Angkor Encore
(writing from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

We've arrived safely in here in Vietnam via an easy six hour bus ride from Phnom Penh. We're headed to see the Cu Chi tunnels used by the Viet Cong tomorrow morning, and hopefully the War Remnants museum (previously the "War Crimes" museum) in the afternoon.

A few more photos from Angkor:

The Khmer king Javayarman VII (temple building fiend) built Bayon temple about half a century after Angkor Wat. It features 49 towers each with four enormous faces -- either Buddha or Brahma (Hindu God of creation) depending on who you ask. The Khmer architects mixed Buddhist and Hindu symbols throughout the temples, cleverly working to appease both large religious groups of the times.

Bantey Srei predates the big temples at Angkor. The intracacy of the well preserved high relief carvings amazed us.