{"id":2794,"date":"2023-04-19T00:27:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T00:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2023-04-19T00:33:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T00:33:26","slug":"kbal-spean-angkor-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/19\/kbal-spean-angkor-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kbal Spean &#8211; Angkor, Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2796\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/55-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/55-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/55-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/55-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/55-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/55-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/55-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kbal Spean, also known as the river of the 1000 lingas consists of a series of stone rock relief carvings in sandstone, in the the river bed and banks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2798\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1178-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1178-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1178-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1178-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1178-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1178-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1178-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The river bed cuts through the sandstone formations, and the many architectural sculptures of Hindu mythology , this way the water gets sanctified.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2795\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/54-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/54-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/54-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/54-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/54-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/54-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/54-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The carvings were made in the 11th century, the lingas and other carvins\u00a0 represent a galaxy the gods Brahma,\u00a0Vishnu\u00a0and\u00a0Shiva\u00a0or\u00a0Maheswara.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2797\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1184-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1184-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1184-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1184-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1184-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1184-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1184-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, my visit was during the rain season, so the river carried a lot\u00a0of water. The Lingas were not exposed completely.<\/p>\n<p>Before arriving to the river, I was able to visit clift and admired the landscape and jungle.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2802\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2803\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1162-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1162-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1162-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1162-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1162-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1162-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1162-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2804\" src=\"http:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1152-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1152-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1152-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1152-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1152-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1152-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_1152-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2805,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions\/2805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franciscaclaret.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}