Via David
My Brother Henry and Wife Jessica
Mother was enthralled by it after Jackie Kennedy visited and spoke highly of the area. She wanted to go, but never made it. My friend Bill and I visited Cambodia for the first time in 1969 and had planned on going after Phnom Penh, but were having such a good time, we decided to wait until the next time, but unfortunately the Khmer Dau (Rouge) took the area over after the Lon Nol coup. I did bring back a temple rubbing for Mother and now have it displayed at Dixieland.
The Tuol Sleng Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
I Have Committed The Mistake Of Believing In Americans
Kerry And His Mystical Khmer Dau (Rouge)
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The ornate, pinecone-shaped towers of Angkor Wat in Cambodia float
above a vast temple complex of shrines, pools, houses, and a perfectly
square moat. Today, only a small number of monks remain within the
temple walls. The remaining structures have been reclaimed by trees
whose roots wind around the stone like cellulose tentacles.
Archaeologists have long wondered what life was like here when Angkor
was the cosmopolitan heart of the Khmer Empire in the 12th and
13th centuries. Why did so many people abandon this place in the
15th century, never to return?
Unlike a majority of archaeological endeavors, the answers didn't
come from digging up the ground. Instead, our first glimpse of Angkor as
it once was came just a few years ago from a sophisticated laser
scanning machine mounted on a helicopter.
Invisible city
Sure would be a great visit to explore hidden secrets and
ReplyDeleteexamine the architecture. Fascinating place filled with
mysteries. Maybe, Brock, you can go during your return to
the area in the fall.
Good idea. The Vietnamese visas are only good for three months, so if you want to stay longer, you fly to Phnom Penh to renew, in full hopes that you will return shortly, though that never happens....:) Actually the only sane thing to do is to fly to Phnom Penh, land at the airport, turn in your paper work at the Vietnamese embassy and leave immediately for Ankor Wat before temptations take control of you. :)
DeleteI sure wish you would go so you can take pics of the structure
ReplyDeleteoutside and inside if allowed. Not a place for silly folks
but for deep thinkers. A marvelous opportunity.
Lets go! :) I'll ask my brother if he has other pictures.
DeleteOkay, swell. The inside too if available. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI've already asked him so we shall see.
DeleteMy brother sent me a bunch of pictures, so if you'd like to give me your email, I'll send them to you.
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