The limestone crags of Railay Bay, Thailand; the gleaming white hillside town of Mojácar, Spain; the torch - lit tour of caves
in central Vietnam full of hand - sized spiders and their
glinting jewel - like clusters for
eyes; the volcano -
pierced horizon of central Mexico; the humbling beauty and breadth of national parks
in New South Wales, Australia — these all have similar proportions
in my memory to Angkor,
in that they compare favorably to what I've seen
in video games.