Prasat Banan Temple (alias Cardio 2)
Built round 1066, the guide book says it is situated on a small hill!!! – they obviously haven’t climbed the steps. Way steeper and more irregular, even Vuttta was puffing on the way up.
It starts off innocuously enough, with a small ruin and a set of even, regular steps
Then a glance ahead suggests that things are going to get a bit more challenging.
Methinks I should have taken a bit more notice of the dragon on the handrail
By now the stairs are far more uneven and broken.
3/4 the way up is a sign saying ‘Steep Stair’ – like tell me something I don’t know!!
Actually each section was steeper than the one before
The final set of steps look the most daunting yet, and certain weaklings turned back at this point
At the summit (small hill be buggered), a main was laying out a personal shrine.
Meanwhile, Tanya was striding round the top like ‘so what’ , I could go another 400
Worst part was looking back down and thinking of the pain yet to come.
At the bottom, gasping and sweating up storm, it was all put in perspective by this youngster