Sunday 2 February 2014

Angkor Day 4: Beang Meala, Rolous group & Floating villiage

An early start for a 2hr drive to Beang Meala, this is a remote mountain temple that has been badly damaged and partially reclaimed by the forest.
It was absolutely amazing, we got there early and had an individual guide so she took us all over the complex, which meant that we were climbing over collapsed roof stones, through windows/doors and over rooftops with some areas having boardwalks or planks to walk over. Multiple doorways and windows had roots growing over them which made for some great photos. We were almost finished as a few coach loads of Chinese tourists starting filing through and the basic tour. Some of the stairs were so steep you wondered about your footing but they are sturdy. I wish I has a gopro on myself so you could see first hand what I mean.

From there we started to long drive back to Siem Reip via the Rolous group. These temples weren't in the best of condition we saw Preah Ko (which was mostly rubble with the towers standing) and Bakong which was in much better condition, it's a very tall building and the stairs aren't in the good a condition as well as being quite steep. 

The floating village was all right. It's nothing spectacular and I'm pretty sure it's a bit if a scam when they try and get you to buy food for the local school. It was at the end of a long day so a quick dinner and an early night was called for 

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