The stupa towers of Angkor Wat. These huge sandstone towers are also the national symbol of Cambodia on the country's flag.
Lots of elephants in Cambodia, in tourist places, but also wild in the forests. 
The over 200 large face sculptures in the temple of Bayon make you feel like you are watched anywhere inside this big temple. 
The temple of Ta Prohm in the Angkor complex was my favorite. It has not been restored and the forest had 400 years to overgrow the site resulting in incredible views. Somehow the massive plant growth makes the age of the buildings more tangible and impressive.
You can drive through a lot of the temple areas, they are so large!
The root growth on the temple of Ta Prohm reminds me of the huge
ReplyDeletebanyan trees in my home town in southwest Florida; here they almost
look liquid or like giant octopi. Can't believe you didn't try just one
bite of the fried tarantula. Yikes. What a wonderful trip. I wonder
what it will do to your work when you return.