Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


Dec 27, 2008: A visit to Kuolen National Park with Waterfalls, 1000 lingas and a tample

How we got there

This was to be an interesting trip. Ranga had suggest I go to the Kuolen National Park - a short 60 km from Siem Reap - but a 3 hour trip including stops for photo shots

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Harvesting rice

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Making coconut sugar - the milk is boiled down until all that is left is sugar

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And along th eway across the etop of Kuolen Mountain were a bunch oof funnel webs - and sure enough, there were funnel spiders also - inside funnell

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Outside funnel

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THe upper falls (lesser)

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The greater falls

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A waterfall smile

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Me

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Me in a swing

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Pisey in a swing

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Temple ruins on the other side of the river

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Vicheka - from Phnom Phen

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Temple linga

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Pisey and an old templ

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Lying Buddha

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Temple

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River of 1000 lingas - with polarizing filter

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More stone carvings - River of 1000 Lingas

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More

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The big linga

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Stone carving (not the one in the pink shirt

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Sand spring - the water perculates up and makes ripples in the sand

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Sand spring temple

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Sand pattern

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A little bit later

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A view from Kuolen Mountain

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Sunset shadows over a rice field

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Sunset reflections

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Bye bye sun

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C. Frank Starmer

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