Ta Nei, Spring 2008

 

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Ta Nei is a late 12th century stone temple.
A worn Garuda guards the entrance.
Stone carvings above the doorway.
Worn Apsara carvings.

Cows grazing near the entrance.
Peaceful faces and guardians on the entrance.
A nearby road.
Tangled jungle vines.

There was pretty thick jungle on both sides of the road.
Trees and buildings.
The sun is always very bright in Cambodia, but I thuoght this one made a neat lens flare.
Some standing sturctures.

Trees grow in front of crumbling buildings.
A tall tree.
There was a thing on the tree, looks like a beehive or hornet nest.
Some partially standing ruins.

Looking through the ruins.
Rubble lays around a tree trunk.
A view through a doorway.
A protruding stone.

A corner Apsara.
Stones block the other side of a doorway.
A worn guardian carving.
An Apsara with ankle bracelets.

Another Apsara.
Carvings piled on the ground.
A curved roof covers a walkway.
A Sanskrit passage on an interior wall.

Wooden supports help brace the roof.
An Apsara.
Some scroll designs.
A view of a corner of the temple.

Looking through several doorways.
Worn carvings.
Rubble fills this courtyard.
A rocky looking tower.

A tower is supported with some wood braces.
Fallen stones lie near some walls.
A worn figure on horseback.
Another view of the same carving.

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