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Angkor Wat is the Angkor monuments.

This is one of the palaces, temples and gardens, the castle is composed of the full city, the capital of the ancient Khmer Empire. The year 802 King Jaya de Manuel II unified Kingdom of Khmer, in Tonle building capital city on the North Shore, known as "Angkor". History King Kingdom, construction of the Palace and temples, the Angkor gradually become the Khmer people's religious and spiritual centers.

1431, a.d., Thailand invasion Khmer, Khmer people forced to leave the Angkor, Phnom Penh, the capital of the newly established from Angkor annihilation in the jungle, is the world.

Until 1860, France botanist Henry · Mo Hart to collecting plant specimens to Siem Reap, Angkor city to advance. Since then, Angkor's repair work has been carried out until now has not ended.

Beginning to Siem Reap –

With a splendid huoshaoyun over Hanoi, and after two hours of flight, the Airbus 320 in enormous ROAR, smooth landing at Siem Reap airport.

It was already completely black, and the view from the window, NAV (China built the) only leave a very clumsy and low and hazy. Go down the ramp, lunged for the dry air is not unthinkable. In domestic run visa, easy license check clearance, people are already standing on the outside of the airport exit.

Waiting for the visitors of the motor, the prices, go to town each 1 knife.

Do as the Romans do, sit on a car, inform the scheduled hotel, black thin young drivers, Cambodia started motor, Marshmallow and car, rushed into the black as the night ...

Mind, think of Carmen description in the book — "motorcycle racing in the forest, headlamps light like a bird in front of the scissors, to whose entire forest cut around ..."

The efforts pursued this feeling, but not all the same — no street lights on both sides of the road, took a little distance, the jungle and it falls back to Earth with the wind, not expected so thick and towering, from time to time through the upper branches swaying trees, black silhouette of the slit qu, glimpsed in the far sky blue dots that some ...

Young drivers and fluent in English and standards, there is a catch a ride with no's talk about local conditions and jiachangliduan.

While enjoying the cool breeze blows. While motorized flying such as switch is not, but I feel it's still very cheerfully, a la the wind!

Near the town, roadsides, from time to time appear decoration fashion luxury hotel, a modern building, mediocre fountain, neon lights, shade of a parasol, tables, chairs, colorful visitors ...

The tourist attractions that have both, the Millennium Monument, also inevitably suffer harassment of modern civilization ...

Angkor Wat, Angkor Temple — Sunrise

XII century to worship God Hindu Pishinu, may be the world's largest temple.

In the late 13th century, into a Buddhist temple. It consists of four Gallery Northwest Southeast (each gallery is divided into two wings), West reference road, main entrance, corridors and the triple to the Temple of the Lord and the Central steeple as a center of the tower block 5. In addition to Simon, surrounded on three sides is false doors, Dharma think people died after climbing Western Bliss, open Simon let soul ascended to heaven. Angkor Wat is the existing Angkor ruins of the largest and the best protection on behalf of, it has become the Angkor monuments and the symbol of the country in which the flag of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Angkor Wat Angkor Temple of the Sun, almost all kinds of Angkor tour guide on tips of classic.

May this season, Sunrise has been ahead of the local time 5: 30-6: 00 pm. Siem Reap's 3, two are 4: 30 in the morning, go to the light and the ancient tower of visual feast.

Near Angkor Temple Road, a large tranquil reservoir behind, charged in front of the three Castle silhouette, behind the corner borders, is rendering a wipe of ten.

Through the porch, large stone paved trestle bridge, turn to the left side of the Lotus, a symbol of the Kingdom of Cambodia — five Lotus pagoda, solid and elegant, beautiful, and very characteristic silhouette, clearly reflected in the water.

Minaret of residual around getting short, units deployed to both sides of the corridor outlined an ingenious building outline.

Red Cloud in the sky, although not as postcard that appear in the Tower of being behind, but little by little as time goes by, it red, and bulk-curl bar, lying in the sky, with a background of purple dianran blue; and accumulation, as if from the diarrhoea is a God, a small half red. ...

