Shanghai Running, We Run Shanghai
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From this stopover we headed west and the road
turned to dirt for only 1km with quite a bit of pot
holes and some rocks – it is here we passed Ta
Phrom (made famous by Angelina J‟s L. Croft
Tomb Raider being filmed here). This is a must
see – extremely intriguing juxtaposition of forest
overgrowing an ancient structure. You only pass
the outside during the race but you can still witness some of the intercourse between nature and
human creation from the road.
Next we passed through the Victory Gate of
Angkor Thom where the small bus barely managed to fit past as these gates were originally
used by the ancient Khumer who rode Elephants
through them. A few KM later we arrived at our
next destination which was next to the Elephant
Terrace. Back 800 years this is where the ruling
king custom built an elevated platform ie
“grandstand” for performances including elephant tournaments. We could also