Phnom Penh Travel Guide
Pnomh Penh is the capital of Cambodia. It is a great city with lots of things to do and see. The town is spread out on the banks of two rivers. Situated in the center of the country, the capital has a long history that dates back over 600 years. The main roads are paved, but the side streets are dusty. Motorcycle and Cyclo-taxis dominate the roads and are available for $.50 to be taken almost anywhere in the city. The city offers several cultural and historical attractions including the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the National Museum. There are also a wide variety of services including five star hotels and budget guest houses, fine international dining, sidewalk noodle shops, neighborhood pubs international discos and more. The city offers a fascinating cocktail of flavors. The crumbling, colonial architecture & wide boulevard-style roads, give the city a relaxed French feel. This provides a contrasting background to the vibrant Cambodian markets & typically chaotic SE Asian traffic, the roads choked with motos, cyclos and cars.
The main sights in town include Wat Phnom from where you have great views over the city, the Silver Pagoda in the Royal Palace complex, where you can see a green crystal Buddha and Buddha made of solid gold. The National Museum is also worth a visit. Other sights include the Phnom Temple, the Orchid Garden, the central market and a 15th-century pagoda or you can take a boat ride on the Mekong River to see the floating villages and a crocodile farm.
The Tuol Sleng Museum is a sight that brings back a not too distant past: the terror of the Khmer Rouge. The building was a Khmer Rouge prison and torture chamber - very few of the prisoners survived. More than 30,000 died here.
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Cambodia
Cambodia is one of the least known and traveled to destinations in the South East Asia due to its shaky political and economical situation. Cambodia borders on by Thailand, Lao and Vietnam, but it's rough travel to go overland between these countries. The most comfortable way to travel to Cambodia it to fly directly to it's capital Phnom Penh. Much of Cambodia is relatively flat with vast tracts of land given over to rice production. Other areas of Cambodia are mountainous, including the Dangrek, Cardomen and the Elephant mountain ranges. Cambodia has places of interest all over the country but
Krong Koh Kong Travel Guide
Krong Koh Kong is a coastal village in the south-west corner of Cambodia. To the north are the Cardaman mountains. The island is only 80 km away from Thailand's island Koh chang. This part of Cambodia is still relatively undeveloped for tourism but the potential is enormous. Koh Kong Island of the coast is a undiscovered paradise and the Government of Cambodia hope to build infrastructure to attract overseas tourists in the future. There are flights from Phnom penh and boats from Kampong Cham Som.
Sihanoukville Travel Guide
Cambodia's main port town, and also the one place in Cambodia somewhat reknown for it's beaches. About a three hours bussing it from Phnom Penh, or alternatively one can arrive from the Koh Kong border crossing with Thailand by boat. Sihanoukville has big plans and just the recent openings of the huge Sokha Beach Resort that dominates the beach of the same name as well as the 'soft' opening of the new 'regional' airport 18 kilometers out of town on Highway 3 heading north to Phnom Penh, are indicators of these plans. Sihanoukville's white sand beaches and
Choeung Ek Travel Guide
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Today, Choeung Ek is a memorial, marked by a Buddhist stupa. The stupa has plexiglass sides and is filled with more than 5,000 human
Kampong Cham Travel Guide
Kampong Cham is a province in the east of Cambodia. Its capital is Kampong Cham. Kampong Cham is a port city on the banks of the Mekong River about 50 kilometres north of Phnom penh. Close to the town is the temple complex of Wat Nokor, a well preserved example of 13th century Khmer architecture.
The province is subdivided into 16 districts.
0301 Batheay
0302 Chamkar Leu
0303 Cheung Prey
0304 Dambae
0305 Kampong Cham
0306 Kampong Siem
0307 Kang Meas
0308 Kaoh Soutin
0309 Krouch Chhmar
0310 Memot
0311 Ou Reang Ov
0312 Ponhea Kraek
0313 Prey Chhor
0314 Srei Santhor
0315 Stueng Trang
0316 Tboung Khmum
