I spent quite a bit of time here because it was near my hotel. Apparently there’s been a wat here since the 1700s, but what initially drew me in were the many Art Deco French colonial outbuildings. Like everything in Battambang, it’s in rough shape, but lots of interesting architectural detail I might apply to my own rented house eventually.

One morbidly interesting thing about this place is that it’s the highest status cremation/burial site in town. So, there are hundreds of graves, some Khmer, also many Chinese. The largest among them has a giant sarcophagus within a large multipillared Angkor style stupa, encircled by a moat, and manned 24/7 by some monk in a hammock.

Students learning traditional Khmer instruments take classes and practice here, so if you’re lucky enough to show up when they’re playing, it’s rather more lovely.