Yoga in Cambodia
NataRaj Yoga opened its doors as Cambodia’s first yoga studio in August 2004, under the independent initiative of 25-year-old Canadian teacher, Isabelle Skaburskis. And since then it has become an integral part of Phnom Penh life, offering a nurturing environment, responsible instruction, and strong community for Cambodians and expatriates alike, through public classes and partnerships...
Cultural Village in Siem Reap: a world of weirdness?
The Phnom Penh Post says so: entering a world of weirdness at the Cambodian Cultural Village. The big question hovering over Siem Reap’s most bizarre tourist attraction, the Cambodian Cultural Village, located along the Airport Road 6, is what ever happened to the remains of the unknown UNTAC soldier once depicted in the museum walking...
Tonle Sap Lake: floating life
The Washington Post has more and more news stories about Cambodia, including lifestyle and travel. Family vacation includes Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia: VILLAGE LIFE: In a small village along Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, an elderly woman called to us in French and invited us to taste the sweets she was making. Then...
Tuol Sleng: infamous genocide museum in Cambodia
www.tuolsleng.com is a website dedicated solely to Phnom Penh’s genocide museum. It contains photographs of people who were tortured and killed under the Khmer Rouge regime. According to the site, there are 114 photographs from the Pol Pot’s secret prison, also known as Security Prison “S-21″. When the Vietnamese Army invaded in 1979 the S-21...
Mountain of the Sacred Temple: Preah Vihear
The New York Times’s Daniel Robinson has an interesting article about traveling to Preah Vihear temple. Preah Vihear Temple — the name means Mountain of the Sacred Temple — is the most spectacularly situated of all Angkorian monuments. Built from the ninth to the 12th centuries atop a peak of the Dangkrek Mountains, it occupies...
Banteay Srei
“We continued to see many beautiful carvings in the inner buildings of Banteay Srei. Our guide continued to explain many stories depicted on the walls to us. And although the weather was hot and the sun was shining very brightly, we were not bothered as we immerse in the stories of the mythical creatures and...
Boeung Kak lake being filled: Phnom Penh
Also related: The Battle for Boeung Kak Lake by Far Eastern Economic Review’s Ron Gluckman
Floating village
This set of photographs of Siem Reap’s floating village tells a story of how travelers see the life on the lake. The floating forest has inhabitants like birds and monkeys, and during the rainy season when the water level rises, monkeys will tend to swim across the water body and get to safer land. The...
Love Cambodia
On a trip to Phnom Penh from Bangkok, a traveler at ‘flashbacks, time after time’ puts some thoughts on the visit to The Place, the Russian Market, a North Korean restaurant, the Grand Palace, the Silver Pagoda, and the Killing Fields. Also, there’s an interesting thing about a new North Korean restaurant in the Cambodian...
5 frustrating things about Cambodia you should know
Chelsea at Wanderlust and Wanderlost reflected on her visit to Cambodia. In this post, it’s all about why Cambodia is the most frustrating country the traveler has visited. 1. Corruption: Cambodia is one of the worlds most corrupt countries. In a study done by Transparency International, Cambodia was given a rating of 2, 10 meaning...
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.
