Count the faces of Bayon Temple

The king who built this covered the temple with images of an amalgamation of his face and the buddha to let his subjects (and probably his concubines!) know he was keeping an eye on them - there are at least 4 on every tower

Phnom Penh and Siem Reap: Temples and killing fields(a lot of photo's)

October 28th 2005
We took a bus from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia which took about 8 hours including the longest border crossing I've ever had - it was about an hour to get our passports stamped and checked several times - we started whistling the great escape theme having "escaped from ' nam" and reaching cambodian soil! the ticket we had booked took us straight to the king guesthouse wh ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more

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