Faces with Character
North Vietnam Motorbike Trip
Hanoi and Tan Hoa Rice Paper Village
Mekong Delta
Ha Giang North Vietnam
Tu Lan Cave, Phong Nha, Central Vietnam
Temples of Angkor
Tribal Cultures Insight
Collection
Australia Gallery
Myanmar Gallery
Sapa & Surrounds
Vietnam Northern Adventure
Varanasi
Varanasi & Allahabad
Allahabad Kumbh Mela
Tibet
Mu Cang Chai Rice Terraces
Pagodas
Elephant Racing
Lagi Fish Market
Phimeanakas - 11th Century After spending time at Baphuon I exited through a beautiful gate on to the grounds of the former Royal Temple. Whereas Baphuon is set amongst the forest like a stranded battleship, huge and grey, Phimeanakas glowed in the early morning light. King Jayavarman VII is said to have worshipped here and that each evening a nine headed serpent would take on the form of a beautiful woman and to preserve the royal line he was required to sleep with her. If he didn't the line would be broken and he would die without a successor. Then he'd retire to his wife and concubines.
Angkor Thom East Gate, Bayon, Ta Prohm, Baphuon, Phimeanakas, Banteay Kdei, Banteay Samre, Banteay Srei, Sofitel Hotel
Apsaras, The Heavenly Nymphs Carvings of Apsaras adorn the columns and walls of many of the temples and every single one is unique. The days of the Khmer Rouge nearly put an end to this style of dancing as the regime banned dancing and killed the dance teachers. Very few dance instructors survived those terrible times but the ones that lived on have passed this art on to a new generation. These dancers are performing at the Sofitel Phokeethra Hotel in Siem Reap
