The parting moment at Angkor Wat...apparently this is best time to take the picture-I suppose there is something to be said for actually having the correct sort of camera while taking the picture as well. In order to really be amazed, you need to go.

The moat to enter.
The first view.

The writings on the wall-wait, I am half asleep here, these are obviously not writings-bas reliefs is what I meant to say. They go around the whole temple. These artists must have had some serious job security at the time.

That's right, a hallway. (Note: The stones on the ground are uneven a) because this place is a thousand years old and b) the city of Siem Reap does not have a plan water usage. As the spiffy new hotels go up, the ground and history sinks down. This is going to prove to be a serious problem if something doesn't change.

Here is the temple that was left for nature to take over. The trees grow anywhere and many of the stones are crumbling down. This is the tree used in the movie Tomb Raider...at least I think it was...they all start to look the same after awhile!

Another temple. The story behind this one is that this temple would have been bigger than Angkor Wat but it was never finished. The reason for this is unknown, but some have said it was because the king died. Another story involves something with the amount of lightning strikes the workers experienced during construction.

The Bayon temple has a (a number of faces that skips my mind right now..53? 54?) lot of stone faces. They, funny enough, represent not only the god the temple was built for, but also the king in charge of building it. Hmmm...

This is back to the temple that was left to nature. I know, the pics should be together but apparently when you delete something on this blogspot thing the edit/undo button does not work. This was not a happy lesson I learned today.

Some monks outside Ankor Wat.

Temple after temple...it was along day. We hiked up a "hill" to find another ruin and a great view of Ankor Wat.

Here is a little guy we met sitting by the river.