Cambodia 柬埔寨

Khmer: “Kâmpŭchea”,     中文: “jiǎn pǔ zhài”

Poipet 波别 Crossing over the border into Cambodia

Cambodia 柬埔寨 on national road #6 going to Siem Reap city Siem Reap, literally "Siam Defeated" Siem Reap, is the location of Angkor Wat, and Hariharalaya now called the "Roluos group"

Siem Reap 暹粒市 "Lolei" is the last of the three Hindu temples 13km east of Siem Reap city part of Hariharalaya an ancient city and a capital of the Khmer empire Lolei was built in 893 AD by Khmer king Yasovarman I

Siem Reap 暹粒市 the look around Hariharalaya

Siem Reap 暹粒市 "Preah Ko", The Sacred Bull temple was the first of the three main temples to be built in the ancient city of Hariharalaya The temple was built under the Khmer King Indravarman I in 879 AD

Siem Reap 暹粒市 "Preah Ko", The Sacred Bull temple was the first of the three main temples to be built in the ancient city of Hariharalaya The temple was built under the Khmer King Indravarman I in 879 AD View from the back

Siem Reap 暹粒市 "Bakong" Built in 881 AD, part of Hariharalaya is the first "temple mountain" constructed by rulers of the Khmer empire in the Siem Reap area

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Vishnu at Angkor Wat Vishnu is a Hindu God Angkor Wat was built around 1113 AD by King Suryavarman II, first as a Hindu temple and later King Srindravarman emperor of the Khmer Empire from 1295 to 1308 Changed it into a Theravada Buddhist temple and upon his ascension to power

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Angkor Wat, built around 1113 AD 吴哥窟 unlike most Khmer temples oriented to the east Angkor Wats main entrance faces West

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Angkor Wat, part of the 5 inner towers, 5th on right 吴哥窟

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Angkor Wat, part of the 5 inner towers 吴哥窟

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Angkor Wat, around the 5 inner towers 吴哥窟

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Angkor Wat, part of the 5 inner towers 吴哥窟

Siem Reap 暹粒市 , Angkor Wat 吴哥窟 Angkor Wat, is iconic and has been depicted in Cambodian national flags since 1863 吴哥窟

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Bayon Bayon, Built around 1190 AD by King Jayavarman VII as the state temple of the capital city of "Angkor Thom" and the only Angkorian state temple to be originally built as a Mahayana Buddhist temple

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Bayon, During the reign of Hindu restorationist monarch Jayavarman VIII, (His rule lasted from 1243 till 1295, when he abdicated) the central 3.6 m tall statue of the Buddha was removed from the sanctuary and smashed to pieces. After being recovered in 1933 from the bottom of a well, it was pieced back together, and is now on display in a small pavilion at Angkor. It was during the reign of Jayavarman VIII that the Mongol forces under the command of Kublai Khan attacked the Angkor empire in 1283. Bayon experenced numerous alterations by subsequent Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Bayon, the central tower rises 43 metres above the ground

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Bayon, The are approximately 181 to 216 gigantic faces

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Bayon,

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Bayon, The gigantic faces May be both a Mahayana Buddhist image of Avalokitesvara 觀世音 (guānshìyīn) and representative of Jayavarman VII himself as "Deva Raja" or God-King

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Bayon, The temple is orientated towards the east

Siem Reap 暹粒市 "Angkor Thom" was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire It covers an area of 9 km² within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon looking at the "Prasats Sour Prat"

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Prasats Sour Prat Twelve nearly identical laterite and sandstone towers that stand opposite and parallel to the Terrace of the Elephants Terrace of the Elephants is 2.5 meter tall, 300 meter long terrace wall adorned with carved elephants and garudas that spans the heart of Angkor Thom in front of Baphuon, Phimeanakas and the Royal Palace area. I am standing on Terrace of the Elephants looking northeast at Prasats Sour Prat

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Central Angkor Thom and "Prasats Sour Prat"

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Central Angkor Thom and "Prasats Sour Prat"

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Central Angkor Thom and "Prasats Sour Prat"

Siem Reap 暹粒市 Central "Angkor Thom" and "Prasats Sour Prat" I am looking Southeast from the central way

Siem Reap 暹粒市 (on top of) "Ta Keo" (just east of Angkor Thom) it is an incomplete temple in the Khleang style built as the state temple of Jayavarman V. It was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva in 1000 AD but for somereason the work was later abandoned.