Category: Cambodia
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Angkor Temples – Day 2
Our Small Circuit Tour We set off with Tobi (our driver) for sunrise at Angkor Wat. This was the starting point for our small circuit which covers the most popular temples in close proximity to Siem Reap. Angkor Wat The temple is a representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods according to Hindu…
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Angkor Temples – Day 1
Our big circuit tour We hired Tobi, the man who drove us from Phnom Phen to Siem Reap, as our driver for touring the Angkor Temples. The big circuit covers the temples further out from Siem Reap and Angkor Wat. He charged us $60 for the big circuit and $50 for the small circuit. This…
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Siem Reap
On the road, Phnom Penh to Siem Reap Spean Praptos Also known as Kampomng Kdei Bridge is a corbeled stone-arch bridge built in the 12th century with more than twenty narrow arches spanning 285 ft. Pub Street Khmer Apsara Show The Khmer Apsara dance is a traditional Cambodian dance depicting heavenly female spirits known as apsaras. The show…
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S21 Prison & The Killing Fields
Phnom Phen Necessary and informative visit to these sites of the Cambodian genocide. Tuol Sleng prison, also known as S21, was the largest prison facility operated by the Khmer Rouge during their reign of terror from 17-Apr-1975 to 7-Jan-1979. This former Phnom Penh high school was converted into a place of unspeakable acts perpetrated by…
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Phnom Phen
Around Town Temples and Monkeys (& children) Evening River Cruise Bike Ride crossing Tonie Sap and the Mekong rivers Ohana Phnom Penh Palace Hotel