Phnom Bakheng is Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, and a symbolic representation of Mount Meru, home of the Hindu gods, and this status is further emphasized by it's location on top of a steep hill. The temple was built in a pyramid form of six tiers and used to have 108 small towers around it at ground level and on various of its tiers. But now, most of these small towers have already collapsed, and tourists only know of Phnom Bakheng as THE place to watch sun set.
And when I said tourists, I mean buses and buses of tourists all squeezed onto this small hill top to see sun set. So this means we had to be super kiasu and go up the hill at least one hour before sun set time in order to get a good spot! So in the end, we got more than just a sun set. We got sun burn.
Alamak! Got clouds!
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