A River Runs Through It: Cambodia’s Splashy Bonn Om Touk Festival By Dagmar Busshoff Fluttering flags embroider the waterfront. Laughing workmen carry hundreds of strings of whitCambe mini-lights to drape every imaginable surface along the quay. The atmosphere is as electrifying as the lights, though, for I can feel the…
Angkor Wat, a jewel in the jungle, exploring the ruins of Angkor Wat, in Siem Reap Cambodia
Cambodia Overcoming the Shadows of War By Shelley Seale At the age of 14, Ponheary Ly died and came back to life. At least, that’s how she describes it. The year was 1977, and the Khmer Rouge was on its deadly rampage in Cambodia. After seeing her father killed, along…
Ariel Newman writes about a new website that provides practical photography advice for the ordinary traveler, run by famous photographer Ewen Bell.
By Darrin DuFord Hidden among Apsaras and multi-armed Vishnus on the eight-hundred-year-old temple walls of Angkor are carvings of cooks holding skewered fish over a fire. That’s right, barbecues side by side with celestial maidens and gods. Cambodia has carried its penchant for barbecue and other glorious forms of cooking…
Angkor Wat Cambodia: Bill Pfeffer visits the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap, Cambodia, which includes the temples at Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm, Bayon, Baphuon and Banteay Srei.
Love the One You’re With, Newlyweds Share By Kelly Westhoff Soon after we got married, my husband and I quit our jobs and hit the road. We traveled through eight countries in six months — Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. Since returning home, we’ve discovered that…
Victoria Cho describes her visit to an orphanage near Angkor Wat, Cambodia’s most famous temple complex, the experience giving English lessons in Cambodia
Jacqui Menard visits The Floating Villages of Chong Khneas in Cambodia and her heart goes out to a little girl in a tiny tin boat.
By Stephen Brookes Don’t get me wrong – I like a good ruin as much as the next guy. Give me a big pile of crumbling stone and I’ll clamber happily on it for hours. Throw in a little history and some atmospheric surroundings and I’m in heaven – whether…
A couple did it, and here’s how much it cost them By Kelly Westhoff Soon after we got married, my husband and I quit our jobs and hit the road. We traveled through eight countries in six months – Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar. We dubbed…
Exploring Cambodia by Honda Dream Motorbike By Brandon Follett and Amy Johnson For Westerners who are unsure if they recklessly want to invest time and money in motorcycle safety classes and the purchase of a motorcycle, Cambodia is the perfect place to test your motorcycle wandering spirit. Our tour began…
