Phumi Boeng (Beng) Mealea is a temple about 40 km east of Angkor Wat - just off Route 6 as seen above. Like Angkor Wat, it is dated to about the 12th century. Below are a number of photos Chhoy and I took while climbing around the temple.
The day starts with the morning moon and sunrise
Morning sky
Sunrise
Full sunrise
After sunrise, I usually watch the kids riding to school
A couple of Buddhist monks on their way somewhere
A mom taking 2 kids to school
A masked rider
Treak Village Road
Each year, I photograph the members of this family. Somehow over the past few years, I've missed this young lady - so here she is
Gathering the rest of our team (cousins) - we head for Boeng Mealea, about 100 km from Sojourn - 3 hours on the back of Chhoy's motorcycle
Monks doing a bit of road work
Petrol is served in bottles of Johnnie Walker - Red and Black label
Riding along, I just tried to capture photos of rice fields and planting rice
Harvesting rice
New rice
Gardening
Catching a ride
Hauling rice
Hauling bananas
The road to Boeng Mealea
Motorcycle for three
More hauling rice
Motorcycle for 5
Fill-up Chhoy's bike
Hauling bags of rice grains
A home
Entering Boeng Mealea - there are reminders of times past
Cobra guarded entrance to Boeng Mealea
Temple side, displayed in the Greek style
A building
A door
Inside the building
Walking through a dark passage
Through an 800 year old window
Overgrown ruins
Chhoy and his cousins
Chhoy's sister (right)
Collapsed structure
Stone carving
A bridge
And on the other side of the bridge - a colorful caterpillar
Another structure
A dark passage
Dry moat
Overgrown structures
looking
Stone carving
A wall of windows
Overgrown everything
Stone carving
Leaving
Outside - a lizard - with flash
Same lizard - natural light
A dragonfly
Back at Sjourn - Miss Vanhorm was waiting for us
and Mr. Chhay. I had a small cold and they prepared hot lemon tea for me
C. Frank Starmer