Bayon (Brahma!)
One notices that the stones are stacked one over the other and there is no grout or mortar. There is also no iron rod or plate...
Bayon Thom (Brahmadham!)
Mr Kushal drove me to an area which looked like a Restaurants' Row. There were about a dozen food houses of various sizes tucked inside...
Evening at Siem Reap
I requested Mr Kushal to return at 7:30 in the morning and walked to my room. Since I had opted for a lodge, the room had only bare...
Baphuon
The Cool Inn was a newly constructed building. So the fittings and the features were expected to be conforming to the current usage. ...
Preh Khan (prekshA!)
Mr Kushal made plans for me. How much time I might spend at a site was my option. The drivers of three-wheelers parked their vehicles...
Village lunch
The eating place is an open air stall about two hundred foot long and thirty foott wide covered with a tent-like roof supported by poles....
Palace Temple
Archaeology is a science to study old objects in order to determine history. Most archaeology has been dealing with human skeletons and...
Angkor Wat
Mornings come early in the tropics. Because of the uniformity of day and night, the earth-bound creatures follow a sunlight-oriented...
Studying inscriptions
Writing like music is an art. It is a process of recording our speech for possible future use. It is believed to have developed through...
Departure from Cambodia, return to India
I was up early and checked through my belongings. I took a shower and consumed some of the remaining fruits. I prepared coffee. Dr....