Ta Nei

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My driver asked if I wanted to go to a temple with no visitors.  Of course I said yes and after a 20 minute walk through dense forest and across a dam I arrived here.

Instruments measure rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind velocity and direction. 

Chemicals are used to remove moss without damaging the stonework

The research and protection project is a  Cambodian and Japanese collaboration.

False balustered windows set in a badly deteriorating wall.  It seems they are just in time with their protective treatments.

A nicely preserved carved lintel.

Although there is an open air classroom here which they use for training staff in preservation techniques, the place was deserted.  A situation I came to regret when I got lost finding my way back to the car and had to retrace my footsteps to the classroom twice before I found the right path out of the forest.
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