Preah Khan

For our second day at the Angkor Temples, we decided to do some exploring on our own. It is easiest for traveling between temples and for learning about the temples to hire a private car and guide for the day. However it is not cheap at about $60/day. So we hired a tuk-tuk for $15 and armed with a good guide book, headed out to view some temples on our own. The guidebook that we used, "Ancient Angkor", is a great guide and takes you through each temple with lots of information. But you have to read and walk at the same time which can be challenging.



A short history of Preah Khan temple. The temple was built in the late 12th century.











The next two pictures depict what part of the temple looked like without the temples in ruin. The second picture is a garuda, one of the bodies that the god Vishnu occupies. You can find many garudas carved into the temples all over Angkor.

























A stupa is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship.