Tuesday, December 23, 2008

I was always interested by the temples in Angkor so after some discussions my classmate from graduated school and I decided to go to Siem Reap to visit the sites of Angkor.

The Singapore Airline plane flying toward the same direction as we were on our way to Ho Chi Minh City, where we changed to the flight to Siem Reap.


People start taking photos once they stepped out of the plane.


The pathway cross the moat toward Angkor Wat.


The south side of the central tower of Angkor Wat was under repairing.


Visitors could no longer climb to the top level of the central tower.


The guide told the group of people the Hindu cosmology illustrated on the reliefs on walls surrounding Angkor Wat.


The reliefs depicting the Hindu legend of Churning of the Ocean of Milk.


Reflection of the temple of Angkor Wat on the lotus pool.


Bakheng was a pyramid type temple built at the summit of Phnom Bakheng.


View of the Angkor Wat from the Phnom Bakheng.


Sun set in Siem Reap.


People slowly made their way down from the building of Bakheng after watched the sun set.


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