Follow the Mekong - Day 8 Cambodia - Angkor Wat South Gate & Bayon Temple

Follow the Mekong - Day 8 Cambodia - Angkor Wat South Gate & Bayon Temple

The south gate of Angkor Thom is 7.2 km north of Siem Reap, and 1.7 km north of the entrance to Angkor Wat. The walls, 8 m high and flanked by a moat, are each 3 km long, enclosing an area of 9 km². The walls are of laterite buttressed by earth, with a parapet on the top.

The Bayon Temple's most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and smiling stone faces of Brahma - probably modeled on the face of King Jayavarman VII - on every side the many towers that jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak

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