Guide to Banteay Kdei
This temple is built in the same Bayon architectural style and will be your first glimpse of peaceful smiling stone heads if you’re early into your trip
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Guide to Srah Srang
A classic example of “expectations vs. reality,” what the other websites and guides won’t show you is what a dismal bog Srah Srang can be if it hasn’t rained in a while
Guide to Banteay Samre
Banteay Samre is like the appetizer to the main entree that is Angkor Wat
Guide to East Mebon
This temple is like a miniature version of the nearby Pre Rup. A mini Rup, if you will.
Guide to Ta Prohm Temple
Home to the iconic tree seen in “Tomb Raider,” it seems ridiculous that a tree has become so famous that people are flocking specifically to see it. Treebeard from “The Lord of the Rings” must be kicking a hobbit in a jealous rage right now.
Guide to Baksei Chamkrong
Baksei Chamkrong is like the place you wander into when you’ve been unceremoniously turned away from the much cooler nightclub across the street.
Guide to Phnom Bakheng
It feels like the entirety of Phnom Bakheng is just for the ‘Gram. It’s not as spectacular as what was advertised but you have to continuously tell yourself that it’s going to be awesome because other people said so and you went through all the trouble of getting here.
Guide to Pre Rup
Pre Rup can be ascended by very steep staircases at the four cardinal directions. If you were hoping that one of the staircases was “the easy one,” I didn’t find it.
Guide to Ta Som
Compared to its neighbours, Ta Som can leave you with no real lasting impression. If this temple could talk, I’m sure it would constantly be having “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” moments.
Guide to the Roluos Temples
Once the capital of the Khmer Empire, Hariharalaya, all that remains from that bygone age are the royal temples: Lolei, Preah Ko, and Bakong.