Wayne Hazle's Cambodia Trip 2001
Day 5 Sunday June 30th
Preah Rup, Bantay Srei, Neak Pean, Ta Som, East Mebon
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This was the final day of temple touring. It went from sunny to pouring rain to bright sunshine and back again. The above picture is myself and Thy and Bantay Srei.
Preah Rup - "turn the body"
Believed to have been a crematory. I love scaling to the top of this one.
| 321 A great full view | 322 (BROKEN) | 323 | 324 | 325 BROKEN |
| 326 A view from top | 327 A 'land mines removed' sign. |
Bantay Srei - The Citadel of the women
A beautiful temple pretty far from the rest of the temples. It is made of pink sandstone. It is a Hindu shrine dedicated to Shiva
| 328 The walkway to the entrance | 329 Hindu reliefs | 330 | 331 | 332 I like this full view |
| 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 I can't believe she is doing this while pregnant! |
| 338 Very pretty | 339 One of the guards | 340 | 341 A great relief | 342 |
| 343 | 344 BROKEN | 345 | 346 Scary bathroom | 347 Local ladies |
A walk through the town of Siem Reap -
Sometimes the best moments are just walking around with no agenda and just snapping pictures. I started around the Grand Hotel D'Angkor and walked through the town of Siem Reap. What a great place!
| 348 | 349 | 350 | 351 | 352 |
| 353 Internet Cafe | 354 | 355 Grand Hotel D'Angkor | 356 | 357 |
| 358 | 359 The square in front of the hotel | 360 Picture of Queen. | 361 BROKEN | 362 BROKEN |
| 363 Muddy waters | 364 Mopeds | 365 A family on one moped | 366 | 367 Imagine this is your ambulance! |
| 368 | 369 | 370 BROKEN | 371 | 372 I don't know why this was interesting to me. |
| 373 More ambulance | 374 | 375 | 376 | 377 |
| 378 | 379 How many are in that truck? | 380 | 381 What are they selling? | 382 Another hotel |
| 383 BROKEN | 384 A sports field | 385 Ladies repairing bike | 386 | 387 |
| 388 Burning trash | 389 | 390 Across the street View of the Sofitel Hotel | 391 On the grounds of the Sofitel |
East Mebon -
A Hindu shrine to Shiva. It started to POUR as I made my way up to the top of this temple. Even in the raid there were tons of kids trying to sell their wares.
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Neak Pean- "the coiled serpent"
The Royal Bath. Believed to have great healing powers. I love this site. During the rainy season the bath would fill with water. There are four spouts on each side of the bath with a head at each spout. There is a human head (east), a horse (west), a lion (south)and elephant (north). See if you can spot "the coiled serpent" in the island at the center of the bath.
| 397 Entrance | 398 Valerie the French tourist again | 399 BROKEN | 400 The elephant head | 401 Herbs for healing |
| 402 another millipede | 403 The human head | 404 The lion head | 405 The horse head |
Ta Som-
A huge ficus tree is on the back side of this temple.
| 406 Full view of tree | 407 | 408 Kids | 410 Close-up of tree | 411 Cows on road from Ta Som. |
