Bayon

Of the many hundred temples and places to see in Siem Reap Cambodia we picked 5 different temple sites to visit based on the sacred, historical, beauty, or interest factors. Angkor Thom, or just Bayon is in many ways my favorite temple. This one wasn’t as well preserved as Angkor Wat but is the most impressive artistically. Each tower and entrance has 4 huge faces pointing in different directions giving it an amazing ancient ambiance. I was sorry that we had to miss Egypt as we ran out of time exploring Europe as we had to fly and meet my middle daughter Layli in Thailand, however, this temple in many ways made up for what we missed in Egypt. The walls here are ornately carved depicting the daily life and the culture at the time. It is amazing, kind of like a large stone comic book version of how people here actually lived at the time. Sure comic books would focus on the monkey generals like at Angkor Wat but using the arts and the comic as a learning tool about life in general is the way to go.