PART 1 -----BAYON TEMPLE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AND A MAJOR ATTRACTION IN CAMBODIA. MANY ASSUME BAYON IS PART OR WITHIN THE EVEN MORE FAMOUS ANGKOR WAT BUT BAYON IS A SEPARATE TEMPLE NORTH OF ANGKOR WAT AND 15 MINUTES DRIVE AWAY. BAYON WAS BUILT BY KING JAYAVARMAN VII IN THE 12TH CENTURY AS HIS PERSONAL STATE TEMPLE. BAYON IS EXACTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THEN CAPITAL ANGKOR THOM WHICH IS A SQUARE AND BAYON REPRESENTS THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH

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MY GUIDE TANAKA IS SO KNOWLEDGEABLE AND FED ME WITH FASCINATING DETAILS ABOUT BAYON. HE IS LIKE A WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIA! 

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MAIN ENTRANCE TO BAYON TEMPLE! THIS IS WHERE VISITORS ENTER

I KEEP TAKING PHOTOS AS I WALK NEARER

CLOSER...

NEARER

MAIN ENTRANCE FOR TOURISTS!

I BEGIN TO ENTER THE TEMPLE

THE ROOF HAD COLLAPSED, NOW OPENAIR

BUDDHA WELCOMES YOU!

PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PRAY HERE

THIS BUDDHA STATUE WELL MAINTAINED

NICE

LOVELY 

I CAN SEE THE FAMOUS FACES ALREADY! 

AMAZING

EXTERIOR OF BAYON

I CLIMB THESE STEPS

 EXTERIOR OF BAYON

 ENCROACHING JUNGLE

 THE FAMOUS FACES!

 SAID TO BE MODELLED AFTER THE EXACT LIKENESS OF BAYON'S BUILDER KING JAYAVARMAN VII

 FIRST I PRAY TO BUDDHA

 ENTERING BAYON

 
 OUTSIDE BAYON

 MY GUIDE TANAKA SUGGESTS WE TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE

 BAYON REFLECTED IN POOL

WONDERFUL VIEW OF BAYON

SO PICTURESQUE, DOG AND ALL

LOVE THE DARLING DOGGIE

MY GUIDE TOOK ME TO SOUTH SIDE ENTRANCE

I AM SO FULL OF ANTICIPATION

IMPOSING

MAJESTIC

DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S ARMS ARE LONG ENOUGH TO TOUCH BOTH PILLARS

ELABORATE ETCHINGS

HMMM LOOKS RISKY

THE TOWERS WITH THE FACES

STEEP CLIMB

TO THE TOP

MY FIRST CLOSE-UP OF THE FAMOUS FACES ON EACH PILLAR

THERE ARE 51 SUCH PILLARS AS SOME HAVE COLLAPSED SINCE BAYON WAS BUILT AROUND 1176

THE FACES ARE SAID TO BE THAT OF KING JAYAVARMAN VII WHO ORDERED BAYON'S CONSTRUCTION

DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND FACES OF KING JAYAVARMAN VII

WE WENT AROUND 6.30AM TO AVOID THE MASSES!

THIS PARTICULAR FACE IS SAID TO BE THE BEST AND MOST HANDSOME!

2 GOOD LOOKERS

THE TOPMOST STUPA

MAJESTIC!

I LOVE BAYON!

DATO KEE HUA CHEE

THE LIPS ARE ALL THICK AND FULL, RATHER STRANGE FOR ASIANS

DATO KEE HUA CHEE HAS HOT LIPS TOO

ENIGMATIC SMILE LIKE THE MONA LISA!

THIS SMILING FACE IS ALSO SAID TO BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS IT IS WELL PRESERVED

SEE THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN KING JAYAVARMAN VII AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

BAD SELFIE WHICH HIDES THE KING'S FACE

CANNOT BELIEVE THESE ARE REAL AS THEY SO SURREAL

BOTH ARE SURREAL

ELEGANT 

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS A NATURAL POSER

STYLISH

BUDDHA INSIDE A STUPA

INCREDIBLE

A MUST SEE

APSARA OR ANGEL

CLOSE UP OF FACE

STATELY

PRAYER

2 GREAT FACES

MAGNIFICENT!

LOOK AT THIS FACE MADE FROM LAYERED, CUT STONE

AT THIS ANGLE, DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S NOSE APPEARS TO TOUCH THE STONE NOSE!

MY GUIDE TANAKA TOOK THIS PHOTO OF MY NOSE TOUCHING THE STONE NOSE!