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Capitals of Cambodia, Part II Part I of our capitals of Cambodia took us from the early Funan and Chenla periods up to the creation of King Indravarman’s city of Hariharalaya during the 9th century, at the site known today as Rolous, a short distance east of Siem Reap. We’ve already covered 6 different sites, with Hariharalaya appearing on two…
Capital Cities of Cambodia Off the top of our heads we’ve come up with no less than 11 different capital cities of Cambodia over the course of some 1500 years – although we may well have overlooked another one or two – while several of these sites have been the capital on more than one separate occasion. Many of the…
More off-the-beaten-track Angkor Temples The sheer number of ancient temple sites, along with the limited time-frames available to the majority of visitors, mean that many of the smaller and more off-the-beaten-track Angkor temples remain almost completely overlooked. You certainly can’t see all the sites in a single visit, even with a 3-day pass – there’s little point in trying to…
At its 12th century peak, the Angkor Empire encompassed much of what is today central and northeastern Thailand
Angkor and Angkor Wat On our small group tours to Cambodia we often see, amongst first time visitors, a certain amount of predictable confusion between the names Angkor and Angkor Wat. They do, of course, refer to two different sites, so here’s a brief explanation on the differences between Angkor and Angkor Wat. It can certainly be somewhat confusing for…
Favourite Cambodian Museums As a relatively small country with a small, albeit rapidly growing, population Cambodia can’t compete in number of museums with its larger neighbours Thailand and Vietnam (see our recent Vietnam museums post), but it does make up for quantity with quality and our favourite Cambodian museums list includes a clutch of top notch sites, one of which…
The huge walled and moated city of Angkor Thom was the capital of the Khmer empire from the 10th to 14th centuries
Tips on visiting some of Southeast Asia’s busier destinations and which ones are possibly best avoided altogether
A morning temple hunting expedition around Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Cambodia’s Beng Melea; chaotic, decaying ancient ruins and rampant tropical vegetation, is today a spectacular synthesis of man’s handiwork and untamed nature.
Prasat Bayon It’s occurred to us that we’ve written posts on our favourite Angkor temples, on lesser-known sites, about Baphuon, Bakheng and Banteay Kdei and even the apsaras of Angkor Wat but we haven’t posted on one of the most famous of them all, Bayon. So, to rectify that – and as an excuse for a few pretty pics –…
Siem Reap Town Formerly a small, sleepy provincial capital in northwestern Cambodia, Siem Reap has boomed in recent times to the point where it probably rivals Battambang as the country’s second city. The obvious draw are the spectacular ancient temples of World Heritage Angkor but there are plenty of other things to see and do in Siem Reap and despite…