Suntok in Sepia
This stunning gallery has Tan and Trev keen to experiment today with sepia images.
Copyright Tan and Trev 2005
Particularly as this technique might help to jazz up a selection of otherwise lack lustre images we gathered at Phon Suntok.
Not far out of Kampong Thom on the road to Phnom Penh is the hilltop pagoda of Phnom Suntok. The visit to this unique mountain temple full of carved reclining Buddas was part of our itinerary for a day trip from Kompong Thom.
The scenery at these hilltop shrines probably deserve better treatment than our humble effort managed to gather - but endurance test in the form of a 956-step climb left Trev with little enthusiasm for pictures. Instead it merely left him with a newfound determination to find improved fitness ahead of the next trip abroad. (Ed note: we are please to report that he is lighter today than when this hike was tackled in January - so he is well on the path towards achieving this goal in a new health regime).
At the foot of the stairs it is essential to lay down a few ground rules. Children skip school to earn tips fanning the sweating climbers. But it is important to clearly assign the task to one child - or risk having dozens each self-assign the task. And there is no point in trying to dodge having a would-be fan girl or boy tagged along as a guide. There simply is no escape.
Copyright Tan and Trev 2005
The stairs wind their way up through a forest and emerge at a colourful pagoda with many small shrines, quite unlike others you see around Cambodia. Imagine a tired theme park, somehow a little behind the times but still greatly treasured for the memories it brings of earlier visits. That is the sort of feeling evoked here from a number of interesting sandstone boulders balanced around the wall, into which have been carved images of the Buddha.
The shrines are highly significant to the locals, and carry many images and immense Buddha footprints.
Copyright Tan and Trev 2005
Copyright Tan and Trev 2005
Particularly as this technique might help to jazz up a selection of otherwise lack lustre images we gathered at Phon Suntok.
Not far out of Kampong Thom on the road to Phnom Penh is the hilltop pagoda of Phnom Suntok. The visit to this unique mountain temple full of carved reclining Buddas was part of our itinerary for a day trip from Kompong Thom.
The scenery at these hilltop shrines probably deserve better treatment than our humble effort managed to gather - but endurance test in the form of a 956-step climb left Trev with little enthusiasm for pictures. Instead it merely left him with a newfound determination to find improved fitness ahead of the next trip abroad. (Ed note: we are please to report that he is lighter today than when this hike was tackled in January - so he is well on the path towards achieving this goal in a new health regime).
At the foot of the stairs it is essential to lay down a few ground rules. Children skip school to earn tips fanning the sweating climbers. But it is important to clearly assign the task to one child - or risk having dozens each self-assign the task. And there is no point in trying to dodge having a would-be fan girl or boy tagged along as a guide. There simply is no escape.
Copyright Tan and Trev 2005
The stairs wind their way up through a forest and emerge at a colourful pagoda with many small shrines, quite unlike others you see around Cambodia. Imagine a tired theme park, somehow a little behind the times but still greatly treasured for the memories it brings of earlier visits. That is the sort of feeling evoked here from a number of interesting sandstone boulders balanced around the wall, into which have been carved images of the Buddha.
The shrines are highly significant to the locals, and carry many images and immense Buddha footprints.
Copyright Tan and Trev 2005
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