Every moment, the light is constantly changing, and those still towering towers, 1909, a strange and mysterious ambience ...

Finally, gradually increased the Sun melts the Red Cloud, into the tone of gray-blue, clear skies, the face of clear high tower, but also to accept messages from all over the world people's pilgrimage ...

Deep's promenade, couldn't finish, these stone slowly seen; and light exposure window, and let the soft light of tortuous; climb the steep steps, climb the top of the platform.

Dawn in the central square of the leaning tower, a security guard was like as zhongxingpengyue seems to cover, a thin layer of gold, blue and green, reduce its a dignified and sacred, giving a warm comfort.

A closer look at to see its worn and weathered, not looking at that. Three two visitors at a rest at the foot of the Tower, relax from underneath layers Gallery emboss, the Palace Courtyard, attempted to look up Visual stimulation, immerse yourself in deep sigh RI ...

This is just the beginning of the pays, full of longing, weekday of stress and worry far behind, at the highest point of Angkor Temple, selected a comfortable posture or sitting or relying on, or visit corridor road, or overlooking the shedding its, let your mind abstract ...

Photo caption: afternoon, Angkor in the West of the Sun shot, has gone to the early morning of flicks

It's a mystery to a kuiran proud attitude, clear and complete disclosure.

Bayon-Rong Temple —

Built in the 12th century, is located in the center of the capital city of Angkor.

BA Rong Temple Tower total 49, intermediate a maximum, about 40 meters high, with the remaining 48 block, like all such zhongxingpengyue crowd around it, which is divided into 49 block at the top of the stupa, each side on every are engraved with a giant Buddha, a total of 196 seats. Temple of architectural structures is a complex, built by repeatedly to modify. The entire building is in fact from two different style folded built temples.

The mountain is the temple.

Each pagoda, respectively at the top of the four great Buddha carved face, high and wide zygomatic, thick lips, nose, lips slightly upwards, in different perspectives, different light, look at the accentuation emerge and smiling, dignified, wry, lively, there is implied, happy, bitter. Four head, said to be representative of the Buddhist Compassion HI hostel, there are said to be the symbol of the four kings ...

Traveling in mixed with smile Tallinn, looked up, head-up, look down, and the human face is the one ubiquitous exhibition Yen smiling face, watching people, stress, infections with the human person, in the heart and has spawned a surprised, delighted smile ...

Photo caption: BA Rong Temple Smiling Buddha face

Angkor-Angkor Thom-King City

Through Empire city, also known as Angkor, the capital of the Angkor Empire, repeatedly destroyed by war, and after several reconstructions.

This has been the first 12 century, beginning from Cambodia 13 actual King Jeroboam pull-Mo camera seventh from the building.

In this way the King City, in the strong sunlight, then visited Baphoun Palestine monastery, The Terrace of Elephants elephants bench, Phimeanakas Preah Palilay air Palace, Playa Barre, The Terrace of the King of the altar, LeperKing Doig Presat suorPrats 12 Tower Temple, North Kleang Beicang, and other famous buildings.

Then eastward out of "victory gate", visited Thommanon Tomah Lennon Chau say Tevoda temples and tevoda CHOW.

Ta Keo tea gel Temple —

Is a city full of sand rock building, scale.

In three-layer gradually shrink platform, those shrugged into the cloud--is a temple, a pagoda, a hill! here when it was noon local time 13: 30. without the slightest shadow of cover, the whole temple completely exposed under the Sun!

Shoot the totality of PP, unwilling to let go of this temple of look and feel that taking a breath, with a bottle of water, courage, risked almost 40 degrees, the scorching sun, towards the entrance ...

Shot in the face, arm of Sun stinging every inch of your skin, heat waves so rampant, really want to take water pouring down on my head, but fear of pity voice.

Worry about heat stroke, a layer of the platform, the entrance or at once hid wall-hwan of shadows, a short break, or fixed eye looked at the architecture of each local or corner.

