods) with crested helmets on the right, churningsea to extract the elixir of immortality
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2 April 2010, 07:15 AMSee how well ceilings fit and are constructed
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2 April 2010, 07:11 AMThe exterior of the temple has this entrances into the woods, all symetric and decorated.
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2 April 2010, 07:37 AMThe seven-headed naga (mythical serpent-beings) along the causeway become a symbolic rainbow bridge for man to reach the abode of the gods.
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2 April 2010, 07:37 AMThis column looks like a tree
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2 April 2010, 07:53 AMInterior
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2 April 2010, 08:11 AMSurrounding the central temple complex is an 800m-long series of extraordinarily ex- quisite bas-reliefs. The most celebrated scene, the Churning of the Ocean of Milk, is located along the southern section of the east gallery
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2 April 2010, 08:14 AMIn the central area, quite high.
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2 April 2010, 08:11 AMIt was built by Suryavarman II (r 1112–52) to honour Vishnu, his patron deity, and to be his funerary temple
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2 April 2010, 08:12 AMThe central temple con- sists of three elaborate levels, each of which encloses a square surrounded by intricately interlinked galleries
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2 April 2010, 08:16 AMThis is what u cant find in one of the adoration-centered rooms. No more than a statue with a golden-yellow clothe on it. I like this
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2 April 2010, 08:19 AMlight of the morning!
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2 April 2010, 08:24 AMRising 31m above the 3rd level and 55m above the ground is the central tower, which gives the whole ensemble its sublime unity
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2 April 2010, 08:22 AMGood bye Angkor temple! It was nice to see your 'simplicity'
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2 April 2010, 08:28 AMYes! In the back of Angkor I found some funny monkeys and played with them for a while.
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2 April 2010, 09:01 AMThis is a small temple in the back wall of Angkor wat.
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2 April 2010, 09:01 AMEasily, u find locals cleaning or taking care of the temple inside. Other times u find kids asking for money. This lil girl was mystically quiet though.
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2 April 2010, 09:04 AMIn the back part of Big Angkor, theres also water.
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2 April 2010, 09:17 AMSo, within the island of Angkor temple, I got lost in the jungle and got some sound samples.
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3 April 2010, 09:42 AMHeres a day pic before I leave...
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3 April 2010, 09:46 AMSee u some day Angkor Wat!
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3 April 2010, 10:43 AMNext: Angkor Thom, a big city of temples where I will visit Baphuon, Bayon, the terrace of elephants and leper king, Phimeanakas and so.
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3 April 2010, 10:32 AMEntrance to Angkor Thom
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3 April 2010, 10:51 AMBayon
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3 April 2010, 10:54 AMThis temple is famous for its stunnig faces
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3 April 2010, 10:55 AMThey look at you, it is an incredible temple
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3 April 2010, 10:56 AMalso with 1200 meters of bas-reliefs!
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3 April 2010, 10:57 AMvery well conserved
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3 April 2010, 11:16 AMI liked very much this temple.
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3 April 2010, 11:16 AMBuilt in 1200 by Jayavarman VII, this temple is one of the most visited.
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3 April 2010, 11:21 AMThis is a ray of light magically coming in the darkness
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3 April 2010, 11:24 AMIt mskes me think of Indiana Jones
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3 April 2010, 11:50 AMWell, enough. This is Baphuon.
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3 April 2010, 11:50 AMCouldnt get inside cause it was on reforms.
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3 April 2010, 11:52 AMBut these are the surroundings. This tree is kinda human
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3 April 2010, 11:52 AMLook how human construction fades away into the nature evolution
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3 April 2010, 11:54 AMReptile
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3 April 2010, 11:54 AMPerfect wall
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3 April 2010, 11:55 AMThere are incredible butterflies and dragonflies in Cambodia... and Laos
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3 April 2010, 12:04 PMNow I climbed to Phimeanakas temple.
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3 April 2010, 12:07 PMFull of kids
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3 April 2010, 12:12 PMThats Phimeanakas
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3 April 2010, 12:07 PMWater always around
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3 April 2010, 12:11 PMAnd perfect pool for locals!
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3 April 2010, 12:26 PMPassing thru to the terrace of elephants
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3 April 2010, 12:30 PMNice tree, nice shadow
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3 April 2010, 12:32 PMThose are the elephants!
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3 April 2010, 12:33 PMIncredible trees!
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3 April 2010, 12:34 PMAnd reliefs everywhere
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3 April 2010, 12:38 PMWhat a hige amount of work and how brilliant these people had to be
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3 April 2010, 12:54 PMA buddha moment for myself... Sitting with him, and rest.
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3 April 2010, 03:07 PMHello kids! After a lunch break, I will visit Ta Prohm, probably the most famous temple after Angkor Wat, for the recording of many movies on it.
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3 April 2010, 03:08 PMLook at this tree
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3 April 2010, 03:10 PMHere it is. Thats just the facing entrance. Inside was gorgeous.
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3 April 2010, 03:11 PMIn this temple, nature works to destroy the human creation.
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3 April 2010, 03:12 PMBut nature works in such a wild, and at same time perfect, harmonic way...
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3 April 2010, 03:15 PMthat u cant believe your eyes.
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3 April 2010, 03:16 PMSometimes trees appear rooting on stones!
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3 April 2010, 04:04 PMNever ending tree. I would live in the top.
