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.
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...
Water Festival in Cambodia
The Cambodian capital city Phnom Penh is set to host one of its largest annual events, Water Festival. Boat rowing contest will attract some ten thousand Cambodians from across the country to enjoy the festivity. Phnom Penh, as usual, will be crowded by throng of people. Meanwhile, it’s also the time for the city residents...
To Battambang by boat
What’s else would you do aside from pay a visit to Cambodia’s magnificent, ancient Angkor Wat? What about Battambang? Battambang is Cambodia’s second-largest city; it’s the main hub of the Northwest connecting the entire region with Phnom Penh and Thailand. It’s tiny. Battambang itself has nothing special about it: the food was sub par at...
Kampong Luang: floating village
‘Kampong’ is not just a prefix to make up any name of Cambodia’s provinces and places, but it also gives some meaning to the location. In most cases, the provinces and places with this ‘Kampong’ are connected to the rivers and streams, making way for locals to have the ‘Kampong’ for their use in their...
National Genocide Center: Phnom Penh
‘National Genocide Center’ is probably a newly-coined term to describe Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum by travelers Matt and Debz. It’s also widely known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). Our first full day in Phnom Penh gave us a chance to venture out in a Tuk Tuk to the infamous “Killing fields” or “National Genocide...
From Siem Reap to Battambang by boat
On ‘Lives of Wander’ blog, Jeff wrote about traveling to Battambang to Siem Reap by boat: But wanting to have the experience, we opted to take the boat from Siem Reap to Battambang, through floating villages and along some of the most scenic waterways of Cambodia. We were told it would last between five and...
Simplicity of Siem Reap
johnberkoski has a post about Siem Reap town, telling some little different about it from Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s largest capital city. However, upon tripping into the central market area, the scene was more reminiscent of a small-town version of Phnom Penh, albeit without as much dirt and visible poverty. The upstart of tourism in the...
Ancient Angkor Wat in Pictures
National Geographic has recently published some photo of Cambodia’s most famous Angkor Wat. The first photograph was taken by Glen Allison; the second one is an aerial view of the religious complex; the third and fourth is a computer illustration. In other news, a new research study on Angkor city, calling for Cambodia to be...
