As my parting shot for this post, a very common toilet. It is a squatter. Rarely is it supplied with toilet paper so you need to be prepared for any circumstance. The bucket in the corner contains water and a pot to bail water to the toilet for flushing. You need to perch yourself on the ribbed portions to do you business. There are three types of toilets this one, one you can sit on but still have o bail water into to flush and also the western style with a tank. Most of the guest houses don't have squatters, but some have western bailers. You just never know, it's all part of the adventure.

I spent a lot of time here. I was consumed by the size of the trees and amazed that these centuries old structures could bear the weight and show such truly minor signs of that weight.

The jungle wat was probably my favorite. The trees were left as they were found. The jungle really does try to reclaim its territory. This tree is very common here and is about 75 feet tall with, as you can see a massive root system.

I don't remember the name of this wat, but I do know it was the only one made of a pink sandstone and was one of the ones built in the 16th century. The wats were both Hindu and Buddhist depending on the religion of the reigning king. The entrances were also different for each, Buddhist wats were entered on the east and Hindu on the west.

Most of the actual structure, which is a very hard red stone, was covered with sandstone, I would imagine, to make the carving easier. I am still amazed that the carvings are so well preserved in such a soft stone as sandstone.

The carvings are amazing, the detail even after so many centuries is incredible. There is bearly a surface that doesn't have some sort of carving on it. It was all done by artists with hammer and chisel no power tools like angle grinders and drills.

Angkor Wat, words can't compare to the awe I felt when I saw this. I can't share all the pics but some of what I will share are great. Angkor Wat and many of the other 37 temples here were built in the 8th to 16th centuries. A great deal of reconstruction of them has been done and is ongoing. The last to be discovered was as late as 1915.