The Bayon Temple

"The Bayon Temple, represents the intersection of heaven and earth.

Bayon is known for its huge stone faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, with one facing outward and keeping watch at each compass point. The curious smiling image, thought by many to be a portrait of Jayavarman himself, has been dubbed by some the "Mona Lisa of Southeast Asia." There are 51 smaller towers surrounding Bayon, each with four faces of its own."

Ok, actually the text you just read is copy from some where in google. ^^
you know i can't write so well and so details right? hahahaha...

Just wanna share some information details about Bayon before you start viewing the pics below:

Hooi & WeiWei at the South Gate Angkor Thom.

The statue of Hindu gods and demons on the bridge.

One of the five gates with Hindu gods and demons.
Take a look nicely on the 7th statue, the head looks different from others rite?
because they replace the statue with a new head already.

The entrance of South Gate Angkor Thom.
is only a gate of entrance, but they build it so nicely

I climb up to the wall of the gate and here is the side of the gate.
and actually when see we see inside the top of the gate, got a lot of bats hanging up there.

After a short distance of driving, and here we reach at The Bayon Temple.
you can see that is a lots of people hanging around there visiting this place.

erm... Hooi and WeiWei acting Bollywood style?

Faces of Avalokiteshvara at Bayon temple.
actually there are 51 smaller towers surrounding Bayon, each with four faces of its own.

Look! That's me at the window there and the view from top there is really awesome.
(this pic took by Guanyin Ma)

See! This is what I saw from the place I climb up, impressive rite?

Guanyin Ma and YingTze having some rest, because this temple is really very big!

Me and the statue of Avalokiteshvara... too serious?

then how bout this? hahaha... I making it smile ^^
(ok, I know I look stupid in this pic...lol)

And this is KahGiap version with the Avalokiteshvara statue.

Almost every where or any spot, the picture we took, can be very nice!

Guanyin Ma taking picture of Apsara sculpture on the wall.

This is the Apsara sculpture on the wall.

Two Apsaras dance on a stone pillar.

Inside Bayon Temple, almost every where even downstairs, you also can see the giant stone faces.

Before we left Bayon Temple, lets take a group pic,
and this is 1 of my favorite pic, looks cool rite? ^^


After we this we went for lunch and then we head to the next temple, The Baphuon...

To Be Continue...