We’re getting quite used to being accompanied everywhere by hordes of children…they take your hand, and practice their English (“”Hello what is your name?) and sometimes run away before you have a chance to answer.
Wat Hanchey was no different…they descended on us like a horde of flies and stuck.
A policeman did his best to chase them away, but it all became a game to them, and to us, and they provided great photo ops.
Wat Hanchey is a very old temple, from the 8th century thus predating Angkor Wat by several centuries.
Here some ruins from the oldest part, a temple built of brick.
The whole temple complex is still very much in use, occupied by a number of Buddhist monks who were happy to talk to us and practice their English and show us where they live.
Inside the temple the light was beautiful....
...the Buddhas truly "awesome".
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