Bantrey Srei

This morning, we headed out to the furthest temple from Siem Reap. This temple was nice. The architecture was different from the others. The colour was not the dull black and grey, but a tinge of gold and brown. The carvings on the walls were also intact and intricate.

It was, however, still in ruins. Going to the Bantrey Srei was about 15 km away. So, takes about 45 mins by tuk tuk. This is also the
reason why they charge US$15 for the entire day that includes Bantrey Srei.

I must admit that by the 3rd day, I was beginning to feel that most of the temples look similar. One thing they lack was splendour and granduer. I guess, can’t really get those from ruins, can we?

Lunch – Ginger Chicken – this is simlar to what we know as Semsame Chicken, with loads of ginger. My favourite dish in Cambodia, I think I ate it 3 to 4 times.

The chicken?!?!

Ta Som

Everytime they have a sign, then I take a picture and then I can remember which templ I am at when I look back at the pictures. Good! I remember that I saw a snake here and the kids selling stuff, they weren’t interested in selling stuff to you anymore, they just went to look at the snake.

Preah Neak Pean

The moat had dried up. The shrines or pagodas remained. The sky was so blue and when we realized it, our cameras had ran out of ‘juice’. sighs, here are the few shots that we tried to capture the beautiful blue sky.

Ta Som

Our final temple destination. There was a heavy downpour. Waited for a bit at a road side stall for the rain to diminish before heading in. It was all muddy and wet. eeks! This last temple had a huge tree that had ravaged the temple. I think they refer to this place as one of the most beautiful place where nature had “joined” with the temples.

We took the next morning’s bus to Phnom Penh (US$4), with intention to hop onto another bus to Sihanoukville.