This is a struggle between Temple and the Jungle.
The place of action is Cambodia, time—our days.
Initially the Temple was winning.
The Ta Prohm Temple. Cambodia.
The Temple inclined the tree, and the tree lost its balance, broke, and fell. But a son of the tree wrapped the Temple with his strong, young legs, and gradually began to break the backbone of the Temple.
People of Cambodia help to the Temple. They cut down trees, but with this, the Temple loses a big part of its unique look: the Temple and its killer.
The Ta Prohm Temple. Cambodia.
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November 13, 2011 at 2:03 am
Why am I not an archaeologist? ))
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November 13, 2011 at 6:53 am
You are, but at heart.
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November 15, 2011 at 1:39 am
Great photos!
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December 27, 2014 at 7:52 am
Thank you.
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November 19, 2011 at 11:27 am
Amazing photos! Wow that tree is so cool the way it twists around.
Great post
(:
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November 19, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Thank You 🙂
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November 20, 2011 at 9:58 am
Fascinating place…Cambodia is on my list too..
superb photos..
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November 20, 2011 at 10:58 am
Hurry up!
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November 24, 2011 at 7:17 pm
These photos are beautiful and breathtaking.
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November 24, 2011 at 9:39 pm
The object is breathtaking. 🙂
Thank you.
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November 28, 2011 at 12:55 pm
I wish I could afford a trip to Cambodia 🙂 Beautiful!
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November 28, 2011 at 1:22 pm
You could. I’m sure!
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December 2, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Wow!!! The temple is still gorgeous, despite being ‘beaten’ by plants. I hope I can visit Cambodia and nearby Asian countries in the future! Great photos, by the way.
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December 2, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I hope too. And good luck!
Thank You.
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December 2, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Amazing! I love it.
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December 27, 2014 at 7:55 am
Many thanks.
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December 3, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Beautiful photographs! I would love to see this in person one day!
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December 27, 2014 at 7:56 am
I hope you will.
Thank you.
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December 8, 2011 at 3:46 am
Beautiful photos of an astonishing sight. This is something I would love to see for myself! Thank you.
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December 27, 2014 at 7:58 am
Thank you.
I wish you to realize it.
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December 13, 2011 at 12:29 pm
This is fascinating!
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December 27, 2014 at 7:59 am
Without any doubt.
Thank you.
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December 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm
I absolutely loved Cambodia, and the temples at Angkor are incredible. Ta Prohm is divine – the ongoing struggle between man and nature expressed there is beautiful. Must go back!
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December 17, 2011 at 1:12 am
Hi Victor, I’ll be going to Cambodia next week. Do you have any recommendations besides Angkor Wat?
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December 17, 2011 at 1:55 am
Hi Shiv.
Yes I have.
Make Angkor Wat your last point. There are so many tourists every day.
Visit every of these temples – Beng Mealea, Ta Keo, Ta Phrom, and Bayon – at sunrise to be first and alone with a temple.
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December 23, 2011 at 12:47 am
I must go do a SE Asia trip! Your pictures look amazing!!
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December 30, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Of course, you should!
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January 5, 2012 at 4:51 am
Fascinating! Cambodia has such a rich archaeological history
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January 5, 2012 at 5:54 am
Oh, yes, as Europe too.
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February 5, 2012 at 4:42 am
Incredible pictures. Heading to cambodia in a few weeks and can’t wait to see this!! Did you do a tour of the temple? Or is it easy enough to see yourself?
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February 5, 2012 at 5:51 am
We chose temples and saw them without any help.
Lucky trip to you!
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February 5, 2012 at 8:22 am
Love your photos of Angkor Wat. Unfortunately it was grey and unbeilevably crowded when I visted last month. Personally, I enjoyed Wat Phou in soutern Laos more, a temple complex actually older then Angkor Wat. There’s a post about it here on my blog: http://eastofelveden.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/wat-phou.
Laurence Mitchell
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February 5, 2012 at 9:19 am
For this reason, Angkor Wat was the last point of our temple tour in Cambodia. We don’t like other tourists 🙂
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February 7, 2012 at 10:25 am
Ta Phrom temple is one of my favorite temples I like visiting. Wish I could have time visit it again.
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February 7, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Agreed. The same with me.
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February 13, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Wow! What an amazing place… I think I must try and get there sometime…
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February 13, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Of course, you must.
Thank you.
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March 10, 2012 at 8:24 pm
There’s something incredibly beautiful about nature wrestling its way back into dominance over a ruin.
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December 27, 2014 at 8:10 am
You’re absolutely right. Ruins would lose a big part of their charm without these trees.
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February 17, 2015 at 3:41 pm
Those tree roots are very impressive!
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February 17, 2015 at 9:29 pm
This is a part of the uniqueness of the Cambodian temples.
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February 17, 2015 at 9:32 pm
Combined with those ancient rocks, it’s a fantastic sight.
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