http://my.opera.com/tachien/albums/show.dml?id=662579 -- I donot think they are
copy-righted -- (or at least I hope so!)
This is the ruin of Angkor, an ancient city of the Khmer Empire -- now
Cambodia. It was perhaps one of the most romantic empires in the ancient
Far East.
According to Western archaeologists, at the peak of its power, the city
was ten times bigger than London and Paris at the times -- I cannot give
an exact reference to this, I heard on a program by run SBS a little while
back.
I believe the trees are of a ficus variety:
The Khmer architectures were heavily influenced by Indian. A typical decoration
on a building wall:
I am not too sure how this inspire us -- but certainly the forces of
nature are to be respected.
Best regards.
