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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...

Early the next morning we were of to see the beautifully carved temple of Banteay Srei:

Banteay Srei: entryway	Banteay Srei: carving detail	Banteay Srei: carved column
Banteay Srei carved block on the ground	Banteay Srei: inside wall and temple	Banteay Srei: temple from across the moat
Banteay Srei: a series of doorways	Banteay Srei:detail carving ocer doorway	Banteay Srei: detail, top of doorway
Banteay Srei: carving detail	Banteay Srei: looking in through the doorway	Banteay Srei: looking in through the doorway
Banteay Srei: buildings and towers	Banteay Srei: carving detail	Banteay Srei: pigeon atop the tower
Banteay Srei: carving detail	Banteay Srei: carving details on corners	Banteay Srei: carving detail
Banteay Srei: side view of tower and building	Banteay Srei: the temple from the corner, into the early morning light	Banteay Srei: pretty light on the other side of the doorway
Banteay Srei: the sun between the towers	Banteay Srei: three towers	Banteay Srei: carving detail
Banteay Srei: carvings on the corner	Banteay Srei: carving detail	Banteay Srei: doorway and window, with base of statue
Banteay Srei: missing statues and doorway	Banteay Srei: carving detail	Banteay Srei: carving detail
Banteay Srei: top of the tower	Banteay Srei: 5 head naga	Banteay Srei: 3 head naga
Banteay Srei: doorway into a tower	Banteay Srei: dancer on elephants	Banteay Srei: lion feet without the lion
Banteay Srei: carving details on corners	Banteay Srei: tower with green moss	Banteay Srei: towers bathed in sunlight
Banteay Srei: carving details on corners	Banteay Srei: little frog	Banteay Srei: little girl playing in the temple
Banteay Srei: blocks stacked onto crumbling wall	Banteay Srei: temple and trees at dawn	Banteay Srei: numbered blocks for a reconstruction effort
Banteay Srei: view from across the moat	Banteay Srei: temple from the side	Banteay Srei: across the moat with reflection
Banteay Srei: from the corner of the moat	Banteay Srei: elephant carving detail	Banteay Srei: entryway and moat
Banteay Srei: flowers fallen on carved stone	Banteay Srei: decorated doorway	Banteay Srei: the remains of a column
Banteay Srei: michael and the guide look through doorways	Banteay Samre: weeds growing in the blocks:	Banteay Samre:: terrace and towers from ground level
Banteay Samre:: second level	Banteay Samre:Narrow space between wall and terrace	Banteay Samre: waterspout
Banteay Samre: Elephant water spout	Banteay Samre: elephant waterspout	Banteay Samre: doorways and rubble
Banteay Samre: doorway with wooden braces	Banteay Samre: Looking down at beth and the guide from the second level	Banteay Samre: Lion standing guard
Banteay Samre:Erroded carving	Banteay Samre:Lions and top level	Banteay Samre:looking down from the top
Banteay Samre: Looking down at the steep stairs and tourists	Banteay Samre: little buddhas	Banteay Samre: the lions view
Banteay Samre: carving through lions legs	Banteay Samre: lion with a tail	Banteay Samre: moss growing between the stones
Banteay Samre:windows behind windows	Banteay Samre: a row of windows	Banteay Samre: at the top
Banteay Samre:a dog and camp right outside the temple	Banteay Samre:: looking up from the ground	Banteay Samre: baby trees
Banteay Samre: fallen blockes and towers	Banteay Samre:was a hallway	Banteay Samre: a pool

Cambodia day 4 morning - Banteay Srei - Banteay Samre

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...