Each layer of stone steps is a 70-80 ° vertical tilt, every step and narrow and high, looking up, in addition to the step or ladder, cannot see the above stupa.

Must be hands and feet, and limbs almost stand, and the stone surface and roasted hot and touched on it but dare to have a moment of contact, immediately go to climb to a higher level ...

Make ze and steep stairs, cautious, mechanically climbing, think of the original architect, whether they wish to masonry so steep ladder, forcing the believers in trembling, difficult rising process, experience leads to the heaven of hard, born a reverence to God Almighty and the worship of psychology as thoroughly appreciate the pilgrimage? from the essence of?

Finally, climb the tea gel Temple and let sweat, exposure, look around, the North is a green ocean, Southeast of both sides is in the Bush of King city surrounded by the monuments, nothin' ...

I have lived in the small of the feeling of being proud, worthy and huge pay.

Ta Prohm Temple — Tabou cage

Here is the tree of the world, huge trees, lots of trees, walls, temples, has on growth stands and building formed a symbiotic!, thriving, blocking the task of the Sun's rays, just straight out the tea-temple with burning Grill, swapped into a shade.

Almost all the Raiders are mentioned: the "Tomb Raider" movies made it known, unfortunately, industrious, he really do not know the story of this film, the characters only from the titles I, II the eyes guessing.

Hang around with shade staggered of indoor and outdoor space, hierarchical overlap one another temple, more circuitous corridor, scattered broken wall collapse of waste rock, and the growth in the wall, roof tree, constitutes a maze of pattern, with deep, blurred, mysterious atmosphere, some are suitable for strange stories, ghost stories, such as occurrence, expanded, in-depth ...

The building is eight, nine hundred years ago, then the tree or the temple construction, their seeds in the soil, secretly rooting, germination? a but deserted, seizing opportunities at once, and blatant colour, in a vain attempt to become the dominate here? today, when the tree was practicing to absolute master, dependency on it — the temple construction, and assume the role of? how?? unknown ...

Photo caption: trees and buildings forming a symbiosis!

Srah Srang Royal baths –

Oblong artificial water lake, is the most magnificent Angkor era of artificial irrigation engineering, Royal Bath ceremony held in the past.

With Khmer Earth dry rain two quarters, adjust the water level.

From early morning until now, every one of the steps of the temple, layers, portraits of carving, piles of rubble, suddenly appear in between in the field of vision of the open water, omnipresent blue hearts, clear and fresh!

Prasat Kravan cardamom Temple —

This is a masonry Tower Group, flattened green turf wrap, North-South one of the five and a half people monument Tower of stone platforms, the middle of the main tower than other double, close watched has to accept the overall size of fundus, they are nothing!

Specifically, this temple has been fixed so basic restored as is.

Internal statue made of brick, chronology of brick carved figures and concave, pictorial representation of the story; the appearance of integrity of bricks arranged in straight and structured so that the building corners clear-cut, slim and delicate details, becoming West down Sun, with dazzling shine Golden, produces a remarkable sacred, Kiss, the Angkor period of prosperity and luxury are set out in my mind ...

Phnom Bakeng mountain nesbakken, sunset —

The Khmer Empire moves all Angkor built the first temple, known as the "first Angkor".

Is not far from Angkor Wat, one of a small hill, about 100 meters, is the only high ground near, can ride the Elephant Hill. The West side of the mountain is open Western pool (West Baray), the Southeast is Angkor Wat in the jungle. From here you can see the North Thailand-Cambodia border.

Starting from 5: 00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain nesbakken many came to the foot of the mountain, in the heat, glare wandering 12 hour, climbing up to the number already few however Temple Hill, looking up at less than 100 m high and one seat real mountain peak, clearly feel my legs, feet, hair soft acid ...

Think of Carmen book on sunset's provocative portrayals, think about all kinds of tips this is in the Wind Waker classic landscapes, like I am greedy person, was nevertheless do not want to miss.

In fact, the sunset but is a kind of too frequent natural phenomena, but wondered why people always outing not to chase, also beyond redemption to blind obedience ...

