airscapes 2006
Siem Reap and Nuits d’Angkor


Nuits d’Angkor is an annual festival where classical Cambodian and other dance teams perform in front of Angkor Wat, which is lit up for the occasion. We went in 2004, and the timing worked out that we could see it again in 2006.

 


   Arrival in Siem Reap


Arrival in Siem Reap

 


The Siem Reap River

 


   Our hotel lobby


Our hotel lobby

 


   Cambodians love their traffic circles


Cambodians love their traffic circles

 


   The gates of Angkor Wat


The gates of Angkor Wat

 


Angkor Wat

 


   Dancers in waiting


Dancers in waiting

 


   The 3 nights of "Nuits d'Angkor" are among the few nights when the temple is lit up after sundown


The 3 nights of Nuits d'Angkor are among the few nights of the year when the temple is lit up after sundown

 


    Balinese and Cambodian dancers take a curtain call after the annual "Nuits d'Angkor" dance spectacle

Balinese and Cambodian dancers take a curtain call

 
Apsara Dance


    
Balinese Gamelan


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