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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32 PV Gopura IV
Gopura IV, approached effectively slightly to the West from the...
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33 PV Gopura IV
Gopura IV again, from further up.
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34 PV Gopura III
Then, gopura III became visible. It opened wide to the sides and promised a...
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35 PV Gopura III SideTower
This sandstone tower is to the East of the stairs leading to gopura III.
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36 PV Gopura III E
This is the North East Side. The central doorway is flanked by a seris...
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37 PV Gopura III
From the other side; a doorway on the side, and then an additional...
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38 PV Gopura III
Further to the side a large building.
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39 PV Gopura III
View through the doorways of the East Wing.
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41 Gopura III Lintel
A nice lintel at a doorway.
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42 PV Gopura III Pediment
At the "exit" of the central doorway, this famous pediment,...
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43 PV Gopura III
Here is a clearer view of the approach.
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44 PV Gopura III S
A look back to the central portion of gopura III.
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45 PV Gopura III S
From further away, it appears to be a somewhat uncoordinated series of...
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46 PV Causeway II Temple
The last bit of causeway, on top of it the jumble of the outer...
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47 PV Temple Library E
I climbed around the enclosure, to the side of which was this "library."
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48 PV Temple Enclosure
The Eastern part is encroached by weeds; behind the libary, the...
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49 PV Temple Gallery
This is the gallery on the inside of the second enclosure.
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50 PV Temple Sanctuary
All set in the back, the sanctuary. I had bypassed the last two...
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51 PV Temple
Behind the sanctuary, some columns indicate that there must have been...
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52 PV Temple Enclosure
From a bit further on, the outer wall of the enclosure seemed just a massive...
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53 PV Temple Fog
The view back in the fog. This is actually a view from the West of the first...
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54 PV Temple False Door
This is a "false door" on the South West corner of the second enclosure.
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55 PV Temple Lintel Pediment
The lintel and pediment.
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56 PV Escarpment View
Then, the rock comes to an end. The fog lifted up a bit (it's...
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57 PV Escarpment View
500m below me, mostly jungle, some unpaved roads, some hamlets.
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59 PV Rock Carving
As an afterthought: these rock carvings are on the Thai side, at the start of...
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60 PV Rock Carving
And so is the iconography.
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