Photographer: Josh Eckels
Waiting in line to get the entry ticket
Entrance gate to Ta Prohm
Briefing from Dom at the entry
Tumbled stones
Grazing inside the walls
Path from the west
Library
Library tower
Small and larger plant growth
Catalogued stones
Approaching Ta Prohm
Column piece
Giant tree growing out of the roof
First real view of the ruins
Impressive tree from this side, but the best is yet to come
Snaking out
Shifted but holding the weight
In front of Ta Prohm
Everything's askew
Very old trees
Propped up
Stabilized
Tree from the building base
Reaching down the back wall
Ground contact
Restored inner building
Horizontal roots
All cleaned up
Flowing down the side
Column pieces
Jumbled pile
Collapsed gallery roof and wall
Straddling and inside the wall
Moss-covered roof
Some intact carvings
Later carvings
Supported roots
Inner tower
Piles between structures
Looks like it's just hovering
Copper-colored lichens
Falling down
Heading down the walk
Very green tower
Moss in the shade
Wall of roots
Largely intact section
Cave-in section
Slow strangling
Deep inside Ta Prohm
Intricate roots
Looking up the main central tower
Incredibly detailed
Towers and piles
Down and across
In front of one of the big ones
Finger-like roots
Smaller interior tower
Lots of growth at the top
Slow-motion smothering
Meditation
Another tower
Lintel
Well-preserved wall
Gallery with vandalized Hindu carvings
Impressive for a 900 year old roof
Orchids in the corner
Walking the perimeter
More rock piles
East entry gate to Angkor Wat
First glimpse of Angkor Wat itself
East gate from the inside
Getting close
Angkor Wat, viewed from the east
Five central towers
Approaching the steps
Looking into the galleries
It's big
Taking root in the corner
Very steep steps
Waiting to enter the next tier
View from the upper level
Relief carving
Modern addition
Main tower
Under a cloudy sky
Shrine within the temple
Courtyard
Largely empty
Looking to the west entrance
Main walkway
On the upper level
Looking south
Another vantage of the main tower
Inner courtyard
Intact carvings
Similar to other temples
Top of door frame, with ancient paint
Starting the descent
Back on the first level
Part of the royal procession
Up close to the base
Closed stairway
Headless statues (heads taken as souvenirs long ago)
Base level
Down on the ground
Giant royal procession
Elephants
Frequently rubbed area
Bullet wounds, compliments of Khmer Rouge
Back outside
Across the pool
West side
By the reflecting pool
Precariously balanced
West walkway
West walkway
Gate tower
Back across the moat
Waterwheel in Siem Reap
Pausing on the bridge
Trellis at the hotel
Our building at the hotel
Fish foot massage
Freshly fried and ready to go
Pub Street at night
All the durian you can eat
Night market
Laterns on the water
The night market
Scorpion and snake whiskey
All sorts of trinkets for sale
Neon bridge
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