Preah Vihear

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Preah Vihear

in

Cambodia
 near the Thailand border

 

at the end of the road in Thailand

 

 

thru the border fence our guide leads us

 

is the entrance to Preah Vihear in Cambodia

 

an area disputed between both Cambodia and Thailand

 

looking over Kymer Rouge country to the East in Cambodia

 

 

noting my wife, the tourist

 

built in 1037 AD in the reign of King Suriyavaraman

 

about 100 years before Ankor Wat

 

 

the Nagas
(many headed snake of Hindu mythology)

 

its reverse side

 

Nagas in the roof structure

 

another roof variation

 

window columns

 

detail over doorway
(Nandi of Hindu mythology - Shiva's sacred bull)

 

pile of tumbled building parts

 

possibly hacked off by the Kymer Rouge, but not yet sold in Bangkok

 

complex built on a cliff high above the tropical countryside

 

looking over Kymer Rouge country to the East in Cambodia

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