Travels with Tricia

Category: Cambodia

  • A blue bucket filled with yellow mimosa flowers sits at a fresh market in Croatia. The flower is associated with International Women's Day celebrations.

    Celebrating International Women’s Day

    Today is International Women’s Day, a commemorative day that’s celebrated in different ways throughout the world. In some countries, the focus is on women’s accomplishments, whereas in others, it is a day to merely show gratitude towards women.

  • A horse stands in front of Angkor Wat, in Cambodia.

    Photo du Jour: A Bejeweled Horse – Angkor Wat, Cambodia

    The magic of Angkor Wat and magnificent Cambodian temples like Ta Prohm and  Bayon is all in the details: richly-carved female devata and apsara bas-relief figures, a visiting Buddhist monk clad in a tangerine-colored robe spotted amid the grey structures, a handsome horse wearing a bejeweled bridle in Angkor Wat’s fore.

  • Khmer Architecture in the Shadows of Angkor Wat

    In Angkor Wat’s shadows, this pagoda is likely overshadowed by her formidable neighbor. But the pagoda’s stupas, Khmer painting, and intricate facial details are lovely – situated on a compound just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.

  • A pile of lotus buds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

    Vignettes From Phnom Penh’s Riverside

    Carrying salmon and ivory-colored lotus blossom offerings, the Buddhist worshippers entered the crowded courtyard in front of a small temple along Phnom Penh’s riverside. Once inside, they left their spiritual contributions. The green, pink and white pile of offerings inside was apparently growing so vast that officials periodically tossed the decorated green coconuts and buds…

  • A couple, standing in front of the Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia, which is overgrown by trees.

    A Return to Angkor: The Tree-Adorned Temple of Ta Prohm

    Regarded as one of Angkor’s most atmospheric temples, Ta Prohm is perhaps best known as the location in which the movie Tomb Raider was filmed (admittedly, I have not seen it). The circa 12th century temple’s gnarly, towering trees are at times indistinguishable from the stone walls, pillars, and foundations that they are devouring. And the setting…

  • The remnants of two smiling faces adorn the Bayon Temple in Angkor Thom, Cambodia.

    A Return to Angkor: Exploring Breathtaking Bayon Temple

    As you wander through Bayon Temple’s wedding cake-like levels, it’s likely you’ll feel as though you’re being watched — and indeed you are — by the 216 immense faces that adorn the 54 towers of this Angkorian jewel. Built in the late 12th century, Bayon was established as the temple for King Jayavarman VII. It is…