We started the day with muesli from the restaurant – and then headed out at 7:30am for the long drive to Banteay Srei. It is a long way to travel in a tuk tuk, but the areas outside of the town are fascinating and the roads are quiet.
Banteay Srei is famous for the intricacy of the temple carvings and we spent some time wandering through the small ruins. It was an incredibly hot day and the ruins were very busy, so we were quite relieved to get back on the tuk tuk and get some air flowing.
The rest of the day was spent around various temples – Pre Rup, Banteay Samre, East Mebon, Ta Som, Preah Khan and Banteay Kdei. All very interesting, but two days is plenty for the casual visitor as we were decidedly ‘templed out’ by the end of the day.
We had our evening meal at the Kouron II restaurant – a huge hall with an all you can eat buffet and a Khmer dance show. The food was passable, but still not a patch on the meal we had on the first day. The jelly desserts were quite an acquired taste…
The dancing was very good though, and it was a nice way to end our visit.
