Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

This is the rear entrance to the famed Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. It is a magnificent creation. As one approaches, the shear size of the temple confounds the senses. It is fascinating what religion can bring people to raise.

Banteay Srei, Cambodia

This is a section of wall inside the Banteay Srei (Temple of Women) in Cambodia. This site is much older than Angkor Wat or Ta Phrom and is one of the first Angkorian Temples. The quality of the work is astounding given that it is carved of sandstone and is over a thousand years old. I marveled at it for a good long while before taking this shot.

Cambodia - Ta Phrom



This bike was left outside the back entrance to the Temple area of Ta Phrom in Cambodia. The city area of Siem Reap which houses the temples of Angkor Wat and Ta Phrom once held a population of nearly a million people, and now all that remains are the thousand year old ruins left to remind us of how nature can undo anything humankind can build.

Seoul, South Korea


This was taken while on a weekend walk with my good friend Nathan through downtown Seoul. This street used to be a concrete jungle with with a double-decker roadway as its primary eye sore. It was through a stroke of genius in city planning that it was transformed into the beautiful inner city parkway featured above. It opened a congested city street and breathed life back into the core area of downtown Seoul.