CAM-bodia

My trip to Cambodia was pretty interesting. The road from Thailand, though significantly improved in the past couple years - is still an adventure in and of itself.
It's only a flat, 150 kilometers but it takes over 4 hours. In the past it could take up to 8-10 hours so I guess I should have been happy.
But the ride was bumpy, dusty and ridiculously cramped.

Need less to say I was quite happy to arrive!


Of course one of the biggest tourist draws to Cambodia is Ankor Wat - the largest religious structure in the world. It is absolutely amazing!
There are actually many temples all around the area built in the height of the Khmer empire.
They are all crafted in stone with finely detailed carving and I couldn't help but just stand in awe at the immensity of it all.



Seriously these buildings are huge but every wall is covered with detailed scenes - so crazy.

For the most part, the fees paid to visit the monuments go towards their maintenance. But a couple of the temples they have left for nature to take over. The scene is something else - huge trees breaking apart stone and sending roots through the rubble. This particular tree I was told is in the movie Tomb Raider.

One of the big temples has all these huge, sort of creepy faces all over it. So I added mine to the mix.


And a parting sunset shot from the top of one of the temples - this place was packed to capacity!