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APAD 100: Are we there yet?

Posted by The Insider on Jun 19, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Kep, Shadow Shot Sunday, sights, transportation, travel | 4 comments

The long and lonely tree-lined road to Kep, Cambodia.

Apparently, there are still 100kms to go before reaching Kep. Can you still hold on, my dear?

APAD 060: Sleeping soundly under the shady tree

Posted by The Insider on May 8, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Angkor Wat, Cambodia life, Shadow Shot Sunday, travel | 7 comments

We hired this tuktuk to take us around the Angkor Wat complex in Siem Reap province some years ago. We stopped to look at the temples and when we came back this is what we saw. The tree provided shade to the tuktuk, while the driver slept soundly on a hot summer day. He might already be in dreamland at the time I took this photo so we decided not to wake him up. It didn’t take awhile before he woke up though, and so, we were on our way to see the other temples in our itinerary.

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APAD 058: A sunny day, with cloudy sky

Posted by The Insider on May 6, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Skywatch Friday, travel | 3 comments

It was a beautiful day, and my husband and I were driving home from a quick getaway in Kep province. Kep is a beach-town, more popular for its seafood than beaches, down in the southern coast of Cambodia. Upon reaching Angtasom, the half-way point between Kep province and Phnom Penh, we took a different route this time, an asphalted road (national road #2) Tramkak that led us to Takeo. We were greeted by this solitary sign and two girls on a bicycle, as we took the long, almost empty road that brought us back to Phnom Penh.

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>Sepia Scenes 002: Ancient Gallery Walls

Posted by The Insider on Mar 12, 2009 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, ancient temples, Angkor Wat, Sepia Scenes, sights, travel | 13 comments

Inside the Angkor Wat Temple’s gallery wall. As you can see, the hallway extends as far as the eye (or the lens) can see. The walls are carved with scenes from the Khmer version of the epic Ramayana. The carvings are in perfect detail and condition, as if it were carved only recently. Amazing. Truly a world wonder.