A big white, with decorative interior bus picks us up from the hotel, and deliver us to the ship. It will follow us on land and takes us on land excursions in Cambodia.
We stopped by it, also called Kampong Kdei Bridge, briefly after leaving Angkor, heading down south, eventually to Phnom Penh.
The 285 ft / 87m dirt path bridge was built in 12th century during the reign of King Jayavarman VII, was once the longest corbeled stone-arch bridge in the world.
Our bus stopped here also for rest room. The argument in the video is the owner saying to guide Mara that the number he gave was not 28 people but 32.
The second temple of the day after Angkor Wat is Bayon Temple. Google translates Bayon to 巴戎寺 in Chinese, but my iPhone photos’ location at the top show 通王城 (pretty odd that my photos’ location is shown in Chinese).
Angkor Thom, was the last capital city of the Khmer empire
Bayon, a temple in the center of Angkor Thom.
The tour allotted 30 minutes at Bayon, even I thought we could use more time.
This Buddhist temple is well decorated with many faces. It was built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the King Jayavarman VII (ព្រះបាទជ័យវរ្ម័នទី ៧; 1122/5-1218), locates at the centre of Jayavarman’s capital, Angkor Thom (អង្គរធំ; 吴哥城/大吴哥/通王城).
Before Bayon, we stopped at the moat/bridge for 20 minutes
After Bayon temple and before lunch, we stopped by a buddha. The Korean family prayed.
We take the same mini van to visit this temple – the site of Tomb Raider after lunch @ Morakot Angkor.
Ta Prohm (ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម / Ta Prôhm) means “Ancestor Brahma”. It was built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th century and early 13th century; first was called Rajavihara (រាជវិហារ / Réachvĭhar) means “Royal Monastery”. It was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery, also a center of learning dedicated to his mother. Almost 80,000 people were required to maintain or attend at the temple, including over 2,700 officials and 615 dancers. It’s approximately one km east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray.
The broken walls and structures, the residue from time, all speaks to timelessness, which makes it all the more beautiful. Hope they will not power wash anything there, or change anything. The forever beauty. 残破的墙壁和建筑, 时间留下的痕迹, 无不诉说着永恒, 也让它显得更加美丽. 希望他们不要用高压水枪冲洗那里的任何东西,或者改变任何东西. 永恒的美丽.
There are many trees have long and huge exposed roots that intervened with the stonework, or grow on stones. Many windows look like perfect picture frames.
After the tour, we’ve 20 minutes free time, which are all swallowed up by the street vendors. They’re persistent. They go where you’re going. A young girl followed me around, selling her white shirt.
“Just buy one, it’s $5. I haven’t sold anything yet today.” It was 4pm … which made me feeling guilty. Ok, I gave in and bought one. My hesitation came from that I’ve too many white and I travel light, with only a carryon.
