Saturday, January 25, 2014

ANCIANT TEMPLE

In the ancient time, Kompong Thom province belong to the kingdom of Chen La .it was a province which has many single temples built as group to be dedicated to Siva in Brahmanism. Most treasures in Kompong Thom province are the art of Chen La. They were the real opus of the Khmer art and highly progressed. CHEN LA (Means the district of bee wax) Chen La was a state influenced by Kloeng like Fu Non. Chen La situated at the middle of Mekong river...

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Kratie Province

Kratie is situated along the east Mekong riverbank. It is around 340km form Phnom Penh on the National Road 7, and 220km on the waterway. Kratie is one of the four provinces in northeastern Cambodia, and although it is relatively remote and not heavily touristed, traveling here won't earn you points for being a pioneer. There's no large scale tourism, but plenty of backpackers pour through here during the peak season. The town has developed...

Kampot Province

Kampot is located 143km southwest of Phnom Penh. It can be reached by National Road No 3. Kampot is on the potential coast of Cambodia boasting many natural and cultural sites of interest to tourist, both national and international.Kampot is a small town on the Tuk Chhou River, 5km inland from the sea. Fishing and farming are the main activities, durians and melons grow in abundance. To the south end of town is a large dusty traffic circle...

Sihanoukville

The history of Sihanoukville goes back only as far as 1955 when the area known as kampong Som. In August of that year, a French/Cambodia construction team cut a base camp into the unoccupied jungle where the Hawaii Sea view Restaurant now sits. They laid the groundwork for the construction of the new Port of Kampong Som. Prior to 1954, Indochina (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam) was a single political unit under French jurisdiction. During this period,...

Kampong Chhnang Province

Kampong Chhnang is 91km from Phnom Penh, and the capital of Kampong Chhnang Province, in central Cambodia. It is located just west of the Tonle Sab River and is a noted port. It is connected to Phnom Penh by a national No. 5 route and railway. The economy of the area is dominated by rice production and many locals live on floating fishing villages during the high-water monsoon season. - Name: Airport (1976 Constructed) - How to go: 14...

Takeo Province

Takeo is a province in the North West of Cambodia and is 78km from Phnom Penh. Takeo province is often referred to as "the cradle of Cambodian civilizations" Takeo province has several important pre-Angkorian sites built between the 5th and the 8th century. The provincial capital, Takeo town is an easygoing place that possesses a fair amount of natural and manmade beauty. The natural beauty is in the Scenic River and lake area that faces...