Cambodia - Angkor Thom - Bayon I

The Bayon is at the center of Angkor Thom, and despite being somewhat warm in April, is terribly pleasant to visit.  It's to do with the faces - the happy, smiling, peaceful faces staring down at you from 54 multi-faced towers no matter where you are.  I read it's the face of a Bodhisattva - it's a Buddhist thing .  A Bodhisattva is not Buddha per se but a would-be Buddha who instead of realizing Nirvana sticks around to enlighten every other living being else first - in other words, a really, really nice guy.

Here you can see our approach to the temple, and Sam showing us what a tree-hugger she really is, and a few of the famous faces.  More to come...!