The Royal Palace

These are just some random shots of the buildings etc in the yard of the royal palace. I will try to remember any details of them. We didn't get close to the residence of the King.
This gentleman was the one who invited me to play along with the traditional musicians. He gave me a beat to play, then left me to it. It was fun, I loved it.

I gave it my best shot, and didn't do too bad either. I don't know what these instruments are called, but the music they collectively created was beautiful. I could have stayed for hours, but had to get home for my own guitar lesson.

This is a close up of the detail in the cement walls of the shrines that the former kings are buried in. Very minute detail. I wonder how long they take to build and carve?

This is some of the detail in the roof. This is the Kings Coat of Arms. It is on his royal stamp.

And look at the detail here! I'm not sure what this building is.

I just loved theses trees, they are a very effective contrast to all the gold, cement and statues etc.

This building was a gift from Napoleon Bonaparte in France. It was shipped across in pieces and assembled here in Phnom Penh. The building is not used for anything, but because it was a gift from France, it is kept here on the palace grounds, just to look at I suppose.

A close up of the decorations on some of the buildings. I cant remember what my guide told me they were called.

Follow these stairs and you find this huge gold lotus flower.

It took 40 people, one year to paint 604 meters of this wall. This painting is the "Ramyana Story". Not sure what that is, and not sure that I want to know. From the other stories I got from my guide about monkeys changing into people, and changing size so they can pop up wherever they want to.