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The Kingdom of Cambodia (pronounced /kæmˈboʊdɪə/, formerly known as Kampuchea is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as "Cambodian" or "Khmer," though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly Muslim Cham, as well as ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and small animist hill tribes. The country borders Thailand to its west and northwest, Laos to its northeast, and Vietnam to its east and southeast. In the south it faces the Gulf of Thailand. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong river (colloquial Khmer: Tonle Thom or "the great river") and the Tonlé Sap ("the fresh water lake"), an important source of fish. Travelogues: |
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| 2. Cambodia Pages - Travelogue and Photos - Travelogues and many photos from my adventurous trips to Cambodia. Travel tips for backpackers and country and bordercrossing info. Read about my recent motorbike trip through the jungle of Ratanakiri, rail lorries near Phnom Penh, my visit to Bokor Mountain, about gem mining in Pailin or a motorbike trip to the Preah Vihear temple. |
| 5. Cambodia Log - This is an extensive documentation of a three month trip throughout Cambodia. It contains numerous articles on many destinations and hundreds of pictures and is carefully structured for easy use. |
| 6. A Different View on Cambodia - Experiences of a German doctor behind the scene of Angkor Wat. Shows what most travellers don't see or don't want to see - the reality in the Cambodia of today! |
Online Quotes & Reservations Hotels by Auto Europe Auto / Car Rental by Auto Europe Escorted Tours & River Cruises Globus Tours Cosmos Tours Book online with the Pleasant Holidays Online Booking Engine U.S. Department of State Cambodia Information: Country Description Entry/Exit Requirements Safety and Security |
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Cambodia's temperatures range from 10° to 38 °C (50° to 100 °F) and experiences tropical monsoons. Southwest monsoons blow inland bringing moisture-laden winds from the Gulf of Thailand and Indian Ocean from May to October. The northeast monsoon ushers in the dry season, which lasts from November to March. The country experiences the heaviest precipitation from September to October with the driest period occurring from January to February. It has two distinct seasons. The rainy season, which runs from May to October, can see temperatures drop to 22 °C and is generally accompanied with high humidity. The dry season lasts from November to April when temperatures can raise up to 40 °C around April. The best months to visit Cambodia are November to January when temperatures and humidity are lower. |
Angkor Hotel - Angkor Hotel - offers air-conditioned rooms in the Khmer architectural building with swimming pool.
AngkorHotels.org - AngkorHotels.org - offering information and bookings for guesthouses and hotels in the Siem Reap and Angkor regions of Cambodia.
Angkor Village Resort - Angkor Village Resort - tropical lodge located near the Angkor Temples.
Angkor Wat [leidenuniv.nl] - Angkor Wat [leidenuniv.nl] - contains photos and text.
asiatours.net - Cambodia - asiatours.net - Cambodia - provides Angkor Wat tours with visits to temples in historical order as well as hotel reservations for Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.
Boddhi Tree Guesthouse - Boddhi Tree Guesthouse - offers a restaurant and rooms with fans in traditional style house.
CanBy Publications: Siem Reap - CanBy Publications: Siem Reap -
Colonial Mansion - Colonial Mansion - presents all suite hotel apartments which are designed and furnished to provide guests with the luxury of a first class hotel plus the comfort and privacy of a home.
Farang Magazine - Farang Magazine - untamed travel magazine featuring articles and commentaries on travel conditions and local issues in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.
Grand Hotel d'Angkor - Grand Hotel d'Angkor - features 131 rooms, suites, and villas with spa, swimming pool, and more.
Holiday International Hotel - Holiday International Hotel - offers rooms and suites, restaurant, lounge, dance club, and day spa.
Hotel Cambodiana - Hotel Cambodiana - on the banks of the Mekong River.
Koh Kong Cambodia - Koh Kong Cambodia - provides tourist guide and map.
Les Jardins Du Bassac - Les Jardins Du Bassac - find service apartments and villas for rent in Phnom Penh with gardens, river views, security, and broadband Internet.
Ministry of Tourism - Ministry of Tourism - features country profile, attractions, and statistics of tourist arrivals. Also includes directory of accommodations, tours, and transportation in Cambodia.
Phnom Penh - Phnom Penh - contains photos and information on points of interest, tourism, and more.
Phnom Penh Hotels Association - Phnom Penh Hotels Association - offers a reservation portal featuring a large selection of member hotels.
