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Sambor Prei Kuk We’re delighted to see Cambodia gain a 3rd UNESCO World Heritage Site, after Angkor and Preah Vihear, with the inscription of the ruined 6th to 7th century Khmer capital at Sambor Prei Kuk. These picturesque ruined temples, scattered through the forest north of Kampong Thom in central Cambodia, represent the remains of the royal capital, Ishnapura (or…
Kampot Hanging around the Phnom Penh riverfront or Siem Reap’s ‘Pub Street’, tuk-tuk drivers may offer you massages with; fish, their sister, grannie, themselves as well as attempt to flog you the gamut of soft and hard drugs – some may even offer you a ride – but turn up in Kampot these days you’re more likely to hear, “Psst…
Kep sunsets More pics from the archives; this time a selection of images of Kep sunsets taken during our last visit to the small Cambodian coastal town. We thought of Kep since we’ll be down there again in a couple of weeks on our next Beyond Angkor – off-the-beaten-track Cambodia tour – which we’re very much looking forward to. Originally…
A favourite Phnom Penh Temple A favourite Phnom Penh Temple. If we’ve got this right, (and we’re not guaranteeing it!), the temple’s called Wat Kean Kleang. Situated a couple of kilometres after the Japanese Bridge with the Mekong bordering one side of the temple grounds and the main highway Number 6 the other. The temple is hard to miss with…
Koh Dach Last time we visited this temple – Wat Kampong Pich, Koh Dach or Silk Island, just outside of Phnom Penh – we were kindly invited to lunch by the old ladies who were cooking food for the monks. They actually apologized saying that it was ‘only Khmer food and not ‘Barang’ (Western ) food since they didn’t know…
The ruins of the so-called ‘haunted casino at Bokor, near Kampot in Southern Cambodia, certainly look creepy enough! (Apparently, heavy losers at the casino frequently threw themselves off the conveniently placed adjacent clifftop!). Bokor Town, perched high on Bokor Mountain overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, was set up as a cool, breezy kind of hill-station-come-resort for hot and sweaty French…