Presat Taapaens Noem

The Monkey Temple, Spring 2008

 

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Looking down into a collapsed covered walkway.
Neatly overlapping stones that were probably a roof.
More vines tugging at stones.
A wall motif.

One corner of the temple.
Some temple guardian carvings.
A fallen carved stone.
More vines over the temple.

Tree roots and vines pour over this wall.
A worn carving on the ground.
Vines and tree roots.
A partially repaired cracked wall.

Vines drape over a window.
A wall leans outward.
Children climb all over the temple roofs. (We were not so brave).
Two girls.

Looking down into a corner. Some of the tourist walkway was raised above so you can see into the ruins.
A spider web hangs in a corner.
A wood walkway leads to a roof.
Looking across the ruins from above.

Tree roots lay all over this wall.
An Apsara's hand.
Surprisingly well preserved windows.
Large tree roots engulf a wall.

A different view of the same roots.
High piles of rubble around trees.
Fallen carvings.
A corner carving with meditating figures.

A closer look at the floral design.
A large pile of rubble.
Carvings in the rubble.
Another view across the courtyard.

A more zoomed in look at the wall and windows in the distance.
Carvings peek out of the rubble.
Looking down on large piles of stones.
Looking down at a slightly different angle.

More vines and roots weave over the wall.
Another tree this one's roots follow the wall.
Carvings over an old door.
Roots and vines sit atop the building.

Young children.
A boy runs along the roof.
A corner Naga is surrounded by plants.
Walls and ruins.

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