Bakheng Hill, Siem Reap (Sunset over Angkor Wat)

Phnom Bakheng is located 4,265 feet north of Angkor Wat and 1,312 feet south of Angkor Thom. Enter and leave by climbing a long steep path with some steps on the east side of the monument (height 67 meters, 220 feet). In the 1960 this summit was approached by elephant and, according to a French visitor, the ascent was "a promenade classic and very agreeable". It is a testimony to the love of symmetry and balance which evolved its style ... in pure simplicity of rectangles its beauty is achieved. It is a pyramid mounting in terraces, five of them ... Below Bakheng lays all the world of mystery, the world of the Khmer, more mysterious ever under its cover of impenetrable verdure.

Bakheng Hill from a far

The sunset worth climbing for

Steep and small stairs - be careful

On the hill, loads of tourists

Sunset over Phnom Bakheng

The top temple at Phnom Bakheng

The sun sets among the pillars

When the sun sets, the cameras clicks

View over Angkor Wat

After we descended from Phnom Bakheng

Face the traders at the bottom of the hill