Known as the "temple mountain", this is one of the oldest temples, and was actually built as the first temple within the central Angkor complex. It was later turned into the personal chapel of Jayavarman V. It was originally built in the 10th Century, and the king would sleep on the top level of the temple. This is one structure that can be honestly refered to as "ruins", but is so solidly built that climbing the insanely steep steps is not a problem due to the sturdiness, only because the steps are about 3 inches deep and about 9 inches tall. Little did we know that these would just be the first of many, many stairs that day. In fact, I don't think I've climbed that many steps in my entire life, but once you've gone up one, you can't quit.
I think this says it all.
And I thought the stairs at the guesthouse were crazy steep.
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