Siem Reap secondary attractions

Siem Reap secondary attractions:
Prasat Totung Thngai and War Museum Cambodia

I classify primary attractions Angkor Wat and related, some secondary attractions this post, tertiary attractions various modern buildings with interesting architecture, or abandoned places in general. Some secondary and tertiary attractions in this post as well: https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2023/12/cycling-around-siem-reap-nov2023.html

Prasat Totung Thngai
Angkorean ruins. By bicycle 14 km east of Siem Reap at 13.3112, 103.9565. No other tourists, no ticket check. The interesting part is that only door frames and lintel are standing, making it look like torii gates or Stonehenge.

War Museum Cambodia
By bicycle 6 km north-west of Siem Reap at 13.3883, 103.8317. https://www.facebook.com/warmuseumcambodia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Museum_Cambodia

Not to be confused with War Remnant Museum (Siem Reap) at 13.3877, 103.8678, or War Remnant Museum in Saigon. War Remnant Museum (Siem Reap) has four rusty artillery cannons in the open. Google Maps has plenty of misplaced pictures from War Museum Cambodia and Shooting Range Siem Reap. Whereas Peace Museum of Mine Action (Google Maps: The Peace Museum Of CMAC) is a full museum judging by pictures. On the same subject, there is Shooting Range Siem Reap (I passed their entrance with artillery cannons).

What distinguishes this museum from Western museums is that there are only frames of tanks. Each of these tanks was probably the grave for its crew, then burned out and/or stripped of everything and left in the open before being taken to the museum. Various artillery cannons as well. Age of exhibits ranges from WWI to arms that are still in use elsewhere. A jet fighter and a helicopter as well.

Entry 5 USD, including a guided tour by war veterans (good English), and optional tip at end of tour.

Other places: (names as on google maps) Brasart Entrear Pagoda, VIMEAN SOKHA MUSEUM, Butterfly Paradise, ArtBox, Phare The Cambodian Circus, Miniature Replicas of Angkor's Temples, Angkor National Museum.

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