...scenes from Lara Croft...in Cambodia. 1. The Cambodian temple complex, where Croft must retrieve the half of the triangular MacGuffin, is at Siem Reap in Cambodia, where she arrives, with game-style ease, onto Phnom Bakheng, a hill topped by a Hindu temple (though the site later became a Buddhist centre). *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider location: the temple complex: Angkor Thom, Cambodia 2. She tools up and scoots off in her Land Rover in front of the sacred Bayon temple, in Angkor Thom, its 54 towers, each bearing four enigmatic smiling faces. The most spectacular temple of all, entwined with enormous trees, where Croft encounters the mysterious girl, is Ta Prohm. The most famous, Angkor Wat itself (the largest religious monument in the world and a World Heritage site), looms over the Cambodian village. It appears to be on a river It’s not. The village was no more than a set built around a small ornamental pond. As Cambodia recovers from its troubled past, a modest tourism industry is beginning to blossom, learning to balance economic gain with inevitable concerns about the effect on the ancient buildings. There’s no public transport between the monuments, so check for guided tours. The 1965 film of Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, with Peter O’Toole, is one of the few other films to be shot at Angkor Wat. *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider location: the temple complex: Ta Prohm, Cambodia movie-locations/movies/l/laracroft.html#.VE8veyKUcfU
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 05:58:51 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015