After spending the better part of the morning exploring Angkor Wat, I was tired but we still need to continue on with our temple exploring. Our driver brought us to yet another temple, this time the name of the temple is Banteay Kdei.
Banteay Kdei is a temple built in the 12th century and has a design similar to the Bayon. The towers with huge faces carved onto them are unmistakeably Bayon style. The layout of the entire complex is long with visitors needing to traverse the entire length of the temple complex to be able to appreciate it.
By now, I was definitely feeling the effects of temple fatigue. One can only take so many temples within a few days. They are definitely starting to look like the last one, probably only differing in size. Yes, without a doubt, they are magnificent structures from the past. But I don’t think I want be see anymore temples.
When we got back to our driver, he asked us where to go next. My friend also feeling the effects of temple fatigue didn’t want any more temples. So we asked to be brought back to the hotel, to the dismay of our driver. He was intending to bring us to his favorite lunch place, probably because he gets to eat for free whenever he brings tourists in. We insisted on going back to the Golden Temple Villa where we will be spending the rest of the afternoon in Siem Reap town. So it will turn out that Banteay Kdei will be the final temple we will be visiting.
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