Any excuse for more flowers – especially on a travel theme!
The five towers of Angkor Wat – lord of the skies and of the lily pond, placed just so …
The lilies were too photogenic not to get in a little closer
Or a closer still …
In case you hadn’t guessed, Ailsa’s travel challenge this week is Flowers.
sublime floating towers :)
Lovely colors.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Beautiful dreaming towers. They must hold so many secrets. I would love to go there.
Your water lily images are always beautiful. The lillies seem fascinate us all. Maybe it’s because we aspire to be like them – no matter what, who or where we are, we can make the most of our environment and flower spectacularly :)
Beautiful!
Marvellous, aren’t they? I could have stayed there all day, just gazing at those towers, or their reflection among the lilies … such a place, and to actually be there …
Wonderful photos. I would love to visit there.
It was a dream come true for me, that’s for sure :)
I love the reflection of the five towers amongst the lily pads. Beautiful. I visited there last year and am grateful for the experience.
Gratitude is what I feel too, Lynne. So lucky to have been able to catch a glimpse into that forgotten world.
Just lovely.
It was a special day, that. A dream come true, and even more beautiful and artistically inspirational than I had imagined. I could have spent the day in Angkor Wat alone, just looking at the bas relief carvings, let alone sitting by the lake, looking at the perfection of those towers, and their reflection among the lilies.
Gorgeous water lilly photos! The five towers of Angkor Wat reflection on the water is amazingly beautiful!
I was thrilled by the photo opportunity, I must admit, especially as it was quite late by the time I arrived at that point where I could see all the towers together, and the humidity made them all misty and indistinct – the reflection is a far better reminder!
Amazing! I love water Lillie’s and Cambodia is high on my travel list!
Oh yeah, it should be, and Lao. Beautiful places.
OMG … these are gorgeous … happy Sunday :-)
So glad you enjoyed watching the towers float among the lily clouds … :)
Beautiful flowers… :)
Thank you Bams.
Love! I love the water lilies there! Please continue to post them!
No fear of my stopping, Anne – lilies, lotuses … can’t stop myself taking pictures of them!
And these beauties POP too!
More clearly than the stone ones through the tropical haze!
I need to lie down, these shots are too beautiful for words. That first one, oh my goodness, just divine.
It’s always a toss up for me whether it’s the grandeur of nature that knocks my sox off, or the works of ‘man’ …than I regard things of such perfection – conceived by a human and executed with such precision – there’s the added element of wonderment and awe at such vision and imagination.
I pray to be like the Lotus flower, bloom in whatever conditions, beautiful dear wanderlust :-)
They’re such a beautiful metaphor for a decent life, aren’t they Shabna?
hence the lotus sutra :-)
Exactly :)
Absolutely beautiful, I love their pink colour!
I agree – that strong cyclamen pink is a great colour, and especially necessary, I think, when teamed with that stunning reflection. :)
There were lilies on the canal behind our house when we lived in Holland, they were so pretty. Thanks for reminding me….
I hava a real thing for water lilies, Maggie, but I particularly admire those cold climate varieties which manage to survive, and thrive, under such appalling conditions. What colour were they? Do you think they were wild, or had someone planted them?
My neighbor planted them. They were white and the first year there were only a few, but every year there were more and more. They completely disappeared in the winter. Then came back as pretty as ever in the summer…. I loved them!
Like daffodils and things, buried safely in the mud. Judging by the growth on my Sri Lankan water lily, I can imagine how lovely it mud thane been with the canal covered with beautiful white lilies flouting among those green plates. It must have been a terrific place to live for a while Maggie.
It was!
That first shot is breathtaking! Divine is the right word. I hope the lilies are still in bloom when we get there.
I don’t see why not, Madhu – they don’t ever really stop, in the tropics, do they?