Ta Prohm

This Buddhist temple was constructed by Jayavarman VII in 1186, almost twenty years before Bayon. It was dedicated the ruler's mother as an incarnation of "Transcendent Buddhist Wisdom." No restoration is planned for this site because removing the huge trees would do more damage that good for the structure. Besides that it looks so great! We really felt that we had just discovered these stones. I was warned here not to get too close to the roots of a particular tree because that's where a cobra lives.