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       Bayon temple in Siem Reap Cambodia- The stone faces are so spectacular! Day three started with the sunrise at Angkor wat , and then the complete tour of Angkor Wat temple. What a start to the day it was! After having ended the previous day with the  beautiful sunset view from Phnom Bakheng temple , we were on a all time high:) We spent quite a few hours at Angkor Wat (worth spending the whole day!), and then headed towards Angkor Thom. Angkor Thom literally means a big city and It used to the capital city of the Buddhist King Jayavarman VI.This city houses various temples and historical site, the ones we saw were: Bayon temple Baphuon temple Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of the Leper King . I was totally awestruck by Bayon temple. I have not seen any temple like this before. It is a huge temple and I could literally get lost in it.The exquisite and detailed carvings on the walls and the peaceful stone faces make this temple so unique. This temple ...

Banteay Kdei temple in Siem Reap The next day, which was our day 2 at Siem Reap, happened to be our busiest day. We had a whole lot of temples to cover today given that we only had three days in Siem Reap...I wish we had planned for more days in Siem Reap...there are so many temples to see...three days are not enough. If you like ancient architecture, you would absolutely love to spend more time at Siem Reap. The day started with Banteay Kdei which is a Buddhist temple built during the 12th and 13th century AD during the rule of Jayavarman VII. The temple was home to Buddhist monks at various intervals of time until the 1960s (from wikipedia).  The temple is not in a good condition now (there was restoration work going on when we were visiting... so hopefully it will not deteriorate further). However, experiencing the temple as it is today is an amazing experience. With the trees reclaiming large parts of the temple, and parts of walls collapsing....there is something mysterious an...