Friday, May 17, 2013

Baphuon

This temple was built in the 11th century when the kingdom was still of the Hindu religion. In the 16th century when the kingdom had converted to Buddhism a giant reclining buddah was added. In the early 70's a restoration project was started but abandoned in 1975 due to war during which the records were lost leaving essentially a giant jigsaw puzzle. The stairs to this and pretty much all the temples were ridiculously steep. We are also completely melting at this point. 100 degrees and about 90% humidity!

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