Siem Reap, Samrong, Banteay
Chmar
This trip a friend of mine
Philippe and I went looking for ancient bridges. Our travels took us from Phnom Penh to
Siem Reap where we crossed the first bridges along Route 6. We saw a bridge off the NW
corner of the West Baray before heading to Samrong. From Siem Reap we left the 6 at
P'sar Pouk and traveled along the Angkor Highway to Samrong seeing a temple at T'nuang and
2 more in the small village of Koul. A day trip out of Samrong near the town of Ta Pen to
the south revealed six more bridges and a couple more prasats. The following day we went
to Mebon at Banteay Chmar located in a Baray accross the main road. We then headed to
Banteay Toup before we made it to Sisophon. We then left Sisophon to Phnom Penh.