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3 April 2010, 04:08 PMFight-!
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3 April 2010, 04:08 PMUf this seemed dangerous hehe
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3 April 2010, 04:09 PMI love this temple. Definitely.
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3 April 2010, 04:11 PMmmhmm
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3 April 2010, 04:14 PMI spent here ine hour thinkin of the beautiful people who could design such a beutiful thing.
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3 April 2010, 04:23 PMthinking and shocking
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3 April 2010, 04:51 PMWasn't this temple really stunning?
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3 April 2010, 04:54 PMI am very surprised with the beautyness of this temple and,.. I think that was enough for today.
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3 April 2010, 04:55 PMBUT I will visit one more temple for sunset.. if my tuk tuk driver wants to get me there! :)
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3 April 2010, 05:25 PMThis is PreRup
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3 April 2010, 05:26 PMVery good temple for sunset cause it is facing west with a lot of countryside around
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3 April 2010, 05:42 PMSunset was a bit pooor... shame
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4 April 2010, 09:09 AMThis is Michael Jackson, my tuk tuk driver around temples and Siem Reap.
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4 April 2010, 09:10 AMHe was very patient and probably the best guide in Siem Reap...
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4 April 2010, 09:10 AMThanks Michael! :) Good luck!! You can contact him at: thorn_bun@yahoo.com or (855)17940329. Good english speaker too!
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4 April 2010, 10:58 AMWell today I will visit only the temples of Banteay Sriey (this pic) and Kbal Spean.
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4 April 2010, 11:00 AMThe temples are strategically situated in my road way to north, to Thailand, where I will enter and cross it to appear in Laos.
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4 April 2010, 11:00 AMThis was a very beautiful temple too.
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4 April 2010, 11:01 AMYes u can't believe how this is conserved like that...
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4 April 2010, 11:28 AMCambodian lands
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4 April 2010, 11:35 AMI wrote the name of one of this magnific trees: Chheuteal - Dipterocarpus alatus - Dipterocarpaceae.... Now u can research!
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4 April 2010, 11:37 AMCambodian house
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4 April 2010, 11:42 AMThis is a view from the other side, where u can appreciate the water around and how the ground has moved down the temple, but it is still standing... and will be!
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4 April 2010, 12:22 PMPlenty of butterflies
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4 April 2010, 12:22 PMAnd YES I am now goin for my last temple. I wouldn't expect it to be so special
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4 April 2010, 12:23 PMSpecial first because there was a 1500 meters way of about 40 mins to reach it.
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4 April 2010, 12:36 PMAlso because the way was an unforgettable hike thru Cambodian jungle.
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4 April 2010, 12:37 PMAlso because I heard the most incredible jungle atmosphere around (which I recorded :))
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4 April 2010, 12:41 PMAnd also because the temple was not a standing temple... u will see....
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4 April 2010, 12:51 PMThis is where I heard the incredible atmosphere of the jungle. It sounded times like a Kubrick terror movie. And a bird in the bottom sounds totally synthetic. Check the sound.
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4 April 2010, 12:52 PMThe locals told me it is called something like SIKADA, which thinking in english came to be cicada, an insect... (cigarra)
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4 April 2010, 01:00 PMbut how incredibly this cicada singed!!!!!!!!!
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4 April 2010, 01:13 PMand... THIS IS THE TEMPLE!
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4 April 2010, 01:14 PMThe River of a Thousand Lingas, Kbal Spean is home to the most intricate riverbed carvings in the Angkor area and was only ‘redis-covered’ in 1969.
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4 April 2010, 01:15 PMSadly, its remote location has led to some looting in recent years.
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4 April 2010, 01:21 PMBeneath the carvings there is a small waterfall, which is best visited from June to December as the river dries up during the dry season.
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4 April 2010, 01:22 PMThe symbols represent, as they told me there, the masculinity and feminity brought together, fertilising then the water and turning it into holy water.
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4 April 2010, 01:22 PMThe river is dry now but I cant imagine how beautiful it is on wet season.
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4 April 2010, 01:23 PMSo, this temple I left for the end, as a surprise, carved into the river's rocks? Isnt it awesome?
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4 April 2010, 01:26 PMListen to the crazy bird here
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4 April 2010, 01:37 PMROck sculpturing!
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4 April 2010, 01:49 PMWell I won't drink the water but I will take a shower here to see if I get golden or something...
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4 April 2010, 02:11 PMGoin down again, way back
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4 April 2010, 02:43 PMFood colleague. He was so smart that I had to accept his postcards and give him some money... nice boy and perfect english speaker, I guess, as they say, learnt from tourism.
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4 April 2010, 03:18 PMAnd... way to thailand border at Choam!
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4 April 2010, 03:44 PMThere, I will cross North Eastern Thailand rapidly to enter Laos thru Vientiane.
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4 April 2010, 04:17 PMThe border between Cambodia and Thailand
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4 April 2010, 04:30 PMSomething tells me I am the only crosser in last days... :) See u in Laos, after thailand! d-_-b
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Monkeys at Angkor Wat3 April 2010
Angkor Temples, Cambodia
Angkor Wat temple is surrounded, like most of temples, by water, in an artificial island. The forest around the temple was a nice walk, good source of sounds, and a chance to meet this funny monkeys. Chilling after the exhausting visit to this wonderful temple.