January 11, 2014
After another lovely breakfast we meet Chhon, our tuk tuk driver, at 8:00 am. We head over to the Angkor site for a day of temple exploring.
BAPHOUN Climbed all 3 levels; large temple mountain recently restored. 2 hrs. here.
PHIMEANAKAS Impressive laterite and sandstone pyramid that is the tallest scalable temple in Angkor Thom. Nice views. Around 1 1/2 hrs. here.
TERRACE OF THE ELEPHANTS, TERRACE OF THE LEPER KING Lots of carved elephants and garudas; carved nagas/demons/other mythological beings. Double terrace wall. Around 1 hr. here.
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| Terrace of the Elephants |
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| Nagas and deities of the underworld |
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| Terrace of the Leper King |
TEP PRANHAM long walkway with Buddha figure at the end. 10-15 minutes here.
PREAH PALILAY Small but interesting. 30 minutes here.
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| Encroaching trees have been trimmed down to stumps. |
CHAU SAY TEVODA Minor temple restored. Has an abandoned feeling to it. 30 minutes here.
Back to our hotel by 3:00 pm. Tuk tuk cost for the day $15. Spent 2 hrs. relaxing by the hotel
pool. Bought some postcards from the hotel gift shop and after dropping a few lines to family will have the hotel send them out for me. Took the hotel shuttle to town around 6:00 pm. Did some shopping in the OLD MARKET area.
Dinner-the
BLUE PUMPKIN. Food was average but the ice cream-WOW! Yummy. We will return here on another day just for ice cream. Ate in the upstairs room. Had green chicken curry, side salad, margherita pizza. Rock road and carmel cashew ice cream. A perfect way to end the meal. Cost was under $17. Tuk tuk back to our hotel $3 even though the guy quoted something like $5 or 6 at first.
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| Side salad |
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| Margherita pizza |
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| Green chicken curry |
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