On the morning of my second day Nancy, Maureen, our guide Chiev and I hit Bayon temple, another King Jayavarman the Seventh special built in the late 12th century. Like Angkor Wat this is a Buddhist temple and, like Angkor Wat and Jaya the Seventh's other temples, all of the Buddhist images and statues have been removed by a subsequent Hindu king. Bayon is located dead center in the ancient capital city of Angkor Thom, which also houses Angkor Wat (I know, I'm throwing a lot of Angkors at you). My guidebook says Bayon temple is one of the most "enigmatic temples" in Angkor because its symbolism and form are not yet fully understood. Since I didn't really understand the symbolism or form of all the other temples as well this was not a big problem. Pictured you can see how explorers a 100 years ago approached Bayon's famous East Gate -- by elephant and black sedan.