Nora is a graduate of the Austria Peace Program. We did not have a semester together,
but met when I graduated. She had
the opportunity to visit Cambodia (and me!) on her recent trip to
Thailand. While in Cambodia, she
was able to come to Wat Opot for a few days and taught the kids how to make little seed bead animals!
We then spent time in Phnom Penh before heading to Siem Reap and to the Angkor Temples. I have been to Siem Reap a few times and visited the Temples with my friend Mark a couple of years ago, but realized that I had never posted about it. Angkor Archaeological Park is outside the city of
Siem Reap which is about a 6 hour bus ride from Phnom Penh. This particular bus we took to get there was a
first for me. I have taken sleeper
buses before, but this bus gave a whole new meaning to it. Actual bed-ish seats! We left around midnight and arrived
around 5:30am.
By the time we found a hotel we were wide awake and figured
we should just go to see the temples after getting a little breakfast. After securing a tuktuk for the day we
were off. No
need to regurgitate information about the place, so to read up; click here! I quickly realized Nora’s camera was
about 1000 times better than mine, so I stuck mine in my backpack and let her
click away! Here are some of the
amazing shots.
The main attraction: Angkor Wat
Ta Prohm Temple - made famous from the first Lara Croft Tomb Raider movie.
We spent 2 days at the Angkor Temples, complete with sunrise at Srah Srang; a temple on the water.
More photo's with Nora's Sony Cybershot DSC-HX20V. I had to put in a plug for that camera - the zoom is amazing and the photo's are the best I have seen. They have the camera in Phnom Penh, but it's $100 more than in the US...but I may just have to pay the difference...unless someone is coming to see me in the very near future!
Gate entrance to Angkor Tom
Phimeanakas Temple
Thank you for coming to see me Nora, next I'll have to meet you in Jordan.
2 comments:
Beautiful pictures Mindy (and Nora). I went to the link and read up on the site. Thanks for the info. Lucy
Thanks Lucy, it is really an amazing place!
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