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Cambodia — Day 3: Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia — part 2 of 2

Nick Morris

Nick Morris

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Exploring more of the temple

September 2015

As I said in part one, the Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន) temple was being maintained and conserved by the National APSARA Authority and the World Monuments Fund (USA). The work started in 1991, and I can only hope that the destruction and damage I saw in the temple had occurred before that date, as a lot of the temple seemed to have collapsed.

For more information on Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), see Wikipedia.

Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed wall at Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed wall at Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — more evidence of collapse and damage to Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — more evidence of collapse and damage to Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — another collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — another collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — collapsed section of Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — wall carving — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — wall carving — Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — tadpoles and larvae at Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — tadpoles and larvae at Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — graffiti and damage Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia
Photo by Author — graffiti and damage Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន), Angkor Archaeological Park, Angkor, Cambodia

I enjoyed the time I spent exploring Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន) in the rain.

It was a fantastic temple complex, and while large sections were damaged, it was still worth visiting as there was a lot to see and explore.

Foursquare: Preah Khan (ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន)

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