| Dancers learn
the moves of the apsaras themselves. |
Rather than
pointing their fingers and toes as in Western dance, these dancers
flex their hands and feet back in impossible-looking but graceful
curves. |
Their
moves were slow and incredibly controlled. Really feminine and sexy,
but totally exotic. |
After the
performance, the dancers waited around bored for people to take pictures
of them. |
Another dance
told a folk tale of daily life. |
Elephants
provided an alternative mode of transportation to the less easily
accessible temples. |
This woman
sold us some lotus, which we learned how to pick the seeds out, peel
them, and eat. |
Monkeys
doing monkey business. |
People
use mopeds to transport everything, including these 2 live pigs. |
We
also saw people carrying dozens of live chickens hanging from their
feet from mopeds, and as many as 4 people would ride on a single moped
at once. |
Shadow
puppet plays are a traditional art form in Cambodia. |
This
is one of the very fancy houses in Siem Reap. |
Dried
flat fish available at the Siem Reap market. |
The
market sells food, textiles, crafts, and souvenirs, but the shopkeepers
(indeed, almost everyone in Cambodia) are very pushy to all tourists.
|
These
musicians played outside of Ta Prohm. They seemed to appreciate our
interpretive dance. |
A
floating village on Tonle Sap lake. |
Thus
began a 5 hour harrowing journey along the Tonle Sap river toward
Phnom Penh. But that was the ugly portion of our holiday in Cambodia,
and it remains uncommemorated in digital form. |
