After about another km of cycling you come to the south gate of ankor thom. Ankor Wat is the most famous but the Ankor park has numerous Ankors scattered over a vast area, hence the 3 or 5 day passes. Ankor Thom is a much larger complex with an outer moat long dried up and four compass point gates. The gate is shaped like a giant cone pointing upwards. The base of the cone is a smaller cone for people or cars to pass thru. At the top of a cone is a carved face A short distance on that I didnt realize on my map was the Bayon. As the Ankor Thom moat is dried up yet shown on my map I was thrown off a bit. Bayon is probably the most interesting. Its like a forest of giant carved faces staring outwards. Somewhat reminscent of the giant Face of Boe from Dr Who. Further along was the remains of a large palace. I wasnt up for parking my bike and walking all the way in on uneven stones. At the entrance was the terrace of elephants, many carved elephant figures. They also had real elephant rides back by the Bayon. 3km north was Preah Khan which seemed to take forever biking. First you leave thru the north gate of Ankor Thom. Luckily the path was paved and mostly shaded. I was worried the further I go I dont want to get a puncture or break the dry bike chain so was biking gently. Preah Khan was another interesting structure. You enter thru a bridge over a moat. There are figures on the bridge made to resemble pulling a rope in. The structure is ring of squares with corridors leading to the centre. I just went to the centre rather than explore the outer squares. The places is partial ruins so lots of stones to climb over. At the central point was a stupa. There was also a hole in the ceiling and a guide said that when the sun shines thru on top of the stupa it looks like a candle lit up. I then cycled 3km back south to Bayon before branching eastwards to other sites. Here I was waved down by a vendor bringing me to her restaurant. Here I ordered rice noodles with vegetables for $3. The rice noodles were thin and squiggly, more like the pot noodles we get back home. I then cycled east 3km to Ta Keo. This was a massive structure I didnt have the energy to stop and climb up inside. I then had to decide whether to cycle back 3km to the centre, or further out 3km to Ta Prohm. I decided to go further out as it would loop back to the park entrance bypassing Ankor Wat. Fortunately I made the right decision. Ta Prohm is made of many tree structures growing on top of the stone carvings. Some how the roots have been manicured to grasp the stone structures below like tentacles of an octopus. One is supposed to represent a sitting buddha. As I cycled back there was a sign post that said Ankor Wat 6.5km and Siem Reap 13km. I must have done a round trip of over 30km in 30 degree heat. Fortunately I had my 1.5L bottle and pineapple to hydrate me and the path was mostly shaded. But I would not recommend this to anyone unless they regularly cycled for several hours on hot days, as I have done, and instead hire a tuk tuk or bus tour to take you around. Back in town I went past the National Museum which I decided to skip as I was tired and entrance was $10. There was another museum in Phnom Penh I'd go to and Ankor was enough to see for today. I wanted to go home, have a shower, and rest while the sun goes down. I had been biking from 8am to 3pm. That evening I headed into Siem Reap which was only a few minutes cycling. This is basically a sleepy town built up on the tourism trade of Ankor Wat. Siem Reap is where the hotels and restaurants are for people visiting the park. I tried looking around for something to eat. They had some khmer food but I was too tired to be adventurous so just had a $4 pizza which was probably expensive by local standards but what I needed to recharge for a bit.