Country Info
- Phnom Penh
- Capital
- Riel (KHR)
- Currency
- 12,491,501
- Population
- KH
- Country Code
Cambodia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cambodia
Indolent and Neglected City
This is a top pick! ... somewhat disorientated, and a little nauseous from the poisonous air conditioning, we thunder along one of the few tarmack roads in Cambodia, beeping loudly at bicyles and carts to get out of the way. A few kilometers along the road we stop because ...
Into The Heart of Darkness
This is a top pick! ... , peace now dissipates over its provinces allowing travellers to embrace its changing landscapes. We head straight to Siam Reap, Cambodia's cultural and spiritual heartland and gateway to the temples of Angkor. Even with tourism back on the map, the ...
Temple Heaven
This is a top pick! ... , mainly France and Japan. Then Preah Neak Pean, decorated pools, with, as ever where there is a pool of water in Cambodia, kids playing away, and then onto Ta Som, again spectacular intertwinned trees. Very deserted, so made some kids day by paying ...
Easy Rider Part 3
This is a top pick! ... up north. I am now officially in my own fantasy world of playing National Geographic photographer as I seek out Cambodia's most elusive photographic opportunities. Thanks to the motorcycle, I am seeing parts of Cambodia that most people never ...
Seeing 'em weep in Siem Reap
This is a top pick! ... , I nearly lost it. Ok, I did lose it. My camera didn't work. Un-friggin-believable! Then I saw the most famous man in Cambodia: the stooping old man pictured on the cover of Lonely Planet. Mr LP was right there in front of me and I couldn't take his ...
First Tour of Angkor and Sunrise
This is a top pick! I'll stick to travel narrative and let Lindsey, my brilliant archaeologist, tell you all about Angkor. Copyright Lindsey Stoker 2007. "Angkor Wat is the largest archaeological religious site in the world. Its temple ruins are the remnants ...
Phnom Penh
This is a top pick! ... by the cheese on offer - when will she learn that it won't be mature English Cheddar! Passing the Independence Monument and Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument, our final stop was at the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda. An iconic sight in Phnom Penh it ...
In love with Cambodian Children
This is a top pick! ... for $2 at midnight. When a naked little boy places his hands together and bows to you from a wooden boat. I am in love with Cambodia's children. There is now no question in my mind that the best souvenir I could take home from here is a child in ...
Monica and Lisa's Top 10 so far
This is a top pick! ... 6. A 20-year old monk asking us back to his room to show us his "pagoda" 7. Crossing the street in chaotic, crazy Cambodia 8. A 6 hour ride from the Cambodian border on an unpaved road, whilst sitting in the back of a bus that read "I wish my girlfriend ...
Potty Pol Pot
This is a top pick! ... crap is another kid's crap but they bought it anyway, with the money going to charity). Basically, between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime and it's leader Pol Pot killed 3 million people, destroying all possessions and forcing everone to work ...
Angkor Wat
This is a top pick! I have lost count now of the number of times I have sat with sweaty palms awaiting my imminent demise. I swear that I am not exaggerating any of these stories. The boat that took us to Siem Reap turned out to be a hydrofoil-a new one to add to our list ...
Day 74
This is a top pick! ... Lao immigration departure stamp! I might want to come back here one day!" Another Dutch girl replied "Yep and I don't fancy leaving Cambodia without having received and entry stamp or visa!" As it happens the 30 minutes down the bumpy road was correct and ...
Angkor Wat
This is a top pick! Sua s'dei, everyone! I arrived in Cambodia on Wednesday with the intent of spending three days touring the Angkor Wat temples. Unfortunately, a nasty stomach virus derailed those plans, and I've spent most of my time in my room, trying to keep ...
Life In The Capital City
This is a top pick! Back in Phnom Penh, I am staying in the backpacker ghetto at Lake Boeng Kak. I found a brilliant little guesthouse that has private rooms for $3 a night. When I arrived, I asked if there were rooms that included a shower and toilet ...
