Ta Prohm ... or Laras Croft or trees and stone

Ta Prohm, or the place where Laras tomb or some such movie was shot is an amazing temple which has been left primarily as it was found.... with only some places being restored...as you enter we found out that the restoration of this site is being done by the Indian Archeological Department, and we went into the enclosed office arrea where we met the 2 archeological people in charge (one from Maharashtra one from chennai) who were most thrilled to show us how restoration was done...

 the entire area is covered by stones like this which have been numbered a b and then numbers to indicate where they go

 The 2 showing us the various stages that the restoration goes through

 the map which was developed after years of work to show the basic outlay of the temple

 One of the scultures being redone as the various stones are found

 cranes involved in the resoration work

treesgrowing through the various stone walls ... there are at least hundred of these ..... some photos of some

the exit...... we have probably walked over 2 kms up and down big stones big steps.... tired, but we still have one more to go before we can end the first day.....