Angkor Wat, Spring 2008
This would have been where "The Churning of the Sea of Milk " would have been but it is currently being restored. |
Looking out from a walkway. |
An elephant carving. This is part of a long, winding, mural that lines one of the interior halls and it's supposed to depict the history of the Khmer people. |
An elephant with a curled trunk. |
A chariot being pulled by a neat looking creature, but I'm honestly not sure what it is. |
A chariot with an archer. |
Chariot being pulled by a deer. |
Another elephant. |
A Garuda helps fight monsters. |
Horses |
A long Naga. Unfortunately, the hall was dark and the color of the stone differed as you went along making is difficult to photograph it, especially since I did not have a tripod and lots of time. |
Another chariot. |
Decorative pillars along the walkway. |
A Garuda. |
An animal that looked a little like a rhino. |
Another Garuda. |
A Naga with a rider. |
A man in a headlock. |
Another archer. |
A fight scene. I'm not 100% sure which Hindu god is depicted here. My best guess would be Shiva since Shiva is the destroyer and is often fighting. |
Creatures, possibly lions of some kind. |
A carving of Brahma. |
Humanoid creatures. |
A dark archeway inside the covered walkway. Now you can see why it was so hard to photograph this mural. |
A leaping spear thrower. |
A battle scene. |
A Naga and a chariot. |
Fighting Garuda pushing away two horses. |
Possibly Shiva, fighting on a chariot. |
A phoenix. |
More battle scenes. |
A strange "embrace" during a battle. |
More figures battling, some are monkeys. |
Monkeys |
Looking across the moat at Angkor Wat. |
More fighting on the mural, this time, with monkeys. |
One figure in this scene appears to be in some sort of headlock. |
A fighter getting his butt bit by monkeys. |
What looks like Brahma on a chariot fighting. |
Monkeys and creatures. |
Looking back on Angkor Wat. |
A view of the back end of Angkor Wat and the moat. |
A close up view of the back of Angkor Wat and the moat. |