The death roads
This is a top pick! ... 1979. The building was once a school but now the remnants of the Khmer Rouge brutality remain as a sobering reminder of Cambodia's worst years. The classrooms were turned into tiny cells surrounded by barbed wire and other rooms, including the playground, ...
Heartbreaking Cambodia
This is a top pick! ... knowledge of what went on in Cambodia during the 1970's, here is a brief summary from what knowledge we have gleaned. Cambodia, ruled by King Sihanouk, attempted to stay fairly neutral during the Vietnam War, and resisted attempts by America to be base ...
Quick trip to Cambodia (Visa run)
This is a top pick! ... long line - go through Thai emigration - pay my fine. Walk across the border to Cambodian immigration. Short line and into Cambodia. Hmmm, a very dirty town with lots of beggars and not much to see. People were mainly friendly though. Amongst all ...
Sunrise, Sunset...Sunrise
This is a top pick! ... as people said it would be, with beautiful colors making the three spires of the temple glow. Of course the sunrise in Cambodia had the same effect as those in Western Australia, except for the swarms that descended on us were tourists -- mostly Japanese ...
Chapter 41: Welcome to the rainy season.
This is a top pick! ... good to be back in Bangkok; it's my fourth time here now, and it's comfortable and familiar. I have mixed feelings about Cambodia. The country's history is fascinating and the ruins are spectacular, but it left me a little cold otherwise, and I can't ...
Big Rivers into Cambodia
This is a top pick! ... tourist boats, rice fields and factories along the river. We could not help but feel that something was strangely amiss about Cambodia from the first moments we spent here, a sure indication of the recent violent past. Phnom Penh is far more western ...
The Killing Fields
This is a top pick! ... . Much of the world was ignorant of the situation or chose not to act. The latter was probably more prevalent. I also think it's important to note that the Vietnamese are the ones who liberated Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge in ...
It's the Heat - and the Humanity!
This is a top pick! ... in the architecture and the culture. In 1432, Thais sacked Angkor and made of with artisans, dancers and fighters from Cambodia. Thus there are many similarities between the two countries: kick-boxing, traditional dance, music, language, culture . . . ...
Hello Hottie!
This is a top pick! ... and to be honest that's the way we like it. The next day we got up early for a look around the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Pen. We checked out Wat Phnom and the Independence Monument. Jumping on a motorbike, both of us together (scary) we rode to ...
Stay On the Path!
This is a top pick! Stay on the path! No, not to enlightenment...the actual path. Cambodia is one of the most "land mined" countries in the world! One thing I won't be doing here is going for a walk in the woods or some random field...there ...
Beaches and Waterfalls
This is a top pick! ... brewery is located in town), so it seems almost rude to turn it down. this town is much more laid back than the other places in cambodia that we have been, and is pretty much cambodias only port. as i put before, the street we're staying in, gets a little ...
Love - Lara and Indy
This is a top pick! ... it was horrible, we felt the need to be witness to such atrocity and to better understand the devastation that took place in Cambodia during those years. So, what does one do after such a depressing thing? Go to the beach. Besides, we needed to ...
Chaos in the Streets
This is a top pick! More pics here We were relieved upon our arrival to Phnom Penh airport that our luggage wasn't lost, as we had 4 connecting flights - from Cape Town -> Joburg -> Doha -> Bangkok -> Phnom Penh. Whew! The ATM at the airport spit out ...
Hey Lady!
This is a top pick! ... " which is basically porn literature as far as monks are meant to go. However, we've come to learn that monks here in Cambodia, are all too excited to see a western girl. Our initial reaction to the monk love was that they wanted to practice their ...
A bit of Cambodian culture
This is a top pick! ... , which looked very busy, and into the immigration office to get our visa's stamped. Another que for a while then we were in Cambodia. Instantly very different to Thailand and even more madness than the no mans land with Toyota Camrys (90% of cars in ...
Fear Factor Finalist
This is a top pick! ... , off we were in an 80's Toyota Camary (I think this is the only car the Cambodians actually have, it is as if Cambodia is the heaven for all the old, used, sometimes working, Toyota Camary's of the world) to Kampot. Renting bikes and riding ...