Angkor Wat, the famous Buddhist temple in Cambodia, is only one of several thousand shrines in the jungle outside Siem Reap. We are visiting several of them over four days. This one is called Takeo. It was built 100 years or so (about 1000AD) before Angkor Wat, and before the Cambodian (Khmer) kings converted to Buddhism, making it a Hindu temple.
Takeo has none of the ornate carvings found on many other temples, meaning that it is not much visited. However the design is attractive and it is well preserved.
We left our hotel at 6.30 this morning to see it and so had it to ourselves.
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