This tour is perhaps one of my favourites to date, visiting some of the more remote ancient temples in Preah Vihear province and extending upon previous trips I, II, and III. From January 25th to Feb 6th we’d cover just over 1000km on our trusty Hondas. Heading off from Siem Reap and meeting Chanthim in … Read more
This tour almost replicates my first big tour, the Red Dot Tour in early 2002 but this time I’d have Chanthim come along for the ride and this time, shifting focus from the ancient temples to more contemporary Buddhist wonders. To see all the sites visited on both tours and other shorter trips see the … Read more
This was a short tour, 3 days in total from Aug 1 – 3, heading northwest from Siem Reap into Oddar Meanchey, Banteay Meanchey and back to Siem Reap. Due to other obligations, getting the Ancient Cambodia book finalised and so on, we had not really had a break since our last tour in January and it … Read more
I’m way behind with tour notes and newly visited sites, so here are some quick notes on the tour from August. This tour took place from August 4–12th with my trusty colleague Chanthim on our Honda Waves, travelling what are becoming familiar roads, from Siem Reap to Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, Phnom Penh and down … Read more
Recently, I wrote an introduction to the Cambodian Water Festival (here) and I thought it’d be cool to do a little digging through the French archives for some historical notes and see what comes up. The first account I could track down was that by Louis Delaporte in his 1880 publication, Voyage au Cambodge. L’Architecture … Read more
The Terrace of the Leper King, located in Angkor Thom between Tep Pranam and the Terrace of the Elephants/Royal Palace, was first cleared by Jean Commaille, in 1911, which revealed the amazing reliefs of the internal wall. This clearing work was continued by Henri Marchal between 1917 to 1925, and followed by BP Groslier who … Read more
Cellcard is one of the major mobile phone network providers in Cambodia offering reasonably fast 4G internet under a variety of prepaid and monthly plan arrangements. With Cellcard, USSD codes are used a lot. Such as checking plans, balance, and even your own number To check your remaining balance and bundles Dial #823# To check … Read more
Angkor Wat is the largest and most renowned temple of the ancient Khmer Empire, but when was it built and by who? Angkor Wat was built in the first half of the 12th century somewhere between 1113 and 1150 AD under the reign of King Suryavarman II (1113-1150 C.E.). Based on vague references found on … Read more
Siem Reap offers 3 quality championship courses that are open to non-members with very attractive green fees. Great for an early morning or evening hit. And if you’re not up for a real round of golf there is always loads of fun to be had at Angkor Wat Putt. Details follow The Phokeethra Country … Read more