The day began a little later than usual as Andrew & I decided to catch the sunset at Angkor. We visited many temples, some of which no more interesting than anything else ancient, but were worth checking out in any case. The temples worth noting were Ta Som, Neak Pean, Banteay Kdei and Preah Khan. The nice thing was that the temples were not very busy because they are the lesser known temples. We often found ourselves by ourselves at several of the 10 or so that we visited that day.
Since I've gotten a little tired of describing temples over and over again, (and I'm sure they all sound the same by now) I just figured you would like to see the highlights of the day.
Prasat Kravan
Sras Srang
Pre Rup
The only view of another temple in the whole area, with the exception of Angkor Wat, which can be seen from Phnom Bakeng.
East Mebon
Almost identical to Pre Rup.
Ta Som
Basically, a smaller, less crowded version of Ta Prohm. Sadly, Cedric decided to start travelling solo from this point forward. I hope he saw some incredible things.
Neak Pean
This was one of my favourite sites, consisting of five "pools". It was a great place to sit and relax for awhile.
Preah Khan
Baksei Chamkrong
A Bite to Eat before Sunset
Mmmmm... Stinkfish Curry.
Phnom Bakheng
We went to see the sunset over the Cambodian countryside here. So did hundreds of others. It was pretty crowded, but definitely worth the journey up the mountain and deal with the throngs of people.
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