Angkor Wat - Pictures

Our first real glimpse of the main temple at Angkor

Waiting for the sun to come up over Angkor - sitting at our spot in front of the pond



The sun finally rose over the temple!

After sunrise we decided to walk over and explore the main Angkor temple

Relief carvings cover the outer walls of the temple - the carvings depict battles and the history of the kings

Taking off her shoes before entering the temple

Walking through the inner area of Angkor

Some more relief sculptures on the outer edges of the doorways

Carvings on the inner walls

Battle Scene

Local village area on the way to "The Women's Temple"

Ali in the tuk tuk

The second temple - far less busy than the main Angkor one

This is the second temple we stopped at (I forgot the name!). It had a nice view from the top of the surrounding forests and rice fields

An example of the famous intricate carvings at the women's temple

The main section of the "Women's Temple" - it is very well preserved since it is a bit far from the main temple area

The Women's Temple

The entrance to one of the smaller temples

A caution sign in one of the smaller temples

Another small temple

One of the statues on the bridge leading to the temple - these are some of the statues that the Khmer Rouge soldiers beheaded during Pol Pot's Reign



Our first glimpse of "Bayon"



Bayon

Ali with one of the heads

We're touching noses :)

Bayon upper level

The Terrace of Elephants

Ali with some of the elephants

View of the jungle temple from the outside

A good depiction of the "Man vs Nature" that makes this temple so famous

Pretending to be Lara Croft from "Tomb Raider"

The two of us in front of the famous tree that was in the "Tomb Raider" movie