Thursday 17 April 2008

Banteay Srei

Banteay Srei is older than Angkor Wat (abt 960AD) but has lovely carvings - they have survived because the sandstone used (pink) is better than the grey of Angkor Wat. This allows for deeper carvings.



Plus the occasional bullet hole.
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3 comments:

  1. It looks like something I could get into, actually.
    Put a design on a big rock and finish the rest of my life trying to carve it out of a big rock.....

    wait.
    I'm getting an epihany, here.....

    AHA!
    I could GET STONED LEGALLY!

    wait...is that good?

    How's Mrs. M coming with lugging that turtle around? I'm assumming you put down your souveniers once and a while (the big statue of Lord what-his-name at the tunnel, the chickens and sweet potatoes, not to mention the island shaped like a head.
    I suppose at the airport, some astute guard will yell "Stop a head!" which may or may not read....over here, there are millions of signs that say "stop ahead"...
    oh well. Just help Margeret. That cotton-pickin turtle has GOT to be heavy!

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  2. I just love these ancient buildings. I'd just put my palms against the age old walls and let them tell the story of what happened aeons ago...

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