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Bayon; temple; Angkor; Thom; Cambodia; Buddhist; faces; art; architecture; Angkor; Thom; Bayon; travel; tourism; Southeast; Asia; south; east; Asian; Bayon; temple; Buddhist; bodhisattva; Avalokitesvara; 12th; 13th; century; exterior; outdoors; vertical

Built by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th- early 13th centuries. The stone carved faces on the towers represent the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, but also resemble the founder.

Tube; house; Halong Bay; Vietnam; tall; narrow; urban; long; Architecture; construction; building; domestic; Vietnamese; travel; tourism; exterior; outdoors; vertical; buildings

The tube house gets its name from its characteristic dimensions. With a narrow face on the street (often as narrow as 2 meters) and a long space on the inside (they can be up to 80 meters deep) these houses do indeed resemble tubes. This style dates back to the Le Dynasty (1428-1788), when they were popular as a way to fit as many stores on a street as possible. Typically, the houses had a shop area in the front and used the back areas for relaxing and sleeping.

mother; bicycle; child; basket; Siam; Reap; Cambodia; unsafe; Cambodian; southeast; Asia; south; east; Asian; female; woman; infant; basket; transport; road; bike