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Monthly archive January, 2007

Angkor Wat in Siem Reap and beach town in Sihanoukville

Not only Angkor Wat, Cambodia’s famous ancient temple, beach town in Sihanoukville is just another emerging tourist destination. Lately, in a bid to welcome more visitors to Sihanoukville, an airport has been reopened. On the southern part of the country is Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s “beach town” or “port community” which sits in the center of a...

Images of Cambodia

And yes, one of the most interesting things about Cambodia is: a good place to stay and to take photo. Let’s take a look at some beautiful snapshots by Ian Miller.

Sihanoukville airport welcomes visitors

Sihanoukville airport in Cambodia’s main coastal city has reopened in a bid to attract more visitors as part of the government’s open sky policy. The first air link between Sihanoukville and Siem Reap would encourage visitors to extend their stay to enjoy Cambodia’s sandy beaches after touring the temples. A Soviet-made Antonov-24 plane belonging to...

Angkor Wat is not enough

Experts say Cambodia should not heavily rely on great Angkor Wat temple to survive its tourism sector, and suggest that more destinations needed as well. The country’s tourism sector has been developing rapidly in the past few years, becoming a major source of income for the cash-strapped Southeast Asian country. About 1.7 million tourists visited...

Siem Reap: Local market

Analog Cambodia posted an interesting piece of story about a local market in Siem Reap, Cambodia’s largest tourist center. For tourists who don’t want to be fed up with too many gifts and hassled by vendors, Big New Market or Psar Leu Thom Thmey would be a good place. This is the other local market...

Cambodia: Where do you want to go today?

Wonder how you can get around Cambodia? There is no underground, no subway, and very few railways. Take TukTuk then. You could use one of these tuktuks… their equivalent of our tricycle. This picture is courtesy of Bobby Viceral, outgoing President of the Samahan ng mga Pilipino sa Cambodia.

Scam in Siem Reap

Scam scares tourists all the time, especially first-time travelers. The beauty of the country is one thing, but the way a few local people treat tourists is just another way. Every tourist look for welcoming smile from the place they visit. In Siem Reap, one of the largest tourist destination, with no surprise, scam is...

Visit Cambodia year 2007

Statistic tells the fact. Tourism of Cambodia agency’s statistic indicates that more than 1.4 million Koreans, Japanese and American tourists visited the country in 2005. Angkor Wat remains the jewel of the nation’s tourism industry. Several more historical temples like Bayon and Banteay-Srei, and the scenic beaches of Sihanoukville and the French colonial architecture in...

Battambang: rat restaurants

Rat meat is not food to most people, but not to some in Battambang, Cambodia’s second-largest city. Without surprise, the province is widely known for its producitivty rice output, where rice fields are home to rats. And During the Khmer Rouge era, from 1975 to 1979, most Cambodians got used to this delicious food. And...