Cambodia - The Bayon, Part 2

These are the remaining photos of the Bayon that I took. In order to get to the faces on the pillars, you have to climb a set of steps up to the roof of the structure. I don't recall it being terribly fun making the climb, but it wasn't as bad or as steep as taking the stairs to the top of Angkor Wat.































This is definitely one of my favorite photos. I posted this one with some guy's arm in the left corner, but have a clean one that I'll blow up one of these days.

Cambodia - The Bayon, Part 1

As I said yesterday, I wanted to post some of the photos I took in Cambodia. These are from my first day. I have a link to the description of the first day and the temples I visited. The photos below are of the detail on the gate of city of Angkor Thom and the Bayon. I've got a lot of photos from Cambodia to post, so here goes:


This is on the side of the gate to Angkor Thom.


A closeup of the face at the top of the gate.


This is just past the gate entrance; a three headed elephant. Its a little tough to pick it out, but the elephant head is stained black.





This is the main walkway to the Bayon. If you open the photo up, you can see the faces on the spires.


The left side of the Bayon.


A woman seated next to a reclining Buddha statue.


A closeup of one of the faces.


This is a bas-releif on one of the outer walls of the Bayon. There are bas-releif carvings all over all the Angkor Temples with the most famous being on the walls of Angkor Wat.


Another bas-relief.


This is a bas-relief of Aspara dancers on a pillar.














With most of the photos, its probably better to open it in another window and then expand the photo in the window to see the detail. The 5.6 megapixel camera really does give some pretty decent detail. One of these days, I'm going to see what the maximum photo size I can print with a couple of the photos I'll post next time and you'll understand why I want them printed.