Baksei Chamkrong

This temple is very special. Very intresting is that its architecture is almost identical with the south american prymids. Very peacfull here also you may get the temple to yourselves as we did. The whole park is amazing! Amazing... The architecture of these temples are based on astronomical alignments and sacred geometry, very magical place. No doubt about it one of the wanders of the world. Its very intresting to note that Angkor wat itself is one of the biggest religious monuments in the world. Its also intresting to note that most of these temples were Hindu, but have now been claimed as Buddhist temples. Would have been so amazing while they were in use, the architectures muat have been genius. Really amazing. Must come visit in a life time.

Though this temple is just down the road from Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom it is easy to drive by. We stopped and our tuk tuk driver gave us some advice on climbing to the top. By this stage we had climbed every temple but the steps at Chamkrong were the steepest and narrowist. But once at the top it is a nice place to sit down and take things in. We were the only people there and it does not look like alot of people stop there. If you dont mind a short climb it is worth stopping at.

Baksei Chamkrong is a stone's throw away from (on the outside) the South gate of Angkor Thom. It is also only about 200 metres away from the start point of the walk up Phnom Bakheng where most would go to see the sunset. So, before you go up for the hill for the sunset and especially if you are a bit early for the sunset, it is well worth a short 200 metre walk away just to visit this site.It is made of bricks and hence has a good colour and is much older than Angkor Wat and is pyramid like. It also has a few levels of steep steps (but not as high as Ta Keo) running all the way up to the top. There weren't anybody there when we visited and this made it nice. Since the top level of Angkor Wat is still closed (as at August 2008), this would give you some form of a 'replacement' fix, although not as high as Ta Keo.

This temple is very special. Very interesting is that its architecture is almost identical with the south American pyramids. Very peaceful here also you may get the temple to yourselves as we did. The whole park is amazing! Amazing... The architecture of these temples are based on astronomical alignments and sacred geometry, very magical place. No doubt about it one of the wanders of the world. It’s very interesting to note that Angkor wat itself is one of the biggest religious monuments in the world. It’s also interesting to note that most of these temples were Hindu, but have now been claimed as Buddhist temples. Would have been so amazing while they were in use, the architectures muat have been genius. Really amazing. Must come visit in a life time.