{"id":303,"date":"2018-02-20T03:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T03:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2018-03-31T09:32:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T09:32:17","slug":"prasat-banan-temple","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/northern-cambodia\/prasat-banan-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Prasat Banan Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/northern-cambodia\/pottery-village\/\">&lt;&lt; Prev<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/northern-cambodia\/la-maison-de-coco\/\">Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prasat Banan Temple<\/strong> (alias Cardio 2)<br \/>\nBuilt round 1066, the guide book says it is situated on a small hill!!! &#8211; they obviously haven&#8217;t climbed the steps. Way steeper and more irregular, even Vuttta was puffing on the way up.<\/p>\n<p>It starts off innocuously enough, with a small ruin and a set of even, regular steps<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-304\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050706-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050706-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050706-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050706-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-305\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050707-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050707-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050707-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050707-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then a glance ahead suggests that things are going to get a bit more challenging.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-306\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050708-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050708-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050708-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050708-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Methinks I should have taken a bit more notice of the dragon on the handrail<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-307\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050709-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050709-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050709-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050709-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By now the stairs are far more uneven and broken.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-309\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050711-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050711-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050711-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050711-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3\/4 the way up is a sign saying &#8216;Steep Stair&#8217; &#8211; like tell me something I don&#8217;t know!!<br \/>\nActually each section was steeper than the one before<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050712-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050712-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050712-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050712-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The final set of steps look the most daunting yet, and certain weaklings turned back at this point<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-314\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050714-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050714-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050714-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050714-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the summit (small hill be buggered), a main was laying out a personal shrine.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-315\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050717-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050717-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050717-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050717-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-316\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050718-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050718-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050718-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050718-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tanya was striding round the top like &#8216;so what&#8217; , I could go another 400<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-317\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050721-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050721-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050721-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050721-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Worst part was looking back down and thinking of the pain yet to come.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-318\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050728-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050728-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050728-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050728-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom, gasping and sweating up storm, it was all put in perspective by this youngster<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319\" src=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050731-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050731-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050731-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/P1050731-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/northern-cambodia\/pottery-village\/\">&lt;&lt; Prev<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/northern-cambodia\/la-maison-de-coco\/\">Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;&lt; Prev Next &gt;&gt; &nbsp; Prasat Banan Temple (alias Cardio 2) Built round 1066, the guide book says it is situated on a small hill!!! &#8211; they obviously haven&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":202,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions\/646"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nixtravel.com.au\/cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}