Connections Siem Reap Town is best known as the gateway to the temples of Angkor. The connections to Siem Reap are plenty from all corners. An international airport is located at the edge of town. Direct buses are available from Bangkok and from Phnom Penh. Buses with one step-over are …
Kulen Mountain National Park This place is also called Phnom Koulen and Phnum Kulen in Khmer language. The name indicates something that can be found in someone’s imagination. In reality there is no mountain whatsoever and therefore it’s a tricky name. That it even is a supposed part of a …
Bayon Temple History When you visit ancient Angkor on a one day ticket, you will get to the few most famous en biggest temples. Angkor Wat is the most well known, but the Bayon temple is at least as impressive. Bayon temple was built during the late 12th century all …
Hospital Transfer In case you get some sort of accident in Cambodia. In a province or area outside the capital Phnom Penh with fractures as result. You will be transferred to either Bangkok or Phnom Penh. Even the Royal Angkor International Hospital in Siem Reap doesn’t have the capacity to …
Royal Angkor International Hospital As the name says, its location is near the temples of Angkor in the town of Siem Reap, Cambodia. Located just a few km between town and airport. The following experience does make you wonder what exactly Royal means and what their idea of International is. …
Ta Prohm History The Angkor Temple of Ta Prohm was built in the 12th and 13th century. Under the reign of Khmer King Jayarman II. The original name of Ta Prohm was Rajavihara (The Royal Monastery), as it was a Mahayana Buddhist Monastery. In the initial plan for Ta Prohm …
Khmer Dance Show The Khmer dance show exist for at least 17 years. In 2001 the show was in a small building with around 100 visitors on a good day. Times have changed everywhere for everyone, also for the Khmer dance show. May 2018 and the Khmer dance show has …
Overland Arranged When you’re traveling around in southeast Asia, there is a possibility that you will go overland from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. You can do that two ways. One way to do it is with a bus company like Mekong Express. They charge …
Khmer What is meant with Khmer food is Cambodian food. Cambodians call themselves Khmer, which dates of course from the Khmer empire that expanded all the way in Siam (now Thailand) and into parts of Vietnam too. Those times are gone and although in some eastern parts of Thailand the …
Apsara Dance Show Apsara is in Hindu mythology a female spirit of the waters, but there is not just one Apsara. They come in many forms. There is a lot to be found on internet about Apsaras. The other meaning of Apsara is the in 1995 established Authority for the …