Templed Out

After 3 days of viewing the temples Bec told me that she was "templed out". This meant I was on my own for the day. Obviously her last words to me were "Please be careful and don't wander off." She needn't have worried.

As there was only me and the tuk tuk (like a rickshaw but powered by a moped) driver we didn't need the chariot part so he just gave me a "backie" instead. This meant we could go further quicker and we could visit the lesser known temples.

The top pics are from Bakong - I was the only visitor there at the time. So peaceful. It's in a pyramid style and all 4 side are symmetrical. The lion's face (it's as tall as me) was the most complete model that I saw over my 5 days of visiting Angkor and its surroundings. A lot of the monuments of animals, Gods or kings have been destroyed or looted, especially the heads of buddhas and elephant trunks (as you can see). At the museum in Phnom Penh we could see the statues that had been rescued. But it was no substitute for seeing them in their rightful places.

At first you can't see me in the last pic but I just wanted to show the size of this huge tree. Again this was another temple that had been destroyed by nature. You need a guide to visit here (Beng Mealea) as you have to climb over the ruins in places. Obviously I knocked my head on an overhanging branch and knocked my shades off but luckily the guide could get to them, otherwise I'd be on to my 4th pair of sunglasses rather than 3rd!