The Ancient Royal Road network stretched across the Khmer Empire heading north, east, and west, and amazingly, much of it is still in use today. A fantastic way to explore that ancient trail is via the section that leads from Angkor to Beng Mealea featuring ancient bridges and unique temples along with beautiful countryside and … Read more
Head in any direction from Siem Reap and you are sure to find ancient remains in your travels, so, how about an easy road trip talking in ancient bridges and a few unusual ancient temples? The RN6, or Highway 6, has just that, and to boot it has one the largest and well preserved of … Read more
A short note on reaching a milestone with the mapping efforts. Siem Reap Province now has 1194 temples and ancient sites listed to a reasonable level of accuracy! After pouring through several data sets, research papers, journals, etc, going much further is probably getting a little too granular at least until other regions are brought … Read more
The Royal Palace is one of the more popular areas in Angkor and today I hope you’ll read on as we take a look at the larger royal citadel area, uncover some lost shrines, and chart a rarely visited area. The Royal Palace as you well know was the seat of successive kings through the … Read more
Well removed from the regular tourist and even the local visitor routes, Angkor Thom is hiding some amazingly hidden sites that few have ever seen and even less seem to know about. Located well into the jungle of razor-sharp vines, funnel-web spiders, and nests of wild bees, they have been left seemingly undisturbed for centuries. … Read more
Here’s a nice easy trail, by foot or bicycle that takes you around to rarely visited giant lion statues which ‘Maurice Glaze described as “amongst the finest and the best proportioned to be found in Khmer art”. They truly are beautiful and the best examples are truly hidden from the well-worn paths of many travelers. … Read more