March 29, 2018
MABUHAY!
This is a photo and video journal of our budget travel to Siem Reap, Cambodia featuring our visit to Banteay Kdei temple of Angkor Temple Complex.
BANTEAY KDEI TEMPLE
Some specific architectural features which evolved with the Bayon style are clearly discerned in this temple. The roof is supported on free-standing pillars in the eastern and western pavilions in the third enclosure, built in a cruciform plan with the inner row of pillars supporting the roof. The pillars are also tied to the wall by a tie beam using a "mortise–and–tenon joint" patterned on wooden structures. Other features noted are of the four central pillars in the western pavilion which have been strengthened with temporary supports of laterite stone block pillars. Carvings of Buddha are seen on all these pillars but mostly defaced. The temporary support system provided to the roof built on free-standing pillars is indicative of problems of design seen in the temples built during this period.
This Buddhist monastic complex is currently dilapidated due to faulty construction and poor quality of sandstone used in its buildings and is now undergoing renovation. Banteay Kdei had been occupied by monks at various intervals over the centuries until the 1960s.
(Excerpts from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banteay_Kdei )
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This is the last temple we visited completing the 1-day tour of the Angkor Temple Complex at Siem Reap, Cambodia. The grandeur of these magnificent man-made wonders are beyond imagination
Exploring the Angkor Temple Complex, Cambodia: Banteay Kdei Temple & Sras Srang
Before going to the airport, we bought two Bahn Mi sandwiches for our lunch.
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DEPARTURE FROM SIEM REAP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Some of the photos I took from the airport.
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| Filling-up immigration's exit card |
Off to our next destination, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
Exploring the Angkor Temple Complex, Cambodia: Tuk-Tuk Ride to Siem Reap International Airport
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