Cambodia

Tree and time flow over stone

Late afternoon light

A midday view from this hilltop temple down to Lake Tonle Sap. The only time to get away from the tourists is to climb in the heat of midday. Early C10th, possibly the first temple  built in the area.

Roots insinuating into every crack

The apsaras were the celestial dancers created from foam when the gods churned the oceans into the elixir of life 

This was a small, isolated temple overlooking a large rectagular pool - one of eight making up a lotus pattern. The Buddha was sheltered by a flaring cobra

Each of the 37 towers at the Bayon has four faces oriented to the cardinal points. Late C12th 

Wherever we found a Buddha, or part of a Buddha, even if only the feet remained, there were flowers, coins, golden cloth

A small group of many, many elephants, each one individualised, Angkor Thom

One of many Buddhas at Angkor Wat