Roluos Temples

After the temples of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, the last temples we saw were less impressive, but still an enjoyable visit.

These were the temples of Preah Ko. They were built in the late 9th century and were dedicated to Shiva.

Preah Ko means Sacred Ox. Here's one of them. 

There were some plaster figures which are being restored. 

As with the other children we've seen at these temples, it's likely their parents are nearby.

Here's that plaster figure - this one has been restored quite well.

This is the temple of Bakong. Yes, we climbed it. In the midday sun.

These stone elephants are found on three levels and at all four corners.

Another elephant lover.

Just at the entrance we came across this boy carving elephants. He's using a stick of wood as a hammer. We bought one of his elephants.

So intent on his work.

There is a Buddhist temple in the area and we stopped here because it's the library for the school there.

This young monk was the teacher. These young Taiwanese are making donations to support the school. They were quite generous. The monk spoke excellent English. 

I can't resist origami. 

Here's the final temple on our tour at Lolei. An inscription here tells us the temple was dedicated on July 12, 893.

This is my arty shot using the camera's ability to separate out one colour.

On the way back to town we saw some future bacon being transported.

And this cart is laden with fire pots for sale. These pots are filled with charcoal and serve as cooking braziers.

Paruth Hann is a Facebook friend through a knitting connection. She has a small shop and makes the pots for sale in the studio.  She was lovely and so eager to talk and share her knowledge. Note my lovely new hat - I bought it at one of the ruins for $2.00. And it was made locally, not an import. The woman who sold it to me told me I was very handsome.  An easy sell, then.

We really did enjoy our visit here. And I have to say that we found the Cambodians we met all so very charming. They were genuinely friendly and it was easy to have a laugh with them. It made our visit that much more worth it.