Quick update and some Wat-ing around

Hello everyone. I am having a wonderful time here in Siem Reap. I visited the temples at Ankor this week. Went for the three day pass. The evening before my first day I went out to Ankor to get my glimpse of the site at sunset. It took my breath away. As I may have mentioned I have my own transportation via 100cc motorbike that I rode up from Phnom Pehn. This means I don't have dependence on hired rides around town and out to sites of interest. I can come and go at my leisure. So the evening before my ticket went into effect I went for a ride around Ankor to have a better idea of my way around. Some of the roads can be quite confusing, being there is very little signage and maps are vague. So I headed off down a road in the direction of the great Wat and stumbled upon a rather large body of water. I sensed I had reached the temple, being that I knew that entire structure was surrounded by a formidable moat. My first views of the complex happened as I approached from the east. Gazing over this long pane of reflective water there was an uninterrupted calmness save for minute disturbances by small insects that had little effect on the overall picture. The sky was bruising. The sun was as red and round as a cherry lolly. I was on the back side and shot many a picture. I made my around to the entrance side and found where the people were. Throngs of tourists were pouring out of the great complex and others were streaming toward. Sunset is a frenzied time at Ankor. The sun is setting behind you westward and is splashing its hued influence on the moat and walls of the temple. It's quite dramatic and inspiring. I was in awe for many minutes. Its a difficult place to sit solemnly in wonder as I have done at several other places along my travels; there are just too many people. But sunset at Ankor can still be a time for reflection. I found that the intense beauty drown out most of the clatter from the worldwide collection of tourists. I'm going back again today.

I feel I shall have a full report on Ankor here soon. In other news. Two out of the many many many rolls that I have shot during my travels have been developed and I have them now for you to view. Both rolls were color slide film, developed into prints. Autumn then put them into my Flickr account for me. They are purposefully intense in colour: Do not adjust your computer screens. The link to the photos is Here I assure you that not every one of my rolls of film will look like these in colour. I have plenty of normal colour and black and white to develop when I got home. These were just the ones that were chosen so I could see how many shots were looking. I hope you enjoy. Thanks.

-Denny