Girl with the red ruby ring

Beng Mealea is one of the temples that take some time to visit. It is an hours drive outside Siem Reap city on the way to Kulen Mountain.

The Lotus Pond Temple, Prasat Beng Mealea, was build around the same time as Angkor Wat, but nearly seventy kilometres away. It is near the sacred Kulen Mountain. It is a large temple, and the last few years it has been heavily renovated. The accessibility both to the temple itself and inside it has been upgraded as well.

Refreshing green season
We where a group of visitors seeking shelter for a sudden downpour. Visiting Cambodia in green season means some short downpours morning or afternoon. And this was morning mid-September.

A small bridge-like shelter over a small river leading into a small lake was suddenly filled up. By visitors in different levels of soaked. And their guides. And some locals from the stalls selling food and drinks nearby.

We were all under visual scrutiny by this local girl.

Whether it was the general appearance of slightly soaked foreigners, or the typical curiosity Khmer children often have, is a mystery. But she did a perfect pose for a portrait.

Potential World Heritage
The Lotus Pond Temple was added to the list of tentative World Heritage Sites in 2020.

To visit Beng Mealea you need a separate ticket if you do not have the Angkor main pass. A daytrip here will often include a visit to Phnom Kulen, the river, waterfall and the Reclining Buddha, and highly recommended the beautiful temple Banteay Srei.

And meeting some nice locals.


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Ankor Wat - Verden største tempel
Angkor Wat er et tempelkompleks ved Angkor i Cambodja, der ligger nogle få kilometer nord for den moderne by Siem Reap.Angkor Wat blev optaget på UNESCOs verdensarvsliste den 14. december 1992. Ved samme lejlighed blev hele det arkæologiske område omkring Angkor, som omfatter hundredvis af templer, inkluderet som ét samlet verdensarvsområde.
Templet er bygget til kong Suryavarman 2. i begyndelsen af det 12. århundrede.
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Gotto love travel and discovering new places and people 😁


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This week I visited ancient Cambodian temples. There are loads of temples all over #Cambodia and they are so fascinating, the most famous being #AnkorWat. I was there already, but I need to go again, you can spend days there. Most of the temples are not very well accessible for international tourists, so there are mostly Cambodians visiting them, especially since this week is the #PchumBen festival, one of Cambodias 3 most important national holidays. First some photos of #PreahViheaTemple (1/X)

Door behind door behind door near #AnkorWat