Siem Reap

Visiting A Land Mines Museum

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:06:24 +0000

Khom acted as our well informed tour guide at a land mines museum in Siem Reap.

New Hope for Lake Ton Le Sap

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:32:46 +0000

Visiting Lake Ton Le Sap in Cambodia is an unforgettable experience.

Cambodia's bizarre North Korean restaurant drawing crowds

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 05:14:16 +0000

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Dec 7, 2003 - A North Korean restaurant in this western Cambodian town, better known as the gateway to the famed Angkor temple complex, is fast becoming a tourist attraction in...

Trader Tots of Angkor Wat

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:34:03 +0000

Angkor Wat is home to hundreds of thousand-year old ruins; it’s also the stomping ground of about as many uncannily erudite ten-year olds, children who both speak passable English and can recite with rapidity and accuracy various bits of trivia regarding your personal place of origin. In the end, though, the children’s goal isn’t to impress you with their scholarship, but to get you to buy their wares.

Banteay Thom: Angkor's Mystery Temple

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:39:58 +0000

The day's task was simple: which of Angkor's more than one hundred temples should we visit? Our touring group consisted of six people - one American and five Khmers - and all had considerable...

Angkor Wat from the Outside

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:54:33 +0000

Among the magnificent collection of ancient temples in Cambodia's sprawling Angkor complex, the most famous of the bunch is the jewel known as Angkor Wat. This much-photographed building, touted as...

Free private hospitals saving the lives of Cambodia's sick children

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:12:52 +0000

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, April 1, 2005 - Pen Naun sits breastfeeding her two-month-old baby in an airy but crowded hospital ward with scores of other fraught Cambodians, many lying on mats covering the...

Immortal Sacred Angkor, Mortal Cash Cow

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:14:17 +0000

In Angkor lies the hope of all Cambodia. Angkor is a symbol the past glory of the Khmer people; it is an engine of development and employment; it is even an informal classroom for young Cambodians,...

Angkor's charming sales kids

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:24:17 +0000

Visitors to Cambodia's famous Angkor complex of temples will find themselves transported to a magical place, full of history and culture. They'll also find themselves face-to-face with flocks of...

Ozymandias and Angkor

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:55:21 +0000

Most books about Cambodia fall into two incongruous categories: books about Angkor Wat and the civilization that spawned it; and books about the Khmer Rouge and the catastrophe they began. Imagine if...

Cambodia Resurrecta

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2003 07:10:20 +0000

The airport in Siem Reap, Cambodia is clean and orderly. Still, one expects Asia's usual throng of drivers, barking their desperate, much-practiced questions: "You need driver?" "You want guesthouse?"...