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The 3 temples are underlined in blue
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TA PROHM - The entrance gates have the classic Bayon style Jayavarman face gazing in the 4 cardinal...
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Another entrance tower
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Attractive spindled window
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The collision of temple & vine, which gives the site a Jungle Book appearance, is the main...
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Nature as destroyer These are strangler fig vines, which are usually coiled around huge...
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Much of Ta Prohm is rubble.
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A fallen face
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More ruins
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Devatas (female temple guardians) everywhere. The difference between devatas & apsaras is that devatas are...
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Faceless & cracked
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Nice smile
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Weatherworn
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Oops, I lost my head....
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Note the missing relics Sadly, Ta Prohm was looted quite heavily in recent years due to its relative...
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Something missing here too
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Performers?
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Seated female deities? It's odd that they are seated? Devatas (female temple guardians)...
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Meditating ascetics Ta Prohm is also home to numerous meditating ascetics, wearing facial...
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More meditating ascetics
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PRE RUP - has 5 towers Like Mount Meru of legend, which it imitates, Pre Rup has five peaks...
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Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva This Hindu temple was built by King Rajeindravarmen II in 961 & was...
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Ravages of time This crumbling edifice, which has suffered due to the ravages of time,...
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Difficult restoration Some breaches in the brick walls & other collapsed sections pose...
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BANTEAY SREI - at the entrance Not much is left of the surrounding wall. The temple is known for the...
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Fanged naga?
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Ornate lintel & pediment Lintels (horizontal blocks at the top of doorways) & pediments...
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Another ornate pediment
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Missing lintel & pediment decorations These were either removed to a museum for safekeeping, or vandalized...
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Female deity This thick-breasted seated female deity is bracketed by two elephants with...
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One of 2 'libraries' The buildings of the inner enclosure include a library in each corner...
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Other library & sanctuary Besides being the most extravagantly decorated parts of the temple,...
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Library on the right & one of three adjoining towers on the left.
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A library lintel & pediment The carved stories on the pediments & lintels have Hindu...
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Note the door, elaborate lintel, & carved pediment that tells a story. Every building at...
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Shiva Nataraja is depicted on the eastern gopura of the inner enclosure wall. This...
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Flower tuk tuk guy at Banteay Srei He was playing an Alan Jackson CD, which attracted my attention, so I...
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Showing off his muscles ;o)
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Borey's card, in case you want to call him ;o) I think his home base in Siem Reap?
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Postcard that a young student game me while I was chatting with her vendor friends. Another memorable experience.
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Waiting patiently for customers
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Him too Note the hitch they use to attach the tuk tuk chariot to their...
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SUGAR PALM FARM On the way back from Banteay Srei, we stopped at this farm where they...
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To extract the sap, climbers ascend the palm tree & slash the flower buds, placing...
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The collection container
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The sap is boiled until it becomes syrupy.
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Then it's slowly stirred until thicker
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Then it's spooned into these small bamboo forms.
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The whole family pitches in
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The end result This product is a must in Cambodian cooking. It is used as a natural...
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You go ahead, I'll just have a snooze...
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They also sold basketware
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The compound. Nice thing about houses on stilts is that you can use the bottom part for...
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Compound2
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Cute little grass shack......
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Time for a new wall?
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Grilled fish
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Cutie with dimples
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Kick the sandals game The kids here have the ability to play with the simplest of things,...
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Polly want a cracker?
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