Preah Khan was the highlight of our trip, with its sprawling layout and tranquil atmosphere. We spent a couple of hours exploring on a sunny morning, enjoying the peacefulness and lack of crowds. I preferred it to the more famous temples because of its serenity.

We went on a little walk and ended up entering through the little used south entrance to Preah Khan. What stood out for me after visiting this temple was the abundance of detailed and intricate carvings found through the complex but especially in the Hall of Dancers. There also was a number of them defaced as the temple was converted to Hinduism. Many courtyard,covered passageways but also more jumbled piles waiting to be restored. An unusual feature were many walls and columns had holes in them that were suspected of being used to secured bronze plates. That would have been amazing to see. We also came across an empty stupa inside. One of the most unusual buildings was seemingly constructed of Greek style columns and informally called a library. It was interesting to ponder if there was any contact between those civilizations.

Interesting temple which was dedicated to the kings father. It took 5 years to build and has a mixture of rooms/buildings including a library and a room where the kings sacred sword was housed. There’s a dancing room featuring many carvings of the apsara dancing ladies. I liked the mixture of complete walls/rooms and carvings and other areas that had obviously collapsed over time. It’s a ‘flat’ temple which means you get great ‘lines of sight’ through the many small rooms and doorways giving a fabulous perspective to the north, south, west and east. The surrounding temple walls have large carvings of Garuda on them and the whole temple is surrounded by a moat.

Preah Khan is a large temple complex built as both a Hindu and Buddhist temple. The temple name translates to Holy City of Victory and was built to celebrate the victory of the Khmer people freeing themselves from the Champa kingdom which ruled and was ruled by the Khmer at different points in time. This wasn't my favorite temple, but it is well worth a visit.

Preah Khan, surrounded by moats. It housed a monastery and its 400 deities, there are quite a few sculptures left, despite vandalism and looting. There are bas-reliefs of Buddhas. An important cheesemaker kisses the roof of the gallery.

We were here at 8 in the morning and there was hardly anyone. They are preserving this temple because they do not know what it all looked like in the past. Some trees are pruned. You can walk reasonably well but some parts have still collapsed. Beautiful bass reliefs. Beautiful places where the trees have grown through.

We found this temple less touristy than others. The fallen stones and tree roots created an authentic Indiana Jones vibe. Some parts were under restoration, but it didn't spoil our experience. The long corridors and carvings were fascinating.

Magnificent temple We enter via an alley framed by stone blocks. Relatively well preserved temple with cheese makers surrounding many buildings Some very beautiful specimens, which to take a photo of The biggest cheese maker put in all the photos died and was cut