Phnom Penh Municipality - Phnom Penh Municipality - includes city history, achievements, map, administrative structure, and local guide.
Phnompenhtravel.com - Phnompenhtravel.com - includes information on history, economy, holidays, entry regulations, and more.
Tai Seng Hotel - Tai Seng Hotel - offers air-conditioned rooms with private bath, restaurant, and conference rooms.
Travel-Cambodia - Travel-Cambodia - allows users to post messages sharing tips, advice, and travel information.
Welcome to Cambodia - Welcome to Cambodia - offers facts and statistics, travel information, maps, festivals, and more about Cambodia. |
A Cambodian Adventure ~ Out On The Edge In The Land Of The Khmer ~ By Philip Jablom - Cambodia is a place where everthing seems possible. The above article gets you down on the street and into the boxing ring and down on the beach and in the bar. You can feel what the place is like and that's the way good travel writing should be. May/03
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Before Angkor ~ In Cambodia ~ by Antonio Graceffo - Along the dusty road, you pass ancient two-wheeled carts, pulled by large cows. Half wild herds of buffalo make their lazy way through lush dense jungle, driven by barefoot boys wearing krama. Rice farmers squat in their flooded fields, their heads protected from the intense Cambodian sun by pointed wide-brimmed straw hats. Children play, casing pigs and chickens under the houses on stilts, whose thatched walls are made of woven palm leaves or shredded bamboo. Many of the front doors are adorned with a plastic bag of red liquid to ward off the vampires believed to drink the blood of young girls. Women, wearing traditional dress, their heads wrapped in krama, walk or ride bicycles along the side of the road. Oct./05 . | Building Self-help in a Cambodian Community | By Ranald Totten |
Building Self-help in a Cambodian Community - Building Self-help in a Cambodian Community - On a sweltering February day, balancing unsteadily on a thin strip of wood five meters above ground, I twisted my body enough to accomplish a simple feat: hammering a nail. My small triumph was part of a much larger undertaking—building homes for the poorest of the poor in a threadbare country. After three decades of war and instability, Cambodia, which has experienced horror rivaling anything in history, is on the mend, and the people are cautiously optimistic about the future. Optimism exists because of Tabitha-Cambodia, a nonprofit organization based in Phnom Penh. . | Cambodian Director Preserving Khmer Culture, Through Martial Arts Movies ~ Preserving Cambodian Khmer Culture ~ | By Antonio Graceffo |
Cambodian Director Preserving Khmer Culture, Through Martial Arts Movies ~ Preserving Cambodian Khmer Culture ~ by Antonio Graceffo - All morning people kept asking me if I had heard of E Pho Thoung. Of course I had. Everyone in South East Asia knew the name of the Khmer boxing champion and world kickboxing champion. But having heard of him was a far cry from having him leap up, and crash down on the top of my skull with his elbow. Effortlessly, he flew through the air, his huge, muscular frame, like a cruise missile, intent on killing me. I jumped out of the way at last instant, and caught a reprimand from director, Ouk Haiseila. June/04 | Feeding The Ancestors ~ The Cambodian Pchum Ben Festival ~ | By Antonio Graceffo |
Feeding The Ancestors ~ The Cambodian Pchum Ben Festival ~ by Antonio Graceffo - The fifteenth day, of the tenth month, of the Khmer calendar marks the Pchum Ben festival. This is a time when the spirits of the dead ancestors walk the Earth. And the living can ease their suffering by offering them food to eat. At four in the morning, nearly all of the residents of Phnom Penh gather at the temple with offerings of rice, which they toss on the ground, feeding the dead ancestors. Jan/05 | Feeling Safe In Cambodia ~ Talking To The Nerves ~ | By Peter O’Dowd |
Feeling Safe In Cambodia ~ Talking To The Nerves ~ by Peter O’Dowd - I promise, I’m not a feeble man. I’ve traveled through Kenya, studied in Europe, just finished a year working in Japan, but there is a reaction I encounter whenever I cross a border into a strange country for the first time; it’s a nervous feeling of impending tragedy and Cambodia brought that out of me unlike any country I had ever approached before. Our mission was to travel overland from Bangkok to Hanoi via Cambodia, and I almost turned around before I got there because everything I read and everyone I loved said, “No. Don’t do it. The place is too dangerous.” By all accounts, they were right. Dec./04 | Glimpses Of Cambodia ~ The Killing Fields Near Phomn Penh ~ | Written And Photographed by David Lavoie |
