A rediscovery of my favorites
Fri Jul 20, 06:33 AM
Today was my fourth day at Angkor Wat and I am still not sick of all the temples. I met my driver at 7am and spend all day at my favorite temples from the last few days. I didn’t see any new ones, but I wandered through every passage way and around every corner exploring the best ones. I also spent much of my time avoiding tour groups that were scouring the main passages. I saw so much more than I did the first time around and I had a great time.
I will ride the bus to Phnom Penh in the morning. There are a few things to see there, but they aren’t exactly pretty. From 1975-1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge killed two million Cambodians in an effort to “cleanse” the people and bring them back to their “agricultural roots.” The Killing Fields is a mass burial ground outside of Phnom Penh and S-21 is a high school that Pol Pot used as a military prison and torture center. Again, these aren’t highlights, but they are cultural “must-sees.”
On a lighter note, here are a few more pics.
Ta Prohm
A close up from Banteay Sdei
Another from Banteay Sdei
Banteay Sdei
A sample from the Cambodian Land Mine Museum
Preak Khan
Preak Khan
Bayon
Bayon
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat-Looking back to the entry way
