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All phases of a restoration are documented in detailed reports for future reference. The book concerned in the foreground.
The deck pre-restoration. Not alot to be done here really just a tidy up, although we have built a new rudderbox, put a better tiller extension on and added some non-slip to the sides. All the foils have also been restored, expoxied and re-varnished.
The official project blog is at: www.dawnindustry.com/blog/?cat=3
the ongoing story of a poor little 1970’s sailing dinghy which we have rescued and are making seaworthy again. Very little is known about this class of boat but slowly we are making progress.
The clutch is heavily contaminated with oil so will have to be replaced. Each step throws up more challenges.
From the August 2016 return trip to Siem Reap and the Angkor complex:
I love the Angkor complex, Siem Reap, and the Cambodian people so much that I returned again for about a week to photograph as much of the “non-major” sites as I could. Some of them are slightly far from Angkor Wat (by that, I mean to say more than 10 kilometers away), and usually require a little more money to get to. Also, some of the sites (Beng Mealea, Phnom Kulen) are not included in the Angkor ticket price and have an additional admission fee.
I don’t know if there’s a set number of how many sites belong in the Angkor complex, though I’m sure it would vary. (Do you only count the major sites like Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Prohm? Do you add the sites that aren’t included in the standard “Angkor Pass,” but are clearly of the same era? Do you include sites that aren’t even named (as are one of the sites in this series)? All in all, I’ll put a very rough number at…50 sites in the Siem Reap area, and that includes the sites that are about 100 km away. Of those, I would say I’ve been to all but 5-10 now. All are included here with the exception, obviously, of the sites that I didn’t visit. (Off the top of my head, I can say they include Koh Ker & that respective group, which is about 120 km ENE of Siem Reap; Phnom Krom, one of the three “mountains” with temples; Ta Prohm Kel; and Mangalartha.)
In practical terms, I’m afraid that with the volume of shooting (about 1,500 frames in the past 7 days), photos will start to look redundant to those who don’t have the same interest in ancient/historical architecture or Angkor as I do. That being said, there are a few things besides temples here. The Old Market area (now Night Market/Pub Street) is represented – a little – and Phnom Kulen has a pretty nice waterfall which is also in this series. Also, I tried to catch a few people in here, though didn’t get as many as I would’ve liked.
I had my friend Mao (tuktuk driver) take me around for 5 of these 7 days this time around. As I mentioned last time, he may cost a little more than what you can arrange through a hotel/guesthouse, but he’s well worth the money (and, in the grand scheme of things, not too expensive; I paid less than $200 for the five days, two of which were “long” trips). He loves his country and heritage, he knows what he’s showing you, he’s flexible, he gives you enough ice water to keep you hydrated, and he’s just a good guy. (He even bought me a birthday cake for cryin’ out loud…) Anyway, I highly recommend Mao. You can find him here: www.facebook.com/mao.khvan (or on Trip Advisor: www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297390-d10726821-R... )
Now that shameless plugs and other assorted rhetoric are out of the way, it’s time to get on to the temples, ruins, and other miscellany.
The Roluos Group. It sounds an awful lot like an investment firm, no? It actually refers to a group of three temples: Lo Lei, Preah Ko, and Bakong. They are among the oldest of the Angkor temples, predating Angkor Wat.
The three are quite near each other (obviously, as this is a “group” in the physical sense). However, I’m only presenting Bakong and Preah Ko here. I did see Lo Lei, but it’s essentially a sanctuary – a single tower – and when I saw it, there were two things working against it photographically. First was the absolutely torrential downpour. (This is the rainy season in Cambodia, after all, and I saw some rather fantastic thunderstorms, almost every day, but only a few minutes each day as a rule.) The other is that it’s currently under restoration and completely covered with scaffolding right now and, frankly, that doesn’t make for a very attractive picture. But, it was nice to see, and move on.
As I mentioned, the Roluos group is rather old. The three temples here all date to the late 9th century. At the time, this was Indravarman I’s capital (called Hariharalaya). When this was the capital, the only temple (if I’m not mistaken) that was built around the Angkor Wat area was Phnom Bakheng, which was dedicated in 907 AD by Yasovarman I.
Lo Lei is the first of the three that we visited. (Mao & I were with two Dutch guys on this day trip.) I’m glad it was the first of the sites we saw. It’s supposedly four brick towers, though I only saw the one completely covered in scaffolding. When this was built by Yasovarman I, it was on an islet. Now, it’s just a hill since the surrounding land is rice fields.
The second of the three Roluos sites we visited was Bakong (considered one of the top places to see an Angkor sunset…though most people don’t come out here). Also, of the three, Bakong is the only one that resembles the bigger “temples.” It was built and dedicated to Shiva by Indravarman I. It has a central temple surrounded by three outer walls and, finally, a moat. At the time of this visit, it was just after a rain and, like Lo Lei, it’s also currently under restoration (though, fortunately, not the main structure). It’s a sandstone structure, so would actually look quite good in afternoon light, though there was certainly none to be had on this day.
The last, and my favorite of the three, sites is Preah Ko. (“Preah” means “sacred,” which I mention here because it features in the names of quite a few of the Angkor sites. “Ko” is “cow/ox,” and I can think of that in conjunction with one other site.) So, the Sacred Ox temple, which consists of six prasats (stone halls) in two rows of three, is a site that was dedicated by Indravarman I to his deified ancestors in 880 AD.
As always, I hope you enjoy this set. I appreciate you taking time to look. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message or leave it via comment.
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Here's a couple restorations of 66+ year old photos of my grandparents that I did for a video slideshow honoring their life that my mom and I gave our family on Christmas Eve. These aren't perfect, but the slideshow consisted of just over 130 images that I cleaned up and processed, eventually editing to music in Adobe Premiere, in the timespan of a few short weeks before Christmas. I take a lot of pride bringing these old photos back to life, now in high definition, many originally wallet-sized or slightly larger. With the amount of work I had to do on all of these photos, everybody told me to not be so picky, and not worry about these little details....but that's not how I work.
I may post more at a later date.