100 of My Favourite Travel Photos 3/20

Part three of my top 100 travel photos, starts in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from where I headed back to Vietnam and towards Hoi Anh before going to Hue and crossing into Laos to catch the end of the Laos New Year Festival.

11. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Without a doubt, Cambodia's star attraction, the temples at Angkor. As the best maintained temple, Angkor Wat is the most easily recognised and is featured on the Cambodian flag. While taking this photo, I was standing amongst a crowd of close to 100 people waiting for the sunrise.

12. Wat near Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

13. Vegetable Garden, Hoi Anh, Vietnam

I went out on a bike ride with a friend I'd met on the bus coming into Hoi Anh and saw some of the poorest people in Vietnam, working their hardest to eek out an existence.

14. Fishing Trip, Hoi Anh, Vietnam

My friend Vuong invited us to his place for lunch one day. He suggested we go on a fishing trip with his mother one day, to explore the waters around the town.

15. That Ing Hang Stupa, Savannakhet, Laos

I came into Laos on the last day of Bpee Mai (Songkran aka Thai/Laos New Year), a three day festival that consists of a daily water fight. Worshippers went here during the festival to pour oil on each of the Buddha statues in the area. It is believed that some of Buddha's remains are stored here.

The photos for this post and more like it are found in the photo galleries for Angkor Temples, Tuol Sleng, Vegetable Farm, Hoi An and Savannakhet.