- Bayon, Siem Reap, Cambodia
(Same face and nose? The magnificent Bayon Temple inside Angkor Thom is also called the the Four-Face Temple. At its height, Angkor Thom and its surrounding area had a population of well over 700,000 people, a giant city compared to 18,000 in London then, according to a BBC documentary we saw when we got home. What an amazing city it must have been, with craftsmen of the highest skills and top engineers of waterways and dams required for padi fields that fed this huge city. The smile-iest of these 216 faces - said to be that of the presiding King Jayavarman VII then - is right towards the back of this great temple. Taking a photo beside it is said to bring a life of happiness, according to the local guide - I had mine done)
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