NICK PAPADOPOULOS PHOTOGRAPHS

Asia: Cambodia 1

Four novice monks pose for a foreign tourist in the capital.
   
The breathtaking Angkor Wat temple complex is one of the world's greatest architectural wonders.
   
The Bayon Temple, part of the Angkor Thom complex, features 200 giant, smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara.
     
  
A giant statue of the Hindu god Vishnu inside one of the entrances to Angkor Wat.
   
A giant moat, measuring 1.5km by 1.3 km, surrounds the Angkor Wat temple complex.
   
The more than 100 temples at Angkor were built during the height of the Khmer civilisation.
     
  
The infamous Tuol Sleng prison - a former high school in the capital - where the Khmer Rouge carried out their attrocities on the Cambodian people.
   
The chilling "Security Regulations" at the Tuol Sleng interrogation and torture centre in the capital. Rule 6 reads: "While getting lashes or electrification you must not cry at all."
   
During 1975-79, more than 17,000 Cambodians held at the Tuol Sleng torture centre were executed there or at the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek.
     
  
More than 8,000 skulls are on display at the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek. The site is a grisly, yet popular tourist attraction.
   
Dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, Angkor Wat was built during the first half of the 12th century as a funeral temple for a descendant of King Jayavarman II.
   
A monk deep in prayer near the Royal Palace.
     
  
Gargantuan tree roots have engulfed - and damaged - the popular Ta Prohm temple.
  
Gargantuan tree roots have engulfed - and damaged - the popular Ta Prohm temple.