Monday, December 25, 2023

Angkor Temples-Day 1-Preah Khan

 It took 3 years for me to finally travel to Siem Ream, where the famous Angkor Wat and other temples are located. 

Reaching there on Saturday evening and first day of temple visit falling on a Sunday, I thought it would not be a great idea to visit Angkor Wat in that day, being a holiday. I chose grand tour of five other temples nearby for day one. 

First on the list was Preah Khan. This place did not fail to impress me and gave me a taste of what to expect on coming days. 


The temple gate is just magnificent. 












































The temple doesn't look that big from the entrance, but as we start the tour, this temple is quiet big, not very tall though!


                





































Found remains of what looked like a "Shivling" inside.






















There are certain parts of the temple that struggled to stay intact
























































All this was made possible because I had the best companion Vichhai during my visit. He is a tour operator who was graceful in accompanying me on almost all of the 8 days I was in Cambodia.

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