«
»

Angkor Thom

November 1st, 2012 at 12:00 pm by David Farrar

Angkor Thom is a short distance from the more famous Angkor Wat. In some ways it is more impressive. Angkor Thom was the capital city of the Khmer Empire and the ruins cover 9 square kilometres.

The main entrance above the moat has scores of busts of gods and demons lining the sides.

The entrance into Bayon, the temple at the heart of Angkor Thom.

Touring Angkor Thom by elephant!

Bayon Temple.

The name, for those lost.

More of the wonderful artwork.

The inner temple.

One of the many faces of presumably King Jayavarman VII. who built Angkor Thom.

Related posts:

  1. Angkor Wat
  2. Sunrise at Angkor Wat
  3. Oudong
  4. Ta Prohm
Tags: ,

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2012 at 12:00 pm and is filed under DPF. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

5 Responses to “Angkor Thom”

  1. Longknives (2,472) Says:
    November 1st, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    What an amazing looking place. I think some of the Lara Croft Tomb raider (Back when Angeline was hot) film was set there.

    Vote: Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0 You need to be logged in to vote
  2. pq (728) Says:
    November 1st, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    Yes nice shots, Farrar. When you upgrade camera next remember high dynamic range .
    It evens out underexposed areas, [not here] but when shooting in high contrast lighting, eg temples at dawn, or dark trees etc.,

    Vote: Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0 You need to be logged in to vote
  3. BeaB (1,606) Says:
    November 1st, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    You’re not bored yet with all these temples and statues? Go and sit in the shade with a cold drink and some of that amazing food.

    Vote: Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0 You need to be logged in to vote
  4. DJP6-25 (1,100) Says:
    November 1st, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    I guess the reason these sites are mostly intact is that the building materials weren’t recycled by the locals later for their own buildings. Plus they were hidden by the jungle for a long time.

    cheers

    David Prosser

    Vote: Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0 You need to be logged in to vote
  5. Todd Sisson (41) Says:
    November 2nd, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Cool place David – nice shots – thanks for sharing :-)

    Vote: Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0 You need to be logged in to vote

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

«
»