Ruins were seen scattered everywhere and to get to the bottom of the temple, one needed to walk on the ruins and I definitely needed a helping hand! Though unrestored, and in a fairly ruinous state, the large temple of Beng Mealea ('Lotus Pond') some 40km due east of Angkor on the ancient royal way to the `great Preah Khan' of Kompong Svay, is one of the major monuments of the classical period, in the style of Angkor Wat and roughly contemporary with it. Beng Mealea is genuinely uncleared - the real thing for would be explorers. Indeed it was a torturous route and encounter for me. It's almost like being an actress in a action movie. Coming next, the location where Angelina Jolie shot the movie Tombs Raider - Ta Prohm.
Other shots of this place, click here : Beng Mealea Ruins I, The Naga and Beng Mealea Ruins II.