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our guide. after hanging out with him a couple of days, i asked him about the Khmer Rouge & found out his entire family had been killed by the KR. he entered a monastery after KR's end since that was the way he could be fed & educatedJul 04, 2005
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the center portion of this building is in the form of serpent heads (nagas)Jul 04, 2005
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Garuda guarding the city wall at Preah Khan. these bird men from Hindu mythology are the enemy of the serpentJul 04, 2005
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the Terrace of the Elephants - the terrace was used by one of the Angkor kings (who built it) to watch his armyJul 04, 2005
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at the Bayon. there are heads facing in every directionJul 04, 2005
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one of the massive stone faces at the Bayon. there are hundreds of these stone heads thereJul 04, 2005
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me standing between two celestial dancersJul 04, 2005
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entering Angkor Thom. the statues along the left side of the road represent the forces of evil, and the ones on the right represent the goodJul 04, 2005
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at Phnom Bakheng, a hindu temple at Angkor - our first day, we went to watch the sunset from the top. it's built on the highest hill around, and the view when you get to the top is pretty spectacular.Jul 04, 2005
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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).Jul 04, 2005
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view of the Angkor Wat temple complex from the top of the centre towerJul 04, 2005
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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 beJul 04, 2005
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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)Jul 04, 2005
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pond at Angkor WatJul 04, 2005
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water lily in the pond by Angkor WatJul 04, 2005
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