The four of us departed at 7 AM for the "small circuit" tour: Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and Ta Prom (aka the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider temple).
In a way, the most impressive thing about Angkor Wat is something that no-one who ever set foot in the place when it was built ( ) or during its hay-day ( ) ever saw, nor can it be seen today. I'm referring to what it would have looked like from the air at that time. The closest we can come to visualizing that is the model in the National Museum. For the visitor then or now, it is simply too huge to be appreciated in its entirety. I suppose the same could be said about Versailles.
As at Beng Malea, there were almost no areas of Angkor Wat without or with the walls that felt at all crowded. Some parts were virtually deserted.
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| Where is everybody? |
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| Phung (cottonwood) trees at work |
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| Geoff at work |
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| Sydney shoots a creeping Phung tree root |
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| Apsaras (dancing heavenly nymphs) |
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