

These two temples were built in the middle of artificial lakes. The sister I previously referred to as invisible made a surprise appearance to complain that my directions, like the top left photo, bear no resemblance to where the photo actually is. And I agree with that, since the photos are in completely different locations each time I look at the blog on a different computer. So I'm going to stop that, and also stop referring to her as the invisible one, especially because Pomme is pretty close to invisible these days. Back to blogging, the one photo that I would have previously described as top left but now will describe as the round thing in the grass field, is Neak Pean. This was a smallish lake and it is filled with water in the rainy season. In the dry season, it loses its appeal and just looks like a round thing in a grass field. Anyway, this was built as a hospital. Actually the lake was the hospital, not the building, since sick people were cured by being dipped in the water, which is one way to keep health care costs down. The other two photos are of East Mebon. A few entries ago I showed you the big lake with a dock for the king, which was the West lake. The East Mebon temple was built in the middle of the East Lake, and reachable only by boat. The lake has long since dried up and is now rice fields.