With heavy steps along the dirt track, the root of the tree cover almost three step stops the five step a break, some pathetic.

Finally, on to the top of the Hill, so that really to watch the sunset, is on the mountain nesbakken Temple three tier platform with a layer of most! finally climbed, but here, as well as of the morning sunrise is full of tourists, bustling, lively exception.

Looking back, looking after Angkor in the jungle on a sharp mind, surrounded by Sun, the tone is almost submerged by around linhai; and in front of the Sun, has begun to be Clouds obscured. ...

More than 10 minutes, the Sun gradually disappearing is moderated, no, no sunset jungle envisaged so exciting, calm, peaceful, even ping spent. Than not a treacherous dagcanglhamo of yunbo, nor the Ili River of gentle magnificent ...

The mood seems to be some of the frustration, think also of the guilty.

Perhaps, in the physical borders on overdrawn, nature just sent me a simple ordinary comfort ...

Banteay Srei female Palace —

Female Palace is Angkor in one of the most important buildings, its architecture to dapper, exquisite and vivid, magnificent and famous in the world, known as the "Pearl of the Angkor monuments" and "Angkor art drilling".

Women's use of square or rectangular layer city profile-planning, it sits West to East, is composed of three layers of red sandstone walls outside enclosure, fence also has a ditch. The first wall length 110 m, width 95 m, through a third wall were the three arches in the East, we can see God's Tower-Vatican Palace. The door suddenly to the wall, a door carved in relief, very beautiful.

This group of building communities, quietly hiding in the jungle, the scale is just a breeding ground, appearance on daochang, although far from main attractions comparison is in progress.

Only the special but of orange red sandstone walls, there are spread in the door frame, wall lumbar, stigma, covers almost all construction surface deep embossing, fine degree to with the magnifying glass to finely sculpted, amazing ancient Cambodia must filled with skilled artisans ...

In the morning sunshine, wall-hwan, head, post, sculpture, everywhere constantly launching a seductive, hook people soul, and the tune is blue-gray Temple Tower, really slow the Visual fatigue of a boost! footsteps around in a circle is a circle, eyes again and again, his camera to shoot and shoot, obsession, drunk ...

Photo caption: female Palace

Preah Khan Temple-swords

The sword in the monastery was once a King's Palace, full of arrogance, like the Royal Palace.

The most famous is the sculpture sky woman (Apsara) murals. The then popular dance of the "Angel", a female dancer as goddess avatar could not marry, their body and enchanting, tight gorgeous clothes and Diadems, the fingers straight, various gestures, please the God and the King.

East Gate of the entrance there is a two storey building, it has a circular pillars of ancient Roman architecture style, is the only one of the Angkor monuments of a two-story buildings.

Next to close a balcony, it is said that the sword is buried there.

Photo caption: Holy Temple

Roluos Brolo's group —

Built in the 9th century, Brolo's architectural complex was called Khmer art beginning, Angkor dynastic founder? ^ yeah BA Mo II has established several capital, Barolo, is he established the second capital and existing BA Kung Temple, the sacred Bull Temple, Rollei Temple.

Bakong BA Kung Temple —

Brolo's group of the largest and most important monasteries, it used to be the large urban centres.

> Close to the temple yet, first saw a Wang and blue, green, next to the Bank with Palm, coconut palms, shrubs and dotted with white or pink flowers are not well-known, a white wall red roof House complements these, so a warm mystique ...

Through the sides of the flowers in full bloom of the dirt track, a green grey stone pagoda in front of the lateral extension of the platform at a square Tower Temple high into the sky ...

That is, around monks, residential, primary school and the many cleaning, maintenance workers, siege, feeling it is no longer so aloof and sacred and secular, is inextricably linked ...

This is the last in Siem Reap to visit a temple, sitting on the top floor terrace, looked, distant green wave fluctuation of jungle, near Lin flashed over the River, the ear heard following the passing of the reading in the primary noise, and the heart, on the history left this country so rich gifts has endless lament and nostalgia ...