Beth and Michael in siem reap, march 2007

 

Text about the temples copied from the APSARA website (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap) if you want to know more...

With the sun nearly set, the tourists all went home, but we stopped at one more temple, because the light was just too perfect:

  • Banteay Kdei: beth with the children selling trinkets
  • Banteay Kdei: sunset through the gates
  • Banteay Kdei:gate with setting sun
  • Banteay Kdei: approach at sunset
  • Banteay Kdei: Beth inside with a buddha
  • Banteay Kdei: the buddha
  • Banteay Kdei: looking at the ruins
  • Banteay Kdei: through the dorway at sunset
  • Banteay Kdei: doorway with setting sun
  • Banteay Kdei: Feet!
  • Banteay Kdei: columns without a roof
  • Banteay Kdei: another doorway
  • Banteay Kdei: many doorways
  • Banteay Kdei: carvings and towers
  • Banteay Kdei: ruins at dusk
  • Banteay Kdei: linga in the cortyard
  • Banteay Kdei: yani in the tower
  • Banteay Kdei: rough wooden support
  • Banteay Kdei: a tree in the wall
  • Banteay Kdei: beth and her friend
  • Banteay Kdei: towers in the distance with tree
  • Banteay Kdei: towers with tree
  • Banteay Kdei: house next to the ruins
  • Banteay Kdei: terrace with lions
Here's a view of the Amansara resort after dark:

  • Amansara by moonlight
  • Amansara by moonlight