Cambodia Pic Spam - Voen Sai

[akarii]

I just finished reading Geoff Ryman's 'The King's Last Song'. It became the latest addition to my short list of all-time favourite books, because of its hauntingly beautiful imagery, poetic language, excellent research, sympathetic characters and a touching plot

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[fenikkusuken]

These are lovely! I especially like the stilted temple, and the beautiful curve of the 'dragon boats'.

We host an annual 'dragon boat' festival here in my hometown that features a Buddhist blessing/opening of the eyes ceremony, followed by two days of intense competition between dozens of crews. It was neat to see the sport's inspiration through your pictures!

[akarii]

Yes, dragonboat races are epic events ^__^ ! We have them here as well; Bee once played drummer for her employer's boat. She had a blast.

Events like that bring people together. People should do that more often.

[rya_kelley]

Removable dragon head figurines? A novel thought.

[akarii]

Yes, they switched heads, so to say.

Now, what is my mind doing in that gutter, I wonder?

[inusdemoness]

The Buddhist temple looks pretty awesome!

[akarii]

It was. You would've loved the crocodile-shapes, colourful streamers hanging everywhere and fluttering in the breeze.

Great place.