Temples of Siem Reap - Ta Prohm, Ta Som, Neak Pean, Preak Khan - 4K 

At 7 the world is an awesome place, Neak Pean must have seemed like a creation dreamed up by the the author of an amazing adventure story, I bet you remember that day for the rest of your life.

Timsvideochannel1 It's been 10 years and I still remember it now :)

Siem Reap Temples are awesome :-)

@@Timsvideochannel1 Thanks you

Cheers, and likewise I've enjoyed your visit to Madeira.

Merci, j'espère que ça vous a plu (Thank you, I hope you enjoyed it).

Cheers Neil.

No worries! Looking forward to your next "epic adventure"! Cheers, Tim!

Hi, the music is listed in the credits at the end, I purchased a licence to use it from Jewlbeat.com, who have unfortunately disapeared from the Web.

@@Timsvideochannel1 Many thanks Tim - I confess. I turned off at the moment you touched down in London ha ha. My partner and I will be travelling out on 1st Feb 2020 on a 20 day overland through Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and will have 2 full days in Siem Reap on the 2nd and 3rd February. Its very refreshing to see a video that covers the smaller temples etc that are on the Grand Circuit trail instead of those main sites on the Small Circuit trail. One final question if you can please Tim? You seemed to have got to these places when it was relatively quiet and also in glorious light; so please can you tell me what time of year you were there and what time of day (I note you published in Feb). Many thanks.

@@ijessneyHi, you did well to get as far as landing back in London; most people have fallen asleep by then. The trip you've got planned sounds awesome. I checked my photos to see the date they were taken - 2nd November. It is worth getting up early to see the sun rise over the temples, before the crowds arrive. I was on a tour that had been very well organised; we saw almost everything worth seeing. The temples are well spaced out, too far to walk between them all. It is worth watching videos posted on RU-vid to see how other people got around the site, there is no shortage of locals who will offer to take you.

Hi Anjali, Siem Reap was every bit as good as the five star "Trip Advisor" reviews promised. There was something very special about the temples with the trees engulfing them. Returning home was a bit chilly, but I was glad to see my cat and know all was well.

Hi, I am pleased you enjoyed it. Visiting the temple complex was the highlight of this holiday, I especially like the trees growing out of the temple ruins, it just wouldn't look right if they removed the trees and restored the temples :-) Best wishes. Tim.

Archaeologists from India and Australia are working on restoring the temples to their former glory.

I will remember it as wonderful holiday, but it is always nice to return home, even it was a bit cold and overcast.

Btw: Tim, I want to ask whether you have at Britain such 'hellhounds' (13:31) esp. at regions occupied by Romans 2,000 years ago. At Regensburg, Bavaria, there is an old gate guarded by hellhounds assumed to be built by Romans practice Mithras cult (it's outside but nearby Romanian castle). Origin of hellhounds is assumed to East and South East Asia regions independent from single religions (maybe they are much older as any today religion). By this they have spread until Europe. - Heinz

Hello Heinz, they look like Chinese Lions sometimes called "Foo Dogs", see Wikipedia explanation - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_guardian_lions - It is quite common in the UK to have stone lions at the entrance to important civic buildings, but they look like lions, not the Chinese version of a lion. I am not aware of any British Roman archaeological sites where "Hellhounds" are featured. Chichester, just a few miles from where I live now, is a Roman fortified town with a wall around it and the village I grew up in "Fishbourne" has the remains of a Roman Palace, I helped uncover when I was young. I hope this link works as it shows the mosaics to be found at Fishbourne - //www.google.co.uk/search?q=fishbourne+roman+palace+mosaics&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=736&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwji5vXS7fHRAhWLfxoKHXbhAlQQsAQIMg - as you can see there are mythical creatures - half horse/half fish. Most of the Roman remains in and around Chichester are impressive, but not particularly ornate. Chichester cathedral is another matter, guarded by ferocious looking gargoyles, that always spark my curiosity as I find it strange that they are present on so many religious buildings. I find it hard to believe that Chichester and many other UK cathedrals are older than Angkor Wat.

Hello Tim, seems I've confused guardian lions with hellhounds. Here a pic of gate in Regensburg (very eroded): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jakob_(Regensburg)#/media/File:Schottenportal_RB.jpg Church built 8th century doesn't belong to older gate as well as three glorioles above doors. There are mystic creatures on gate you see later at gothic cathedrals. Origin of gate isn't Christian.

That's a magnificent church entrance.