Thursday, November 26, 2009

Day 17 Siem Reap

We drove about 60km to visit Beng Mealea. This is reputed to be a prototype for Angkor Wat and is largely destroyed by the jungle, tho’ enough has been cleared that you can walk around / climb over piles of large rocks. It was surprisingly peaceful.

We then went to Banteay Srei, a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. It is built out of a lighter stone than the others and has lots of very detailed carvings.
Dinner at yet another good local restaurant.

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