How to Get Stone-Faced Looks

HOW TO GET STONE-FACED LOOKS

From a distance, the Temple of Bayon in Angkor, Cambodia looks like a pile of rubble. But as you get closer, you realize the rubble is staring back at you.

There are 216 smiling faces of Avalokeshvara (he's a Buddha-to-be) at Bayon. Built by Jayavarman VII (he was a king) around 1200 for Sri Jayarajacudamani (that's his Mom), the temple was the last one to be built at Angkor - smack-dab in the middle of the ancient city.

216 smiling stone faces for your mother? And I have trouble remembering to send a Mother's Day card. Plenty of stone faces from her in that case.

There are also well over 11,000 bas-relief figures carved into the stone walls.