x 16th February 2008 - Rolous Group of Temples

This morning Eunice and I hired a tuk-tuk and went to some of the outer temples to the east called the Rolous Group, this consisted of three sites that we visited. As the tuk-tuk driver took us there, we saw some of the more rural parts of Siem Reap, and took these photos along the way.

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The first temple we came to was Lolei, around 15km from the city centre.

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The next site was Preah Ko,

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The last of the three was Bakong, and was the most impressive of the group. This was a large site surrounded by a large moat and much jungle, as you can see in these photos.

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After looking through these temples, the tuk-tuk driver took us back to the heart of Siam Reap, where we grabbed a meal (and a hard earned beer!) before walking back to the hotel.

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