Evening settles softly over Jayatataka Baray, the vast Angkor-era reservoir encircling Prasat Neak Poan, where water once symbolized healing and cosmic balance. Lotus leaves, half-drowned trunks, and distant forest form a quiet tapestry, reminding us that this baray was both hydraulic engineering and spiritual landscape. Standing at the edge of the lake around Neak Poan, you feel Angkor’s old water world breathing just beneath the surface.
