5 June 2008 @ Siem Reap, Cambodia
It's the third and final day of our visit to the Angkor Archaeological Park. Our destination is one of the world's most reknowned temples, The Angkor Wat!
Before we leave our guesthouse, we had Milo and bread for breakfast!
Since we'll be only spending half a day in Angkor Complex, we hired Sovoeun's brother, Sovet to drive us there with his tuk-tuk.
Here we are, ANGKOR WAT! If you see properly, it's actually the symbol on the Cambodia national flag.
Angkor Wat or "City Temple" in the modern name was built in the early 12th century as the state temple and capital city for King Suryavarman II.
The architecture of the temple is said to represent Mount Meru, home of the gods in Hindu Mythology. Here's a short introduction by Kuan about Angkor Wat, in mandarin.
It's the third and final day of our visit to the Angkor Archaeological Park. Our destination is one of the world's most reknowned temples, The Angkor Wat!
Before we leave our guesthouse, we had Milo and bread for breakfast!
Since we'll be only spending half a day in Angkor Complex, we hired Sovoeun's brother, Sovet to drive us there with his tuk-tuk.
Here we are, ANGKOR WAT! If you see properly, it's actually the symbol on the Cambodia national flag.
Angkor Wat or "City Temple" in the modern name was built in the early 12th century as the state temple and capital city for King Suryavarman II.
The architecture of the temple is said to represent Mount Meru, home of the gods in Hindu Mythology. Here's a short introduction by Kuan about Angkor Wat, in mandarin.
MinBee trying to be the head of the headless statue
JUMP!
LeongKee studying hard on the book for this...LeongKee
Kuan
Me
MinBee
Kuan
Me
MinBee
So who did a better job? =P
*sorry non-chinese and bananas, the videos are in mandarin only
There're actually more videos on the bas-reliefs in Angkor Wat, you can check it out in my next post [Bas Relief - Heaven and Hell] Here're some still shots of the carvings.
*sorry non-chinese and bananas, the videos are in mandarin only
There're actually more videos on the bas-reliefs in Angkor Wat, you can check it out in my next post [Bas Relief - Heaven and Hell] Here're some still shots of the carvings.
One of the punishment in hellAfter a long walk inside the temple and restricted to access the towers in the centre, we head on outside to take photos again.
Kuan, LeongKee, MinBee, Me
Like other temples, many restoration process are going on when we visited it. Nevertheless, it's still a beautiful place with marvelous architecture.
That's the end of our 3 days adventure in Angkor Archaelogical Park. Gotta go for a massage after walking miles and miles of endless road. Billy, out.
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3 comments:
Beautiful and mystical place! Hope to visit one day.
Love the photos and video clips! Very informative. Thanks for sharing! :)
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Hi, cc. Yeah! Very nice place to visit. You should go. =)
Thanks, I hope you weren't bored with the long winded story. Hehehe... =P
Angkor Wat is one of the place I must visit in Asia in my life, I just love Asean cultures soo much =)
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