We started this morning at 7:30am so that we could have breakfast before we left. We hit a few of the temples that we had not made it to yesterday including: Ta Keo, Thommanom, and Spean Thma. We then set out for Banteay Srei, which is appx. 27km from Siem Reap (a long tuk tuk ride!), but again where we love travel. On all of our rides and this one, we saw Monkeys, Elephants, several towns, people working/sleeping, kids, cats, dogs, roosters, cows...all crossing the road and on the side of the road; and they all react to horn honking, never a dull moment! Banteay Srei is older than Angkor Wat, built around the 10th century. It means "Citadel of Beauty," and unlike most major sites at Angkor was not a Royal temple. We have to
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