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    This was one of the first temples we visited that actually had a crowd! Pre Rup at sunset is very popular: by sglass, Views[147]
         		 Sunset watching together on top of a temple!: by sglass, Views[170]
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         		 Viewing the sunset over Cambodia from the top of Pre Rup temple: by sglass, Views[161]
         		 Why climb Pre Rup now? Just in time for sunset!: by sglass, Views[192]
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         		 Getting higher up Pre Rup: by sglass, Views[148]
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    These stairs are steeper than they look: by sglass, Views[189]
         		 Tower temples like Pre Rup (and Angkor Wat) were built to symbolize Mt. Meru, which is basically like the Mt. Olympus of Hindus (home of the gods): by sglass, Views[239]
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         		 Climbing Pre Rup: by sglass, Views[163]
         		 Better idea of the scale of these places!: by sglass, Views[133]
     
    Joe exploring: by sglass, Views[143]
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         		 Pre Rup is another tower/pyramid temple- so lots of climbing: by sglass, Views[162]
         		 Our final temple of the day! Pre Rup: by sglass, Views[187]
         		 Joe being a guardian at the front gate of Preah Khan: by sglass, Views[163]
     
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         		 Besides guardians, another extremely common carving are these beautiful women called apsaras or
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    Lots of the temples have been reinforced in ways such as this to prevent collapse-- however given the overall lack of rules or safety of any kind really, we wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these temples we were just scrambling all over are not quite up to code. They sure were fun though!: by sglass, Views[174]
         		 We visited Preah Khan- the
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         		 Scrambling through passageways: by sglass, Views[172]
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         		 Ta Prohm (the Tomb Raider temple) was dedicated to King Jayavarman VII's mother. Preah Khan (this one) was dedicated to his father, which is why it's so massive!: by sglass, Views[243]
         		 Dead tree = still cool: by sglass, Views[237]
     
    A carving depicting the Churning of the Sea of Milk story: by sglass, Views[272]
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         		 Preah Khan means
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         		 Once again we had the place to ourselves to explore as we pleased: by sglass, Views[149]
     
    Can't get enough of these trees!: by sglass, Views[182]
         		 The bridge over the moat to the main entrance of Preah Khan: by sglass, Views[191]
         		 All over bridges and staircases in Khmer art you see these guys- Asura (demons)- holding a giant multi-headed serpent called the Naga. This is from a famous legend called
         		 The very grand entry way to the very grand next temple- Preah Khan: by sglass, Views[185]
         		 This may be weird, but we had lunch at another village house and this mama dog was nursing her puppies. Neither of us had ever actually seen this in real life! (Not a single dog or cat is spayed/neutered over here so there are strays running all over the place): by sglass, Views[225]
     
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