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Journey through South East Asia
It is a travelogue visiting Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Scenic Vietnam
Tuyet Son pagoda in Ha Tay province.
Spring arrives in Hanoi.
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Temples of Angkor
Temples of Angkor
Ta Keo
Ta Keo
Some are being renovated because of the poor state...
Elephant terrace and temples.
Elephant terraces
Banteay Srei
Banteay Srei
Ta Prohm and Banteay Srei
Ruins of Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm
A small temple of Angkor built on typical high fou...
Devotees gather in the temple.Buddha is worshiped ...
Baphuon temple
Baphuon
Buddhist influence is observable because the Khmer...
Bayon at the centre of Angkor Thom city
Bayon of Jayavarman VII
This is the only known sculpture of the King Jayav...
The wonder of Angkor Wat.
Bas relief of the battle
Apsaras and bas reliefs
No two Apsara carvings are silimar.The Apsaras inf...
Undaunted Tipin at Angkor Wat temple.Another view ...
Angkor Wat temple
The enormous foundation for each level is truly a...
Inside courtyard view.The crenelated roof was the ...
Another view of the galleries looking out . The ...
Inner courtyard and galleries.
Now we come to the inner courtyard of the temple t...
Angkor Wat
All sides of the lake are lined with stone stairs ...
But the Asuras (demons) are shown with demonic fac...
Angkor wat at night.Angkor Wat at sunset.
Another view of the complex and the artificial lak...
Aerial view of the Angkor Wat temple
Angkor Wat
Folk dancers
Tipin also posed with them.But they bravely put up...
Here the dancers take a bow.Here they perform a gr...
They danced and entertained us for more than an ho...
Later they perform some folk dances as well.Here t...
Apsara dance in Siem Riep
The apsaras were court dancers during the Khmer em...
On the way to Siem Riep
Rhesus monkey.Monkey.
Tigers
Another raccoon.Red Fox.
Another kind of monkey.Monkeys of different kinds.
Pelicans and storks mingle in the same area.Here t...
Phnom Tamao wildlife refuge centre
Life in Cambodia
Here is another tuk tuk and its smiling driver we ...
Shadow puppets
Savanah Phong is noted for its shadow puppet show ...
Monkey dance
We watched in surprise as he raised the drum this ...
Savanah Phong ballet in Phnom Penh
The National Museum
Fireworks dazzle the sky.Fireworks display during ...
Inside the museum on the palace grounds
The Brahmins in procession. This seems to be an as...
Royal procession in Phnom Penh
The Royal procession that happens once a year but ...
Royal palace in Phnom Penh
Museum inside Royal palace grounds
In the nearby museum, we saw these gold elephants....
These are just the few I photographed.There are hu...
Gallery of paintings
The Angkor Wat that everyone coming to Cambodia is...
A weaver making nice patterns of Cambodian art on ...
Buddha images in wats
Sitting and reclining Buddha in an intricate carvi...
Monks in safron robes are a common site in Cambodi...
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh
Breathtaking Cambodia
Scenic Vietnam
Scenic Vietnam
Scenic Vietnam
Scenic Vietnam
Scenic Vietnam
Scenic Vietnam
Scenic Vietnam
Our last leg of the journey in Vietnam
The sleeping area of the boatIt is quite comfortab...
Here a women vendors ponders over the offer made.W...
Cham village in Chau Doc
Sunset on Tien river in VietnamTien river , Vietnam
New bridge in CanTho
Rambutan harvest in the deltaThe Mekong is truly a...
Tipin in Can Tho, VietnamThe boat traffic is inces...
Cai Be in the Mekong Delta
Cai Be floating market on Mekong river
Cai Be floating market in the Delta
Cai Be floating market
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Tuyet Son pagoda in Ha Tay province.
Spring arrives in Hanoi.
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