KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery 3/12/2004

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Looking up at one of Angkor Wat's 5 towers - these are each assosicated with a god or goddess, plus a specific mountain peak. The towers are all in the shape of lotus flowers, important both in the Hindu and Buddhist religions.		Angkor Wat's main tower in the center of the temple	A beautiful carving of an apsara (divine dancer). Thy told us that this is the best preserved carving in the entire temple.	We took this picture of one of the floors to show the holes that were drilled in the rocks and allowed them to be dragged by elephants. The rocks came from an area 45 miles away.
Looking over Angkor Wat and into the jungle from the central tower area	Another view from on top of the tower	Three monks looking up and getting ready for their climb	And here they are during the climb...	Angkor Wat as seen from the front side. During the rainy season, this pool fills and creates beautiful reflections.
Reconstruction of a library being done by the Japanese. Various countries take on different restoration efforts, under the umbrella of UNESCO. This particular project has been underway for 9 years!	Thy is showing us a corner inside Angkor Wat where he lived for short periods of time while he was 2 years old. His mother would take him here during the 1974 and 1975 fighting between the Cambodian Government and the Khmer Rouge.	A statue of Vishnu that was originally inside the central temple, but was moved out when Angkor Wat became Buddhist in the 16th century. The head had been stolen and then recovered and placed in a museum. Only 1 month ago it was returned to the statue.	Thy is demonstrating the shape of towers using an actual lotus flower	A large bullet hole (to the left of her head)