Welcome to Angkor Wat

Although I'm in L.A. I wanted to finally post some Angkor Wat flix and try to catch up on some of the things I've been up to that I haven't posted here yet.

Meanwhile, things in California are wonderful, of course. To me, Los Angeles is the Prozac of all cities.

What I mean by this is that everything is great and nice and nothing is wrong and there's no stress and the weather is perfect and the beaches are beautiful and good for surfing and the food is great and the people are beautiful and have perma-grins. And I've spoken to many Angelinos who agree with my theory. It's not a dis, really, after all. I mean, hey, it's not so bad to go through life happy.

Back to more serious matters - like the powerful temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

So kids, open your screens wide and get ready to feel the energy of this incredibly well-preserved ancient holy world.

These monks and others were posing in front of the main temples of Angkor Wat for someone else to snap a photo, but it seemed like a really nice shot to take, so I took it

There were so many interesting viewing angles, each revealing new details and surprises







Here's my old bro, Rob Samborn, from Stuyvesant High School, class of 1990, who I traveled with through Cambodia (who I'm hanging with again now in LA)


The tree growing out of a temple definitely gave off serious Indiana Jones vibes



One not so great thing about Ankor Wat though are the people who try to sell you anything and everything they can, as someone is doing to Rob right now


Monks walking toward the ancient majestic temple, which is still very active as a Buddhist worshipping area


Apsara, the Hindu and Buddhist spirit, who is depicted all over Angkor Wat



There many land mine vicitms that you can't help but see throughout Cambodia. It's so sad to see such as large number of people without limbs, eyes or with other deformities, but yet so I met so many who were so nice and inspirational with their perseverance in life like these people who played some beautiful traditional music outside the temple areas


Cute kids on a long dirt road amongst the ancient temples

As they passed us


OK, that's all for now. More Angkor Wat photos and L.A. stories to come, including a recent run-in with the boys in blue.