Large carved stone faces look out from the towers of the Bayon temple at Angkor.
Large carved stone faces look out from the towers of the Bayon temple at Angkor.

Cambodia & Vietnam

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ByZayera

December 2012 I travelled again with Rosabussarna and this trip we started with a flight to Bangkok. From there we went on a bus through Cambodia to Vietnam. The sites we visited were: Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh, Tuol Sleng, Mekong delta and Cai Rang river market, Ho Chi Minh city, the tunnels in Co Chi and museum about the Vietnam war.

Angkor Wat and Siem Reap

Stone figures line the causeway to the south gate of Angkor Thom near Siem Reap.
A row of stone guardian heads stands along the causeway at Angkor Thom in Cambodia.
A stone gate tower with carved faces stands against a clear sky at Angkor Thom.
A stone guardian head looks over the moat at Angkor Thom at dusk.
Large carved stone faces look out from the towers of the Bayon temple at Angkor.
Carved stone walls of an old temple rise under green trees at Angkor in Cambodia.
A row of stone doorways makes a long corridor inside a temple at Angkor.
Carved apsara dancers decorate a stone wall at Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
A long bas-relief with many carved figures covers a gallery wall at Angkor Wat.
A carved relief panel with figures sits between stone pillars at an Angkor temple.
A detailed stone bas-relief shows a battle scene at Angkor Wat near Siem Reap.
A carved stone relief shows warriors and a chariot on a gallery wall at Angkor Wat.
A carved female figure with a tall headdress stands on a wall at Angkor Wat.
A tall tree grows out of fallen temple stones in the jungle at Angkor.
Giant trees stand beside an old temple wall in the jungle at Angkor.
A traveler stands under huge tree roots that cover a temple wall at Angkor.
A traveler in a red shirt stands between stone guardians on the causeway at Angkor Thom.
Thick tree roots grow over a stone temple wall at Angkor in Cambodia.
The three central towers of Angkor Wat rise above the outer gallery in late light.
Angkor Wat temple with its five towers stands behind a green lawn near Siem Reap.
The towers of Angkor Wat show as a dark outline against the orange sky at sunrise.
A brown dog and two black puppies sleep on a wooden floor in Cambodia.
A quiet sandy beach with calm water lies under a cloudy sky in Cambodia.

Phnom Penh and Tuol Sleng

People dance under a wooden pavilion in a park in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
People exercise together in a dark park in Phnom Penh in the evening.
Groups of people do aerobics on a lit promenade in Phnom Penh at night.
Tuk-tuks and motorbikes pass Buddhist temple roofs on a street in Phnom Penh.
Families sit on the grass of a large square in Phnom Penh at night.
A royal pavilion with many lights shines in the dark in Phnom Penh.
A metal bed frame stands in an empty room with a tiled floor at Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh.
A sign at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh lists the prison security rules.
The entrance gate of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh has barbed wire and a sign in Khmer and English.
The former school building of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum has three floors of open corridors.
A metal bed with chains and an ammunition box stands at Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh.

Chau Doc and the Mekong Delta

A white mosque with a dome and a minaret stands near Chau Doc in Vietnam.
A market stall sells fermented fish and jars of food in Chau Doc, Vietnam.
A woman sits at a wooden loom in a weaving workshop near Chau Doc.
A woman weaves cloth on a traditional wooden loom in a village near Chau Doc.
A woman stands on a boat full of fruit baskets at a floating market in the Mekong Delta.
A woman in a conical hat rows a small boat at a floating market in the Mekong Delta.
Small boats pass colorful riverside houses on a river in the Mekong Delta.
Loaded boats lie side by side at a floating market on a river in the Mekong Delta.
Two people row a long wooden boat across a wide river in the Mekong Delta.
Tall thin trees stand in water covered with green plants in a flooded forest in the Mekong Delta.
Twisted trees grow out of green water in a flooded forest in the Mekong Delta.
Duckweed covers the water between leaning trees in a swamp forest in the Mekong Delta.
Pink lotus flowers bloom among large green leaves in a pond in the Mekong Delta.
A pink lotus bud rises above round green leaves in a pond in the Mekong Delta.
Laundry hangs on a stilt house next to a wooden walkway in the Mekong Delta.
A simple roofed shelter stands among trees in a village in the Mekong Delta.
A blue wooden house on stilts stands over the brown river in the Mekong Delta.
Chickens walk on floating plants under a stilt house on the river in the Mekong Delta.
A white dog stands in shallow river water next to a stilt house in the Mekong Delta.
People sit outside a small floating house with a tin roof on the river in the Mekong Delta.
An open hatch in a wooden floor shows the water of a fish farm in the Mekong Delta.
A man stands on the porch of a blue floating house on the river in the Mekong Delta.
Colorful floating houses lie on calm water on a river in the Mekong Delta.
Boats lie next to large tin floating sheds on the river in the Mekong Delta.

Videos from Vietnam

A man-made park gone wild in Vietnam, 2012. Video: Zayera Khan. Watch on YouTube
Evening fitness in a park in Saigon, 2012. Video: Zayera Khan. Watch on YouTube
Dancing in a park in Saigon, part 1, 2012. Video: Zayera Khan. Watch on YouTube
Dancing in a park in Saigon, part 2, 2012. Video: Zayera Khan. Watch on YouTube