Joe Louis survives an Angkor landslide
If the Angkor temples were a windowsill with plants, Beng Mealea is the plant that no one watered. The temple can be described as a ruin, or in disrepair. But it’s crumbling nature gives it character. Walking through there are many side chambers that have caved into themselves, with large chunks of stone piled up one on top of the other. I wonder if anything excitign is buried underneath.
It’s actually fun to climb around the broken walls with trees that have grown into and out of the cracks. Intact walls have sculpted murals of mythological creatures and Hindu dieties. Beng Mealea gives off the sense of being at an archaeological site. Unlike other temples that make you feel a part of the past, this sight reminds you that the Angkor Kingdom is a part of a long ago past.
See what other blogs are saying about Beng Mealea:
“Unlike Angkor Wat, the remains here have been neither renovated nor preserved. As a result, most of the buildings have been reduced to large piles of moss-covered stones, with trees and ferns rising through the yawning crevices where the foundation once stood. The columns have been reduced to rubble, and the entire area is a danger zone of sharp edges and knotty roots twisting over the stone.”
–Boston Globe
