The road seemed particularly busy, maybe because it was a Saturday and I noticed stages set up outside Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm for events of some sort.
Preah Khan was the largest of the day and took a bit of figuring out - the guide being written for travel East to West, whereas my route was the opposite.It had some tours passing through that meant some delays to get clearish photos.
Anyway, it was very interesting with some amazing carvings.
There is a stupa marking the centre of the temple.
It was benefitting from lots of visitors who were having their pictures taken at the stupa to capture a strange lighting effect that gave them an aura. Outside other tourists found photo opportunities.
I carried on to the end, and was particualrly struck by the two storey building.
From Preah Khan, we made our way Neak Pean. This is approached via a long causeway and munch of the site is closed to visotrs - so everything has to be photographed from a greater or lesser distance. As a consequence, it was one of my briefer visits.
After a repair to the tuk tuk's front wheel, the inner tube to which had been destroyed on the particularly pot holey road, we set off for the third Temple, Ta Som. This is described in the guide as a miniature Ta Phrom. It was quite disrepaired and had some trees mingling with the buildings.
Next was East Mebon, a temple that used to be surrounded by a huge lake or baray. The perimeter at two levels was marked by elephants and the climb to the top was rewarded by a good view.
Finally, I went to Prasat Kravan. This is a very small site with hardly any visitors - but a worthwhile visit for the quality of the brickwork and for the interior brick bas reliefs.
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