{"id":3364,"date":"2018-01-29T03:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T03:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/?p=3364"},"modified":"2018-03-07T13:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:58:46","slug":"exploring-angkor-archaeological-park-part-4-the-roads-less-traveled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/29\/exploring-angkor-archaeological-park-part-4-the-roads-less-traveled\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Angkor Archaeological Park – Part 4: The Roads Less Traveled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banteay Srei – The City of Women<\/h2>\n

Located about an hour by Tuk Tuk, north of Angkor Archaeological Park, Bantaey Srei has some amazing architecture and stone carvings so intricate, it is said they could only be carved by the delicate hands of women.\u00a0 Enter the complex way of a restored stone causeway.<\/p>\n

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Photo by: John Maurizi<\/a><\/p>\n

Once through the gate continue straight until you reach a moat.\u00a0 Across the moat are beautiful temples carved from red sandstone.\u00a0 There is also a trail that goes around the moat.\u00a0 It is very short by offers different views<\/p>\n

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Photo by: John Maurizi<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by: John Maurizi<\/a><\/p>\n


\nPhoto by: John Maurizi<\/a><\/p>\n

Kbal Spean<\/h2>\n

The next stop further to the north is Kbal Spean.\u00a0 The area is known for Hindu deities carved into the stone in the river bed along with “Lingas” (Phallic symbols).\u00a0 There is not much water during the high season.\u00a0 It is a 2km up hill hike along a well defined and maintained trail to the river bed.<\/p>\n


\n(Trail up to Kbal Spean) Photo by: John Maurizi<\/a><\/p>\n


\n(Kbal Spean) Photo by: John Maurizi<\/a><\/p>\n


\n(Kbal Spean) Photo by: John Maurizi
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Cambodia Landmine Museum<\/h2>\n

On the way back to Siem Reap, be sure to stop at the Cambodia Landmine Museum.\u00a0 This is more than a museum.\u00a0 They raise funds to help clear areas through Cambodia that still have Vietnam era landmines.\u00a0 Children playing fields are still injured by these mines.\u00a0 It is an informative stop and a good cause to support.<\/p>\n

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Photo by: John Maurizi
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Note:\u00a0 Your Tuk Tuk driver will more than likely ask for more money to travel this far, not really because of time but more to do with the amount of fuel.\u00a0 It could range between $5 and $10 additional to the $20 rate you should have set the first day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Banteay Srei – The City of Women Located about an hour by Tuk Tuk, north of Angkor Archaeological Park, Bantaey Srei has some amazing architecture and stone carvings so intricate, it is said they could only be carved by the delicate hands of women.\u00a0 Enter the complex way of a restored stone causeway. Photo by: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3472,"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3364\/revisions\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelotusadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}