Beautiful Phanom Rung
Ascend past an ancient pavillion to your first glimpse of this Angkor-period Hindu shrine to Shiva, built between the 12th and 18th centuries A.D. and located on a scenic bluff overlooking Cambodia.
Five-headed
naga snakes guard the path past lily ponds and an imposing sanctum wall
with arched entrances and cruciform corners...
Finally, you reach the 23m tall
main prang, with exquisite Khmer architecture, sacred Hindu icons, and
unforgettable carved lintels.
Just 8 kilometers away from Phanom Rung is another Angkor-period Khmer Ruin, Meuang Tam. Its unusual, L-shaped, lily-filled ponds give it a reputation as the most aesthetically pleasing of the Khmer ruins in Thailand.