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Angkor Wat69 views
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a floating village on the lake - more than 1 million people live on or around the Tonle Sap69 views
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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 & educated69 views
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the women's temple. there was a women's temple and a men's temple side by side. apparently women went here to pray for female related issues, like pregnancy, childbirth...69 views
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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 up68 viewsi 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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Apsaras68 views
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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 army68 views
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monks at Angkor Wat67 views
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they use these elaborate bamboo setups to catch fish - fish from the Tonle Sap is the main source of protein for most of the population of Cambodia67 views
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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 bath67 views
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the movie Tomb Raider was filmed here at Ta Prohm66 views
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blind (and maimed - by land mines) musicians playing at Ta Prohm66 views
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all life takes place on the water. here's a floating pig pen. even the pigs spend their lives in the midst of the lake66 views
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commerce on the lake. people go on these canoes from one floating house to another selling all kinds of stuff66 views
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in the rainy season when the level of the Mekong river is high, the Tonle Sap river reverses its flow & water is pushed into the lake & it increases to about 5 times its size66 views
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Chuck & I hired one of these boats by ourselves and went around the lake66 views
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a floating village66 views
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little old lady watching the street life below from her balcony65 views
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a girl living in one the floating houses, washing dishes65 views
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a woman at one of the houses doing her day's grocery shopping from the produce sellers that ply the lake on their canoes65 views
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