Face at Bayon

I've heard a number of explanations for all the faces. I think there were 54 total. One is that they were all carvings of the King. Another is that they tell the story of when Buddha achieved enlightenment, his brother was jealous and tried to kill him. The Buddha mdae multiple images of himself and his brother did not know which one was the real Buddha so he gave up. So in that story the multiple faces at Bayon represent the multiple images of Buddha. I know there was a third but I can't remember. Wikipedia for more info.

Angkor

February 28th 2008
I apologize for the tardiness of this post but I haven't had much free time this week. So this past weekend I took a trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia so I could visit Angkor Wat. It was expensive, but definitely worth the trip. I got to fly into Cambodia on a small prop plane, which was pretty cool and I spend 2 days exploring the temples. Well, it was supposed to be 2 days but I had a really crapp ... read more

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