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02 PV Escarpment The temple, i.e. the sanctuary, lies on the top of this hill and is...
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03 PV Approaching The path to Preah Vihear leads through this thicket--somewhere.
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04 PV Rock Markings There are lots of carvings on the rocks before the "entrance." Their...
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05 PV Post Of the few things these men have, self-importance ranks especially...
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07 PV MineWarning Ascending the first stairs. The red sign warns of mines.
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08 PV MineWarning So does this white sign.
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09 PV Boy w Baby Unlike the temples in Thailand, this one is populated by hawkers. Someone may...
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10 PV Woman Laughing The cloth around the head is customary Khmer outfit.
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12 PV Stairs V Now for the architecture. The first part of the ascent leads up these stairs....
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14 PV Stairs V Landing This is the first landing, in front of the fifth, outermost, gopura. (Gopuras...
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14 PV Stairs V The stairs are long, really long...
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15 PV Stairs V Naga Landing A seven-headed naga at the first landing.
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16 PV Gopura V The fifth gopura (counting from the sanctuary), or what's left of it (the...
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17 Gopura V The pediment of the East Side.
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18 PV Gopura V In the mist that surrounded everything (but had begun to retreat), everything...
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19 PV Long Causeway IV A long causeway leads from the fifth gopura to the fourth. It was once...
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20 PV Basin At the bottom of the stairs was a man made pool.
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24 PV Gopura IV The next gopura (No. IV) and some rickety stairs.
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25 PV Gopura IV A closer look. Here, too, the signs of neglect and no preservation.
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26 PV Gopura IV Fog The fourth gopura, as fog suddenly enveloped us again. The world had become...
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28 PV Gopura IV On the way down, a clearer view with less fog.
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29 PV Gopura IV Pediment This pediment (showing I believe tha story of the "churning of the sea of...
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30 PV Gopura IV Looking back at the fourth gopura from the steps to the gopura III.
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31 PV Gopura IV On the way down, gopura IV with less fog, from the West.
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27 PV Gopura IV W The gopura stretched out wide to the sides, and had additional...
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