Legoland

Liem had an "epic" two days at Legoland. He enjoyed the rides, water slides and also programming a Lego robot. I enjoyed all the cute decorations made of Lego (they were kragled though, I checked…), in particular the birdwatcher, the "gangnam" dancers and the Lego skeletons at one of the rides. I would have gotten a good shot of Liem and Khiem as their boat splashed down into the water, except Liem was in the "brace" position and you can't see him in the photo...

Preah Khan

Oh wait, here's the last temple we visited. Liem, by now, is really tired of temples. He amuses himself by photo-bombing. Preah Khan is similar to Ta Prohm in that some of the trees are left where they stand, intertwined with the temple structures. One of the tree roots looks like an elephant's trunk and Liem has fun with it.

We also went to the Angkor Wat National Museum, which was really worth seeing since it consolidated a lot of the different features of the temples and gave us a good idea of the chronology of events in Khmer history. No photos allowed here.

We also ate too much at the hotel buffets and set meals. Time for a detox....

Prasat Kravan, Pre Rup, East Mebon, Neak Prean

This was our last day of temples and they were all blurring in our minds. I look at these photos and I can't remember which temple they were taken at. I'm pretty sure the first two photos are of Prasat Kravan, the next two of Pre Rup. These temples are made with bricks. The one with the elephant was probably East Mebon. And the one surrounded by a moat is Neak Prean. As Khiem says it, we are all templed out.

Kbal Spean - River of a Thousand Lingas

We had to go for a bit of an uphill jungle trek to see the carvings at the top of the hill. Liem perked up at this point, having suffered through all the previous temple visits. At one point, I thought, this reminds me of Mount Kinabalu, but it was nowhere near as tough as that. An easy climb, nice and cool under the jungle trees. The water flowing over the lingas are supposed to be purified and the king would use the water to wash away his sins. We noticed a couple of the tour guides, including our tour guide Mr Neak, washing their faces with the water.

Banteay Srei

I've just noticed that there are no family photos at Banteay Srei temple. Mr Neak must have forgotten to take some. He did notice that I like to take photos of water lilies so every time he sees some, he points them out for me. And even tells me to ignore the "Do not walk on grass" sign to walk on the grass to take photos of water lilies! This temple has a lovely moat around it with water lilies.

Bayon

Bayon is characterised by the large carved Buddha faces which face four directions. There are also carvings of every day life and I have a close up of a turtle!

Ta Prohm

Ta Prohm has got to be my favourite temple of all those that we saw in Siem Reap. This temple was where some scenes from Tomb Raider were filmed. What characterises this temple are the strangler figs and silk-cotton trees that have been allowed to remain during the restoration. And there seems to be a carving of a stegosaurus???