So, here we are at one of the most visited temple in Angkor, Ta Phrom Temple! Trust me, this place is even more awesome than Angkor Wat itself!
This is the Main Entrance to the great temple. It's actually the only temple that caught my attention, really.
Again, our tour guide took us to the famous temple via the 'backdoor' =____=
Well, it's not so much of a different though cos you'll be almost lost,
admiring the magnificent ruins created by Mother Nature.
A little bit of introduction, this temple was built by Jayavarman VII
for the King's mother. It's almost 'strangled' state by
giant trees is really what made this place so famous for.
SO, ARE YOU READY FOR SOMETHING GREAT?
The sky was getting dark that evening and started to drizzle a lil'bit but that's an add-on to the photo! Don't you think so?
I swear that I did not do any editing to these photos other than adding my Signature. Seriously, can you imagine that you can actually get a poster or even maybe postcard effect without any effort? Speechless...
(P/S: Kent agreed that this photo does have postcard F-E-E-L!! Finally, I am proud with my own photo shooting skill =D)
It's not as easy though to capture a full picture without any interruption. As mentioned, this place is flocked with visitors and it gets worst when you met 'a-bus-of-visitor'. You just got to be patient for your turn.
I guess the photos will be doing most of the 'talking' from now on.
This is another photo that I felt proud of =)
If you look close enough, you may see that there's actually a sculpture in between the tree root. That's the Aspara Dancer. They were believed to be Beauties in the past. It's amazing to see how the tree actually made its way apart from the sculpture, revealing the beautiful face of the Aspara Dancer.
Ta Phrom temple is left in its most 'natural way'. This place disseminate a very special and mysterious atmosphere and never fails to surprise her visitors. Preservation is still carried out on this temple (as for other temples in Angkor). However, it's not restoration that take place but rather study on how to control the growth of the tress so that the ruins can remain as long as there are visitors.
