Ta Prohm, Banteay Kdei and Banteay Srei

I’ll try not to be too verboise but rather leave you with more pictures than text. The title of the blog incorporates the three temples visited yesterday!

Out the door by 0830hrs with Mr Met and his trusty tuk-tuk. It’s a solid tuk-tuk but on rough roads I feel more like a mango shake than a human ie not much in the way of suspension. However, we go slowly, we get to the planned locations and he’s punctual which all makes the day run smoothly.

Plans were to be finished by 1300hrs but we didn’t finish till 1600hrs. Dusty, exhausted and heat spent we made it back to our hotel for a cooling shower, a quick break and then a walk to find somewhere for dinner. That’s the routine. However, we said STOP for today and are taking the day off – ha, ha…I wonder what will happen.

The first temple we visited was Ta Prohm. When Mr. Met told us it was used as the location for a movie what I understood him to say was Tom Rider but in actual fact when we worked it all out was Tomb Raiders. Have I seen it? No, but now that Connie’s nephew knows she’s been there he thinks she’s some kind of archeologist.

So – here are a few photos of Ta Prohm which you will probably know of since it’s been filmed many times for a variety of media. These are all unedited photos as just haven’t had the time to go through them with a fine tooth comb.

Ta Prohm:

Banteay Kdei:

Banteay Srei(Citadel of women)- this temple wasn’t discovered until the early 20th century and was not build by any king but rather by a member of the court that had been given land in trade for his services to the court. It’s small, has no roof, celebrates the role of women and has the best preserved relief and is considered a jewel of Khmer art.

It was midday when we arrived. It has no covering and the sun was streaming into the temple with no shade available. It’s small enough to walk around quickly hence not a lot of pictures taken as wanted to run to the forest for relief!

Hiding today!