Short Visit to Wat Nokor Bachey

After around 3 days of hard work, and after our debriefing meeting with the staff of our Kampong Cham office, we are ready to move again.  Before we headed back to Phnom Penh, our colleagues brought us to Wat Nokor.  

Wat Nokor is the largest, old temple complex in Kampong Cham. Sopheap, my colleague who is from Kampong Cham, said that this temple complex was started prior to Angkor Wat.  By the time Angkor Wat was started, the Wat Nokor was abandoned. And well, yes it does look abandoned. 

By the entrance of Wat Nokor. Old warrior. Falling leaves. Old pillars.

Crumbling pillars by the entrance

It is a quaint temple and this quaintness is its charm. 

Ancient prayer.

Serene.

Dusty road inside the complex.

Youngsters biking inside the temple complex.

Within these ancient temple walls, a modern pagoda was built. Here one would see how the old and the new coexist.

When you go inside this door, you will step into a modern pagoda

A modern Buddha within the old temple walls.

The new.

Nothing as grand as the Angkor Wat of Siem Reap, but likewise worth the visit.