Phnom Penh's Central Market gets new look
Some more pictures of renovated Central Market (Phsar Thmey) can be found here. Early, Cambopedia also linked to a blog post of French-styled architecture built in the Cambodian capital.
Siem Reap silk
‘hoebian’ at ‘There And Back Again’ blog has a post of beautiful pictures of Cambodian silk, taken at Angkor Silk Farm. The photos will walk you through to understand how Khmer silk cloth is made.
Lady Penh: review
Don’t know what to do in Phnom Penh? Ask Lady Penh! If you’re interested in what you might want to do in Phnom Penh, a dedicated site Lady Penh is the right one for you. It’s for both expatriates and visitors who want to make the most out of the day attending cultural related events...
The Kingdom of mystery?
In a recent blog post, Cambodian blogger Somongkol made a reaction to Anita Saran, a writer at Edubook , who made claim that Cambodia is one of the most dangerous tourist zones in Asia. This writer really needs to read more news and do more REAL RESEARCH. What is mentioned here about Cambodia is completely...
From Phnom Penh to Battambang
Energetic travelers Matt and Debz continue their trip from Phnom Penh (where they wrote about their visit to Cambodia’s S-21) to Battambang. For the complete travel note with beautiful photographs, please take a look at this.
Koreans living in Cambodia
According to Cambodia’s Mirror, it’s estimated that there are about 4,000 Koreans living in Cambodia. Not surprisingly, South Korea becomes one of the largest foreign investors in the Kingdom after China. In a recent blog post (Observations and Reflection from Korea – Sunday, 1.11.2009) by Norbert Klein, a long-time expatriate, the Cambodian capital is about...
French-influenced architecture: cityscape
Cambodian photoblogger ‘tumnei’ recently posted two photos of a French-erected building, taken in Phnom Penh. The first picture distinguishes itself from the second one only that the building gets renovated as part of a larger program, mostly financed by the French government. Another bigger project is taking place at the Central Market, also known as...
Battambang's bamboo train
Cambodia is actually not an industrialized country; this nation does not manufacture automobiles. But to many people’s surprise, imported used-vehicles can be fixed and continued to be used nation-wide. That said, Cambodia’s railways were destroyed during the civil war, and people have to make something out of the damaged system. It comes to this much...
