This is the last of these extended posts about Angkor temples and is about an area a bit out of Angkor:
A day trip from Angkor two temples of very different character are worth a visit which can be combined with a visit to pretty Banteay Srei (see the Jan 30 post) : Beng Mealea, a jungle temple, largely unrestored but with wooden walkways to explore the site safely, and Koh Ker, a pyramid shaped object in a temple lying in open fields.
Beng Mealea :
Our guide had grown up in the area and led us up an usual path into the temple avoiding the crowded wooden walkways ....
a seven-headed naga at the entrance
Koh Ker:
A very different type of temple reminiscent of an Aztec pyramid is Koh Ker, built at the beginning of the 10th century before Angkor when the Khmer capital resided here for a short time period. It is a 90 min drive outside of Siem Reap but worth the trip through the busy countryside where one can watch locals working in their fields and small rice paddies. Koh Ker is in an area only recently and partly cleared of land mines and many sites remain to be uncovered.
The entrance to the temple looks like any other, but once you are through the ruined parts, a very different view opens to the visitor.
The original steps are broken down, but a sturdy scaffolding has been erected where you can climb on top for a good view of the country side.
A day trip from Angkor two temples of very different character are worth a visit which can be combined with a visit to pretty Banteay Srei (see the Jan 30 post) : Beng Mealea, a jungle temple, largely unrestored but with wooden walkways to explore the site safely, and Koh Ker, a pyramid shaped object in a temple lying in open fields.
Beng Mealea :
a seven-headed naga at the entrance
much remains to be done ...
Koh Ker:
A very different type of temple reminiscent of an Aztec pyramid is Koh Ker, built at the beginning of the 10th century before Angkor when the Khmer capital resided here for a short time period. It is a 90 min drive outside of Siem Reap but worth the trip through the busy countryside where one can watch locals working in their fields and small rice paddies. Koh Ker is in an area only recently and partly cleared of land mines and many sites remain to be uncovered.
The entrance to the temple looks like any other, but once you are through the ruined parts, a very different view opens to the visitor.
The original steps are broken down, but a sturdy scaffolding has been erected where you can climb on top for a good view of the country side.
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