Pictures of a trip in Cambodia or Kampuchea the country of the Khmer Empire: Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Angkor ruins
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Phnom Penh stupa at the Royal Palace
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: Probably a it is a non very large stupa, but it’s stucco covered is completely carved with complicated designs.
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Flooded surroundings of Tonle Sap lake
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: The lake grows during monsoon flooding a much wider zone.
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Elephants Terrace - Angkor
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: Wonderful carved elephants picking lotus flowers with their trunks, this design is repeated at several places all around the city.
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Driving a bicycle one peasant enters Angkor Thom
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: With his head covered by a typical Khmer cloth, the use makes him no to take care he is going through one of the most beautiful arches in the world.
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Giant trees growing over the ruins of Ta Prohm -Angkor- Cambodia
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: During the centuries it was abandoned, the thick roots of the trees became owners of the temple, sometimes tumbling down it, sometimes becoming pillars that keep it straight
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West view from the higher terraces -Angkor- Cambodia
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: To get so high, the stairs of this side, en very few years are so damaged that are closed to public.
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Bayon reliefs with stories of war -Angkor- Cambodia
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: At the south side of the temple, without any roof, there are this spectacular reliefs, telling stories of war winners and loosers .
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Peasants harvesting water plants
Author: Carlos Diaz Huertas
Text: At the pond that surrounds Angkor Wat, peasants walk in a wide line, harvesting water plants, maybe for feeding their animals.
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