Preah Khan

The last temple we visited in Cambodia was Preah Khan.

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It was one of our favourites.

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It was a huge complex.

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With little reconstruction so it was still largely ruined.

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Sections were even unfinished by the Khmer, like this window that is not yet barred.

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There are giant trees growing out of the walls like at Ta Prohm.

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A lot of the site was just grown over piles of fallen stones.

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Which were fun to search through to find the carvings.

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Some of the passageways were completely impassable.

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Even some of the ones that were originally quite wide.

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The piles of collapsed stone stretch out into the jungle.

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The entranceways were guarded by giant men.

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Who had giant feet.

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But they weren’t as good at guarding the passageways as the piles of stone.

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Which made visiting quite an adventure.

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