Aside from Angkor Wat, there are several other interesting temples to visit in the Seam Reap area.

We visited the ancient city of Angkor Thom, which once numbered over one million inhabitants. Inside the city you can find the Bayon Temple, built by King Jayavarman VII, with 216 enormous faces of the diety, Avalokiteshvara, but which closely resemble the vain king.

The next temple on our stop was the temple of Ta Prohm. This place has been beautifully taken over by the surrounding jungle and is all very Indiana Jones. Actually part of the movie, Tomb Raider, was filmed here.



At this site we met up with a young monk, Sayeourn, who was eager to practice his English conversation skills. We had a long chat and he accompanied us on the rest of our wanderings of this temple, giving us informative facts along the way. We happened to buy a watercolour painting made by one of a group of orphans who are utilising their artistic skills instead of begging. The painting depicts 2 monks at this temple so we will always remember our friend fondly.