Glimpses Of Cambodia ~ The Killing Fields Near Phomn Penh ~ Written And Photographed by David Lavoie - Some fifteen kilometres from Phomn Penh down several dusty dirt roads we arrived at Cheung Ek. This was one of the infamous Khmer Rouge “killing fields” There was one in each of Cambodia’s 18 states. In them uncounted people died. Chung Ek alone claimed 17,000 including nine westerners who tried to help Cambodians. There are no words adequate to describe this visit, one we felt we had to make. Dec./05 | In Cambodia - Politics, People And The Enviroment ~ | By Evan Weinberger |
In Cambodia - Politics, People And The Enviroment ~ by Evan Weinberger - The truth, of course, was far different. As with all of the journalists in Cambodia covering the country’s third national election, I wanted the elections to go off smoothly and for the country to continue on with its march to democracy. But like most journalists in Cambodia, I didn’t think this was going to happen. Dec./03 | Making the Visa Run ~ Doing it the Thai Way ~ Sometimes it's Part of the ABCs of Living Overseas - Thai Visa Run - | By Scott Hipsher |
Making the Visa Run ~ Doing it the Thai Way ~ Sometimes it's Part of the ABCs of Living Overseas - Thai Visa Run - One of the unique aspects of ex-pat life can be the visa run. Visa runs are common enough throughout the world but are especially a part of life for foreigners living in Thailand. Like usual, I got my visa with a minimum of hassle, I went someplace new, met interesting people, saw new things, didn’t spend too much and basically enjoyed myself. If you have to make a visa run, or happening to be visiting SE Asia, you should consider making a short trip to Cambodia. June/02. | Praying For A Cure ~ Faith In Cambodia ~ | By Antonio Graceffo |
Praying For A Cure ~ Faith In Cambodia ~ by Antonio Graceffo - When word got out that there was a monk blessed with the ability to heal, desperate patients came from all over Cambodia. We were still more than a kilometer away from Wat Serey Soupein, but already, we found ourselves driving through a crowded village, which hadn't existed just a few weeks earlier. The rainy season and the unaccustomed press of crowds had churned the dirty streets into mud, as hundred of people busied themselves with the activities of daily life, buying and preparing food, caring for loved ones, and praying for a cure. Dec./05 | Pugilism And Poultry - Even The Chickens Can Box In Phnom Penh ~ | By Antonio Graceffo |
Pugilism And Poultry - Even The Chickens Can Box In Phnom Penh ~ by Antonio Graceffo - Sunday is usually the day that I go to watch Khmer kickboxing in Phnom Penh. But on this particular day, my driver, Sameth, promised to take me to see something really exciting. We turned down a dirt road, about twenty minutes outside of the city, and ended at a dubious looking arena, in a rural farming community. The big foreigner with the notebook received a lot of odd stares, and a portly Khmer, in a dirty T-shirt gave us the third degree. “Who are you? "What are you doing here? Who told you about this place". Mar/05 | The Coronation Of A Cambodian King ~ King Norodom Sihamoni ~ | By Antonio Graceffo |
The Coronation Of A Cambodian King ~ King Norodom Sihamoni ~ by Antonio Graceffo - A relentless Cambodian sun played upon the highly-polished bayonets, affixed to the rifles of the military honor guard, standing at rigid attention. Anxiously, they awaited the arrival of Prince Norodom Sihamoni, who would soon be crowned the new king of Cambodia. The droning chant of Buddhist monks could be heard across the palace grounds, as history waited to be made. This would be the first coronation of a new Cambodian king, in more than 60 years, when Prince Norodom Sihamoni's father, King Norodom Sihanouk, ascended to the throne. Dec./04 . | The People Of Mekong Island ~ On The Tone Lesap River ~ | By Antonio Graceffo |
The People Of Mekong Island ~ On The Tone Lesap River ~ by Antonio Graceffo - Her hands shook as she poured the watery rice mix into the stone bowl. With effort, she lifted the heavy crank into place, and began to turn. Slowly, with the patience of ages, a frothy porridge of ricey paste began to trickle out of the spout, and into the pail. Seeing that her work was going well, Sae breathed a sigh of reliefe, and resumed her constant narration. "I takes three cans of rice to fill one bucket. And, I have to turn the crank for one hour." She told me. "When the bucket is full, I will make a batch of rice cakes." The cakes are a favorite treat for the local children. OCt./04 |
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