01-01-01 Sofitel Hotel--- Harvisting lotus roots 01-01-02 Sofitel Hotel --- Roneat Ek (bamboo xylophone) performance 01-02-01 Tonle Sap --- On-water houses with boats as tools for transportation 01-02-02 Tonle Sap --- Houses seen on way to the lake 01-03-01 Siem Reap --- Angkor Dance in Tonle Mekong Restaurant 02-01-01 Angkor Thom --- A face tower on a gate into the ancient city 02-02-01 Thommanon --- A dvarapala and an apsaras 02-03-01 Bayon --- One of the 64 face towers 02-03-02 Bayon --- A close shot of a face tower 02-03-03 Bayon --- Apsarases in a bas-relief 02-03-04 Bayon --- Civilian people life in a war procession 02-04-01 Takeo --- Climbing up to the top sanctuary 02-04-02 Takeo --- Statues of gods worshipped in the temple 02-05-01 Ta Prohm --- A face tower over a gopura (entrance pavilion) 02-05-02 Ta Prohm --- A giant tree on an old enclosure 02-05-03 Ta Prohm --- A tree over an enclosure 02-06-01 Sofitel Hotel --- Salads of buffet for lunch 02-07-01 Ballon Ride --- Angkor Wat seen from the balloon 02-07-02 Balloon Ride --- Bayon seen from the balloon 02-08-01 Angkor Wat --- A tower of the temple 02-08-02 Angkor Wat --- Two apsarases 02-08-03 Angkor Wat --- King Suryavarman II at the start of a procession 02-08-04 Angkor Wat --- The ceiling of a corridor with a long relief 03-01-01 Baphuon --- At the enclosure of the central sanctuary 03-01-02 Baphuon --- The ruins need to be reconstructed 03-01-03 Baphuon --- A ruin stone with a relief of a hermit 03-02-01 Royal Palace --- A gopura (entrance pavilion) of the palace 03-02-02 Royal Palace --- A giant tree seen in the enclosure 03-03-01 Phimeanakas --- Home of Angkor kings for centuries 03-04-01 Suor Prat Towers --- Seats of arbitration for conflicts handed over for celestial judgement 03-04-02 Suor Prat Towers --- There are 12 of such towers 03-05-01 Terrace of Elephants --- The kings' reception pavilion 03-06-01 Terrace of Leper King --- Leper means lichens which gave the name of the king statue 03-06-02 Terrace of Leper King --- A high lotus plateform 03-07-01 Preah Khan --- The name means sacred sword and it was a city built in 12th century 03-07-02 Preah Khan --- A 'linga' (stylised phallus) representing the essence of God Shiva 03-07-03 Preah Khan --- The sanctuaries' ceilings to the central become lower and lower 03-07-04 Preah Khan --- A naga bridge showing the story of Churning of Milk Sea 03-08-01 Neak Poan --- The central sanctuary 03-09-01 Ta Som --- The front gopura (entrance pavilion) with a 4-face tower 03-09-02 Ta Som --- The faces on the gopura 03-09-03 Ta Som --- One of the four faces in a close look 03-09-04 Ta Som --- A devata (female deity) as a dvarapala 03-09-05 Ta Som --- Another devata 03-10-01 Angkor Area --- A part of Angor Wat moat 03-10-02 Angkor Area ---A motercycle-powered taxi 03-10-03 Angkor Area --- Monkeys asking food from passengers 03-11-01 Phnom Bakheng --- Waiting to see sunset with the balloon in the sky 03-11-02 Phnom Bakheng --- A dvarapala 03-11-03 Phnom Bakheng --- A good shot with a tower shading the sun 03-11-04 Phnom Bakheng --- Part of the ruins of the temple 03-11-05 Phnom Bakheng --- Nandi , a sacred bull as a vehicle of Shiva 03-12-01 Siem Reap --- Viroth's Restaurant where we had dinner 04-01-01 Banteay Srei --- A temple with delicate reliefs 04-01-02 Banteay Srei --- The buildings were built with red stones 04-01-03 Banteay Srei --- The pediments are very finely sculptured 04-01-04 Banteay Srei --- A devata in a complicated column 04-01-05 Banteay Srei --- Shiva with his wife and various deities and demons 04-01-06 Banteay Srei --- Indra (king of gods) on a 3-headed elephant named Airavata 04-01-07 Banteay Srei --- A decoration pattern seen everywhere in Angkor 04-02-01 East Mebon --- A temple built in 10th century 04-02-02 East Mebon --- God Indra on a 3-headed elephant Airavata 04-03-01 Pre Rup --- A temple built in 10th century 04-03-02 Pre Rup --- A dvarapala (guardian god) relief carved with laterite 04-04-01 Siem Reap --- A god statue which is part of Churning of Milk Sea 04-04-02 Siem Reap --- A dish of lotus roots which we had 04-05-01 Sofitel Hotel --- A statue of Brahma (one of the three major gods in Hinduism) 04-05-02 Sofitel Hotel --- A statue of a 7-headed naga 04-06-01 Lolei --- A dvarapala (guardian god) 04-06-02 Lolei --- A tower sanctuary built with laterite 04-07-01 Preah Ko --- God Indra on a makara (sea monster) 04-08-01 Bakong --- A temple with magnificent towers 04-08-02 Bakong --- People climb up the hill to the temple to watch sunset 04-08-03 Bakong --- A guarding lion 04-08-04 Bakong --- Two cute children in front of the temple 04-09 Siem Reap --- We had dinner at Chivit Thai Restaurant 05-01-02 Sofitel Hotel --- A statue of the 3-headed elephant Airavata (vehicle of God Indra) 05-01-03 Sofitel hotel --- A statue of Garuda, a vehicle of God Vishnu 05-01-04 Sofitel Hotel --- A replica of the relief of the demon side of Churning of Milk Sea 05-02-01 Cambodian Cultural Village --- Jayavarman VII who expelled Thai people & built Angkor Thom 05-02-02 Cambodian Cultural Village --- Statues of a naga and a lion 05-02-03 Cambodian Cultural Village --- A miniature of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh 05-02-04 Cambodian Cultural Village --- The epic of Hunuman saving a concubine of a king 05-02-05 Cambodian Cultural Village --- A wax statue of Chou Da-Guan whose book leads to dicovery of Angkor ruins 05-03-01 Angkor Airport --- Krishna (an avatar of God Vishnu) on Garuda (a steed of Vishnu) 05-03-02 Angkor Airport --- God Vishnu 05-03-03 Angkor Airport --- God Shiva 05-03-04 Angkor Airport --- Mekong River seen from the airplane.jpg