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Hmmm, MAY NEED A NEW ROOF! Strangler Fig, Siem Reap, Cambodia

By Joanna Cohlan

Services for Real Estate Pros with Fresh Eyes For Your Home

February 21, 2012 07:10 PM

Surreal trees at Ta Phrom Temple Ta Phrom Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap

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Roger D. Mucci

Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH

Lets shake things up at your home today!

Wow, I've never seen anything like this Joanna...............very cool photos.

Feb 21, 2012 07:37 PM

Myrl Jeffcoat

Sacramento, CA

Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Amazing stuff! The bad news is it may need a new roof. The good news, that structure isn't likely to fall over - at least not in the direction of the tree:-)

Feb 21, 2012 07:48 PM

Barbara Todaro

RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA

Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, Joanna.... wow.... that's a frightening photo.... aren't you glad you don't live THERE.

Feb 21, 2012 08:55 PM

Sheila Anderson

Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ

The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Joanna. Your pictures are really amazing. Were you there? Nature is pretty powerful and not to be messed with.

Feb 21, 2012 09:39 PM

Al & Peggy Cunningham, Brokers

RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage - Brampton, ON

Our Family Wants To Help Your Family!

That certainly is interesting isn't it Joanna? The picture on the left looks like giant feet on the house......okay work with us a little here.

Feb 21, 2012 09:55 PM

John McCormack, CRS

Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM

Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

AWESOME! I hope you have these in all the photo groups! These are really cool photos! Have a great day my friend.

Feb 21, 2012 10:34 PM

Kim Gaston

RE/MAX Advantage Realty - Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs REALTOR®, CNE (719)661-6987

Whoa...what the heck? I'll have to show this to my 13 yr old son - this could be a setting in a Harry Potter movie.

Feb 21, 2012 11:46 PM

Kathy Streib

Cypress, TX

Home Stager/Redesign

Joanna- this is great.. we have those here but have not seen anything that big.

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Feb 21, 2012 11:54 PM

Sally Weatherley

EXIT STAGE RIGHT - Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Home Staging, Home Stager Vancouver, B.C

Joanna - Wow! Looks like Jack and the Bean Stalk live here! Watch out for that Giant!

Feb 22, 2012 01:14 AM

Joanna Cohlan

Fresh Eyes For Your Home - Chappaqua, NY

Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes

Roger, Myrl, Barbara, Sheila, Al, Peggy, John, Kim, Kathy and Sally: This photo was taken 2 years ago when I was in Cambodia. It is a temple near Angkor Wat called Ta Phrom. The film LARA CROFT (with Angelina) was actually filmed there and these trees have eaten into the temple structures and strangled them. It's so amazing, so scary, so fantastical, so so so...

Feb 22, 2012 02:33 AM

Janet Jones

Just Your Style Interiors, LLC - Kihei, HI

Home Staging, Interior Redesign Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

Hi Joanna--wow, what great photos. I am actually amazed that the structure is even still standing as that tree must bring a lot of weight to bear on it. Interesting about the Lara Croft filming in your comment above, too.

Feb 22, 2012 04:07 PM

Joanna Cohlan

Fresh Eyes For Your Home - Chappaqua, NY

Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes

Hi Janet, I know, it's hard to believe the temples are still standing-they don't build them like they used to!

Feb 22, 2012 09:05 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Wow! What great shots....something you don't see very often. Maybe the tree is actually holding the building in place now and they are one!

Feb 23, 2012 04:59 AM

Hillary Sheperd

Servpro of Scarsdale / Mount Vernon - Scarsdale, NY

Co-Owner ~ Servpro of Scarsdale / Mount Vernon, NY

Wow, my friend Steve is an Arborist and just showed us similar pics at a presentation for our Rotary. It's amazing what nature can do to a homw -- but, the trees were actually here first and will reclaim their space if properties are not maintained, right?

Feb 23, 2012 06:30 AM

Joanna Cohlan

Fresh Eyes For Your Home - Chappaqua, NY

Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes

Hey Sharon-actually, the tree has petrified and is very much like stone-they are probably fused-very fantastical!

Hi Hillary-unfortunately in this case, the Khmer Rouge decimated Cambodia under Pol Pot and these properties were not maintained at all for many many years as the Buddhist monks fled.

Feb 23, 2012 10:55 AM

Caprice Couselle Realtor Morristown Homes For Sale

Keller Williams Realty - Morristown, NJ

First Time Home Buyers,Relocation,Horse Farms

joanna,Nature is really amazing. They are beautiful. I have seen huge boulders supporting a house. But this looks more like a movie set than reality. Caprice

Feb 23, 2012 02:20 PM

Joanna Cohlan

Fresh Eyes For Your Home - Chappaqua, NY

Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes

Hi Caprice-it is absolutely real and I agree it does look like a set-Lara Croft with Angelina Jolie was filmed there. Thank you for stopping by.

Feb 23, 2012 09:31 PM