3rd visit to Angkor Wat Temples

After yesterdays day of rest we decided to spend some of Christmas Day at Angor Wat. We only visited 3 temples but in the reverse order to try and have the sun in a better position for taking photographs. Left the hotel at 10.00am..... no christmas presents to open, spoke to the tuk tuk drivers waiting outside and negotiated a price for his services up to 4.00pm. .........you have to barter for everything, but I'm sure they always win.

Many of the larger temples have 3 or 4 floors, and as well as the main outer walls have an inner walled area which houses the main temple.The steps which the original occupants used to enter the outer or inner areas are very steep. Each step is only 8" deep, but 16" high. In most cases wooden steps have been added over the top to make it easier for tourists to climb, although on many their is only a hand rail on one side.

The picture below shows tourists......mainly Japanese and Korean climbing up the left hand side.

Many of the temples have corridors with walls or columns supporting the roof. Some temples are constructed with  many corridors crossing over each other. at each crossing point there are steps on either side, which makes it tiring for walking around but an interesting a photograph.

Fed up with temples!!!!!!!!!!