Ruins of Angkor - Ta Prohm
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"Nature, if you feed and water it too well with that strong tropical wind and sun, it will lose control..." Alduous Huxley Ta Prohm piques the imagination perhaps more than any other temple at Siem Reap, partly because of it's vast scale but it's more aesthetically pleasing due to the extent to which it has been consumed by the jungle. |  |
An inscription dates the temple to 1186, five years into the reign of Jayavarman VII though as with many temples in the style of the Bayon, work may have begun at an earlier time and enhanced during his reign.
In many cases trees have been left in place rather than compromise the structural integrity of the building. The Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient deemed Ta Prohm suitable to be retained in it's "natural state" to give an impression of the jungle consumed appearance of the temples as the early explorers had encountered them. The man in the picture below is the curator at Ta Prohm. He makes some money on the side selling bamboo cow bells. He also features on the cover of the 4th Edition of the Lonely Planet guide to Cambodia.
 | Left: Nature wins the battle at Ta Prohm  |
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