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 Smilling faces of Bayon by dfactor
Bayon is totally different. You can't tell much when you are approaching Bayon from the road. In fact, it is almost like a pile of rubble. But once inside, you will be awed by the faces all over the temples. It's this surreal feeling, walking around and everywhere you turn, these faces looking at you, smilling gracefully.
I stopped by Bayon twice on different day but due to bad time management almost the same time in 2 days. I should have go to Bayon in the morning and see the sun lighting up the faces one by one as it moves higher up in the horizon. Leave a Comment
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 Outer Bas-relief in Bayon by dfactor
The outter wall depict scenes of everyday life in ancient Khmer. Leave a Comment Directions: Right in the middle of Angkor Thom
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 first rays of light hit
The Bayon by richiecdiscLeave a Comment
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 Statues along Angkor Thom by Jmill42
Here is a picture of the great statues that line the road, ending in Angkor Thom's wall. Leave a Comment
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 by iwys
Angkor Thom means Great City. It was built around 1200AD and at one time it enclosed an area of 9 square kilometres and had a population of 100,000. It originally consisted of the royal palace, the harem and the thousands of tiled and thatched citizens' houses which surrounded them, and beyond those, the paddy fields which supported the population.
Around Angkor Thom is a wall with five great entrance gates. Inside are the site of the royal palace, the great square, the Bayon, the Baphuon, Phimeanakas pyramid, the Elephant Terrace and the Leper King Terrace. Leave a Comment Directions: Angkor Thom is just north of Angkor Wat, on the other side of Phnom Bakheng
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 The terrace at the left by SirRichard
Take a closer look at the left side carvings of femenine figures, very delicate. You can aldo climb up the terrace to have a better view. Leave a Comment
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The South Gate is probably where you will enter Angkor for the first time. It is one of the five gates to Angkor Thom. The road leading to the gate is lined with 108 stone statues, 54 on each side. 108 was a sacred number in Mahayana Buddhism. The 54 on the left side are heavenly devas, while the 54 on the right are underwold asuras. Many of these are originals, but some are copies.
The South Gate itself is a massive stone portal, 23 metres high. It was made this high to enable mounte elephants to pass through. There was once a golden head on top of the gate, but this was looted by Siamese invaders. Leave a Comment
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 pachydermous supremous by richiecdiscLeave a Comment
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 all in all, it's just another
brick in the wall by richiecdiscLeave a Comment
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The Bayon is at the centre of Angkor Thom. It's nickname is the "hide-and-seek gallery", because there are so many galleries, covered walkways and dark passages in the lower levels that it would be a good place to play hide-and-seek.
Work started on this Buddhist temple at the end of the twelfth century and it took twenty years to build. It is famous for its giant, stone, smiling faces. These are believed to be representations of Lokesvara, combined with the features of King Jayavarman VII, the last great ruler of Angkor before it fell into decline. Lokesavara is revered in Mhayan Buddhism as the Bodhisattva of compassion.
Why has a got a smile on his face? Perhaps he had just visited Phimeanakas. Leave a Comment Directions: The Bayon is one mile from the South Gate of Angkor Thom.
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