Ta Prohm and the end of an adventure

It’s taken me nearly 3 months, but this is the last blog post from my incredible trip to South East Asia back in November. I’d like to finish by sharing some more temple photographs. Ta Prohm was my favourite temple, and although it is one of the most popular with tourist groups, it was easy to lose the crowds and discover our own experience of this incredible place. When I studied A-level art one of the themes I explored was nature taking over man-made structures so this would have been the perfect subject matter! They are talking of restoring some of the temples but I hope they don’t do too thorough a job, as for me the beauty of this place is made by the ruins and trees intertwining.

Queuing for that iconic holiday snap!

There’s something quite sinister about this tree

Ok, so maybe some restoration would be required … 

A sense of the scale of the temple, and the number of tourists

It’s felt like quite a marathon to write all these posts and choose from my thousands of photos. But I’m glad that I did it as it’s given me time to reflect on this trip. I’m not what you would call a “traveller”, I hate flying and I’m a bit of a scaredy-cat generally so this trip was a big deal for me. Although it’s a cliche, this really felt like a once in a lifetime experience and I savoured every moment that we had. Although I’d rather forget the cockroach incident in our hotel …