Siem Reap IV

Children at Siem Reap

Visited a village school and an orphanage.. seems like the orphans were clothed better...

Siem Reap III

Ta Prohm has a romantic appeal..overgrown and gently declining, yet with hidden corners and mysterious spots..

Ta Prohm

One of the major temples of Jayavarman VII, a temple-monastery, Ta Prohm features a set of concentric galleries with corner towers. The complexity of its layout is increased by its partly collapsed state, with trees interlaced among the ruins. A significant amount of work was done to prevent further collapse and enough clearing of vegetation to allow entry. The trees intertwined among the ruins are mainly silk-cotton tree and strangler fig.

Siem Reap II

Bayon temple is one temple that i liked very much. When i got down from the bus, i was awed by the majestic view.. maybe more so of the many faces... as you walked around the temple, climbing up and down, faces are everywhere... the feeling is really unique.

Bayon

The state temple of Jayavarman VII, it is extremely complex both in terms of its structure and its meaning, having passed through different religious phrases from Pantheon of the Gods, Hindu and Buddhism. It uses a mass of face-towers to create a stone mountain of ascending peaks. Most are carved with four faces on each cardinal point but sometimes there are only three.

Siem Reap I

Will be posting some of my old photos. This is a trip to Siem Reap in april 06. Visited 3 temples: Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Phrom.

The Khmer civilization centred on Angkor was one of the most remarkable to flourish in Southeast Asia. A suceesion of Hindu and Buddhist kings created magnificent temples in stone between the 8th and 13th centuries.

Angkor Wat

The world's largest religious monument. A completely realised microcosm of the Hindu Universe, culminating in the five peaks of Mount Meru. Angkor Wat was the grandest of all the Khmer temples and also a city on its own. The outer limits of Angkor Wat was set by its broad moat. It represent the mythical oceans surrounding the earth, and the towers represent the mountain's peaks.

The Merlion Orchestral

11 August - Team New Caledonia
(Shooting Location: esplanade bridge)

Knocked off 6pm, by the time i reached esplanade bridge, its damn full! My friend found a space along the bridge, but the Merlion will be in every pictures :p Looks like our Merlion is the conductor of this fireworks orchestral :) Too bad I'm not in town to catch Team France tomorrow.

Fireworks Festival

8 August - Team Singapore
(shooting location: under sheares bridge, marina promenade)

Happy Birthday Singapore

August is Singapore's birthday ;p and my mum's birthday! haha. The fireworks craze is on :) first time using my DSLR to capture. After taking 100+ shots, can use only a fraction of them :D haha. nonetheless, its good fun. So, expect to see more shots of fireworks display for now ;p keke

5 August - Team Italy

(Shooting location: sheares bridge)