Opposite the terraces inside Angkor Thom are a set of 16 towers and 2 small temples, with lots of other small structures behind and around them. In one of these was a feature also found at the zoo – people that latch on to you and start telling you little tour guide-type bits of information, and then ask for some money. I figure this is probably banned inside the Angkor areas, but being an outlying / less visited temple this guy gets away with it.
Small temple opposite the terraces, with 2 towers in front
Keeping the walls apart - tour tout in the doorway
Small temple behind small temples
Small temple
In and out
Ruins everywhere
Small temple
Another small terraceIn between Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat on the Mini Tour are various smaller, “standalone” temples, such as:
- Chau Say
- Thommanon
- Spean Thma
- Thevoda
- Ta Prohm
- Banteay Kdei
- Prasat Kravan
This entry covers the first four. I can’t really remember which photos belong with which temple – by now, temple fatigue was starting to set in.
Restored gateway and wall segment
Dead end - lots of these around
Stone pillars marking a roadway
Gate
Trees growing over stone
Corner of another temple
Going up - spending lots of time building big temples apparently doesn't extend to building foot-sized steps
Looking up in a tower
These ones are somewhat special as they are smooth stone on the inside too - often it's just one block sticking out over another
Unfinished / uncarved tower - looks very communist
More steep steps
Tourists to scale
Another temple
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