We went to four temples while we were in Siem Reap, not all in the same day !
We got up one morning at 415 to leave at 5 a.m. to drive to Angkor Wat to watch the sunrise. I stood in the spot that was perfect to watch the sunrise, according to our guides, and myself and a 100 others stood there from 540 a.m. to 620 a.m. We saw nothing lol. It was very hazy and there was no sunrise to be seen. One lady I spoke to said it was her third morning in a row and she was done coming for the sunrise. It would have made a great photo.
One part of the Temple complex was a LOT of stairs, very steep stairs, to get to the top for a view. Tia (from our group) and myself went up the stairs together. It must have been about 42 Celsius that day and it was so hot but we made it to the top !
One of the paths 
Steep stairs, this is what we climbed up 
View from the top, a hot air balloon in the distance 
Clint coming up the stairs 
Just a shot I took through an archway of some stairs 
One of the buildings in the complex
The same day we went to the Bayon Temple, built in the 12th century. These buildings and structures, although somewhat in disrepair, are nonetheless very impressive.
Bayon Temple 
part of the Temple 
Still digging up stuff 
My artistic side coming out, sort of…. 
A small statue I spotted 
One of the buildings
So now I have to be honest, we went to another temple and I did not write the name down and I have tried Google and can’t find it. Sometimes Google causes more chaos than clarity. So at this mystery spot, we parked our vehicle and then we walked about 1 – 1 1/2 kilometres on a trail to the get to the back entrance. We had a great walk and the temple was really old and rundown but it was probably my favourite one. I’d be rundown to if I were that old. Moral of the story, keep better notes Susan. lol
In my defence, it was extremely hot (40 something Celsius), we were tired and we went to a few temples/palaces. After a while, they all started to blend together. But mostly, I should take better notes, no excuse for that!
The trail we walked 
These are fire ants and they are tiny and fast 
Entrance 
Off with his head ! 
I love the architecture
Last we stopped at Ta Prohm, built as a Buddhist monastery but later became a Hindu temple.
Ta Prohm 
Entrance 
The tree where a scene from Lara Croft Tomb Raider was filmed 
I loved these places
So that’s that, next post is the last one on our South East trip. Hurrah !
It was a busy 5 weeks but we enjoyed every minute of it. Different cultures, landscapes, people, food and on and on. All thoroughly enjoyable and we met some great people as well. A couple I still keep in touch with and hopefully we will run into them again on our travels.
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