{"id":390,"date":"2018-02-24T05:03:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T05:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/?page_id=390"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:53:46","slug":"beng-mealea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/angkor-realm\/beng-mealea\/","title":{"rendered":"Beng Mealea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you thought Sydney trains were bad – check this out. At least they relegated smokers and mobile phone users to the back of the wagon!<\/p>\n

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Travelling back we stopped at a small village to see the way they prepare dried fish for the markets.<\/p>\n

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As always, there are a few bystanders willing to help (or not)<\/p>\n

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Beng Mealea<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dating from the 11th century, this sprawling temple covers over one square kilometre. Largely overrun by vegetation and constructed in a distinctly Angkor Wat-style, Beng Mealea precedes and may even have served as a ‘prototype’ for Angkor Wat.<\/p>\n

It has been deliberately left in this state to show how destructive the jungle can be (and I guess to show how impressive the restoration has been on other temples)<\/p>\n

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The meditation gallery – hardly an environment to be distracted in.<\/p>\n

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Steve tried to do his own bit of restoration.
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For our final night, Vuttha took us to dinner and a cultural dance show<\/p>\n

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