Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


December 26, 2012: Koh Ker Temples + Boeng Mealea

How we got there - Myself and Chhoy's family

What we saw

dec 26 7132 koh ker minefield cleared

Koh Ker entrance

dec 26 7139 koh ker temple

Main Pyramid Temple - but the steps to the top are closed

dec 26 7158 koh ker pyramid temple

Temple wall - with lots of Argiope webs

dec 26 7159 koh ker temple wall

Surprise - lots of Argiope with different degrees of completion of their stabilimenta - Ventral side

dec 26 7165 argiope behind

Dorsal side

dec 26 7198 argiope top

Incomplete stabilimenta

dec 26 7203 argiope incomplete stabilimenta top

And some sort of bee tube - small bees flying in and out of this tube

dec 26 7219 bee tube

And another Argiope

dec 26 7238 argiope top

Prasat Kra Chat

dec 26 7363 prasat kra chat

Kra Chat Writing

dec 26 7370 kra chat writing

dec 26 7372 kra chat doors

And a Nephila pilipes just above my head

dec 26 7374 kra chat nephila

Another view

dec 26 7376 kra chat nephila

Door (close)

dec 26 7383 kra chat closed door

Writing

dec 26 7385 kra chat symbols

dec 26 7392 kra chat symbols

dec 26 7396 kra chat doors

Neang Khmau

dec 26 7398 neang khmau sign

dec 26 7399 neang khmau colors

dec 26 7404 neang khmau door

dec 26 7406 neang khmau door symbols

dec 26 7407 neang khmau inside temple

dec 26 7411 neang khmau temple

Entwined in the roots of a tree

dec 26 7414 entwined

Temple triplets - built from brick - so some time later after the stone block temple era

dec 26 7416 temple triplets

On the way back - we stopped at Beng Mealea - I'd been there with Chhoy 2 years ago - so had an idea what to expect: piles of stone blocks

dec 26 7512 boeng mealea entrance from behind

dec 26 7519 temple entrance

Another structure entwined with tree roots

dec 26 7520 entwined

dec 26 7523 temple back

dec 26 7530 door frame

dec 26 7531 columns

dec 26 7536 statue door

dec 26 7538 statue

dec 26 7539 female goddess

dec 26 7541 boeng mealea entrance

dec 26 7552 sunset

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C. Frank Starmer

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