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Trees and Monkeys

I figure that it’s about time I post some more photos. To save download time, I’ve made this an extended blog entry.

Justin with tree-covered doorway (Ankgor Wat)
This doorway was made famous by Hollywood – as if these temples needed the help. There’s a scene in Tomb Raider where Angelina Jolie races out to save the world. I only wish we could have included the whole tree in the photo – it is as enormous as you can imagine!

Wild monkey about to get a banana
Driving from one temple to another we met up with a band of wild monkeys. This one, obviously in charge, expected a banana as a toll.

Wild monkeys on the roadside at Angkor Wat
Here’s some of the other monkeys he was travelling with.

Here’s a bunch of photos showing some of the trees that are growing out of the temple walls. If one ever falls the damage will be severe, but it’s very interesting to see.

Trees growing out of temples

Trees growing out of the walls

Tree growing out of a temple

Interesting tree roots

This entry was posted on Monday, September 13th, 2004 at 11:07 pm and is filed under Thailand & Cambodia. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Trees and Monkeys”

  1. mike Says:
    September 15th, 2004 at 10:37 pm

    Kind of neat where trees will grow, looks really interesting

    Mike

  2. The travels of Justin » Blog Archive » Last day in Cambodia Says:
    July 28th, 2005 at 10:59 am

    [...] light for me. On the way home we stopped near a massive moat to feed some bannanas to some wild monkeys that were sitting beside the road. Two days of temple exploring [...]