Angkor Thom, Spring 2008
Another view of some of the faces on the towers. |
Walking up into some of the main towers. |
More worn Nagas above a very worn Garuda. Garudas and Nagas are enemies but they are both used as guardian sculptures. |
Nagas on a corner stone with slightly more defined features. |
An easier to see Gaurda. Garudas usually have a half bird - half man apearance. |
Close towers in Bayon. |
A doorway. |
An Apsara. |
A lion carving. |
A crumbling wall. Many of the temples in Cambodia were at one time consumed by the jungle. Many countries have entered the effort to reassemble temples that have been damaged. |
A guardian with a downturned sword and an Apsara. |
A small Apsara. |
A guardian creature carving. |
Patricia looking down from a wall. |
A doorway with guardian and Apsara carvings. |
Another Apsara and a guardian. |
In the corner is a boat surrounded by fish. |
Walls around the buildings. |
A courtyard like area. |
Patricia takes a break. |
A reassembled carving sits on the ground. |
Looking around a corner. |
A balustrade with Nagas on the ends. This is a common motif and more examples can be seen at other temples. |
Posts and lintels from a former covered walkway. |
An outer wall of the temple. |
Another view that inclues the tops of the towers in the distance. |
A closer, wider view. |
One more view. |
Outside Angkor Thom is The Wall of the Leper King (also called the Terrace of the Leper King). An elephant protrudes from the corner of the wall. |
Three elephants. Elephants are found on many temples in Cambodia, but this trio all have their trunks which, naturally, is one of the parts that most often breaks off. |
Here I am sitting between the elephants. |
Here is a view of Angkor Thom from The Wall of the Leper King. |
Elephant motif runs along the wall. |
Long view of The Wall of the Leper King. |
A small temple across the road from The Wall of the Leper King. |
More temples across the road. |
More elephants along the wall. |
Worn Garudas "hold up" the walkway on the top of the wall. |
Garudas and corner elephants. |
Downward view on two Garudas and another guardian in the middle. |