Beng Mealea and Roluos Temples
A woman sweeps leaves at the southern approach to Beng Mealea.
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At the end of the road you are greated by a magnificent, tumbled-down, vine covered ruin of a temple. It's great!
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One of the libraries at Beng Mealea.
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A detail above a doorway. Beng Mealea was built as a Hindu temple.
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The roof has tumbled down into the hallway. You can pretty much go where you want. There are few people here.
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The trees growing on the temples do a lot of damage.
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Part of the charm is the trees and vines, but they are destroying the temple.
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Although you are supposed to stick to the walkways the "guard" will happily take you all over the place in hope of a tip.
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Crawling around inside these tight dark spaces was a bit spooky. Very Tomb Raider!
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Aspara figures outside an almost completely closed off entrance.
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Aspara figures outside a tumbled-down hallway.
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People would be freaking out here in the US if kids were climbing on top of ruins. Not here.
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You could spend hours exploring this place.
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Our "guide" showing us around. I think in reality he is a guard, but they guide for tips.
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This part of the temple is largely intact, but the jungle is working hard to take over.
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The roof of this hallway has collapsed.
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You are pretty much free to explore anywhere here. That will need to change if more people come.
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I wanted to bring one of these back for my garden!
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I bet there are snakes in those stones.
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Landmines are a huge problem in Cambodia, primarily for rural people. You definately need to stay on the roads.
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A young vendor at Beng Mealea.
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You might think it was a little chilly by the way she is dressed. It was not! In fact it was super hot. The locals seem way overdressed to me, but they always protect themselves from the sun.
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I felt bad for this poor little monkey.
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Bakong (Khmer: ប្រាសាទបាគង) is the first temple mountain of sandstone constructed by rulers of the Khmer empire at Angkor near modern Siem Reap in Cambodia. In the final decades of the 9th century AD, it served as the official state temple of King Indravarman I in the ancient city of Hariharalaya, located in an area that today is called Roluos.
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Looking towards a modern temple from the stepped pyramid of Bakong.
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Looking toward the eastern approach to the Bakong Temple from on top of Bakong.
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An Aspara detail on Bakong. This was our last stop of they day. It was just too hot to walk around anymore.
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