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| Angkor Wat, Siem Reap & Tonle Sap, Cambodia |
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a floating church
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hanging out in the porch in one of the floating houses. the hammock seems to serve as a storing area for clothes
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this shop stocks housewares and all kinds of stuff
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some of these floating houses even have potted gardens in the front
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pigs sleeping in the afternoon sun in their floating pen. the naked little boy in the background is being given a bath
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a mangrove forest in the lake
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leaving Angkor Wat at sunset
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i took this photo of this little girl holding her puppy. she was siting by the side of the path at Angkor Wat at dusk. she asked me for money after I took the picture, for letting me take her photo
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Angkor Wat at sunset
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pond at Angkor Wat
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water lily in the pond by Angkor Wat
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climbing down from the tower in the center of Angkor Wat. there are stairs on each side of the tower, but this is the only side that has a railing to hold on to. each step is really high and super narrow (you can only fit your foot sideways on a step)
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view of the Angkor Wat temple complex from the top of the centre tower
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i was petrified and literally couldn't stop shaking for about 20 minutes when Chuck & I managed to climb the steps to the top. the sunset was supposed to be great from the top, but i have a fear of heights and had no idea how scary this would be
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the steps were so narrow and so steep it was like climbing a vertical stone wall, with no railing to hold on to & the steps falling apart in places. once you started climbing, changing your mind was out of the question, & the only way to go was upi could only imagine falling and cracking my skull on the stone courtyard below. my fingers were all slippery with sweat in fear, which made it even harder to grasp the crevices in the narrow smooth stone steps. apparently, they designed the towers with such steep & narrow steps like this to create an impression of reaching to the heavens, and also to make it difficult for mere mortals to reach the gods (gods are not supposed to be easily accessible).
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