Cambodia

Cambodia is one of those side trips to consider from Thailand, after 2 visits to Thailand I decided to give it ago. This was based mostly on the fact that Angkor Wat has a great reputation for amazing old temples, and backed up by the fact that it is easy to get to and cheap. I started in Siem Riep to visit the temples and they were as expected, brilliant. There is a full day tour to do or longer tours, guides are very cheap, maybe $20 a day. The 1 day tour I did was packed with spectacular temples, monuments and the most amazing trees I've seen. Next stop was Phnom Penh which is the capital and a nice city for such a poor country. There are some ...  Read the complete review

Out of a 5 month travelling trip, I spent 3 months in South East Asia, 3 weeks of which was spent in the beautiful country, Cambodia. We had previously been visiting Vietnam, so got an over night coach from HCMC to Siem Riep, costing around 20 dollars, you can get this trip for around 15 dollars, but was well worth paying a little extra. Obviously you have to cross over the boarder which we had heard horror stories about, but our guide spoke brilliant English and the transition was smooth. The main reason people visit Siem Riep is to visit the famous Angkor wat temples. The way it works is that you get yourself a tuk tuk driver who picks you up and ...  Read the complete review

In the developed world, we have the good fortune of experiencing history only through stagnating relics of the past. In Cambodia, however, history lives and breathes, manifesting itself in everything, including the people. This tragic country, situated to the east of the Gulf of Thailand, is an interactive museum to its past. The Cambodian past belongs to the Khmer Empire, a civilisation that dominated and epitomised Indochina for six hundred years - roughly from 800 to 1431 A.D. Society was agrarian, agriculture the lifeblood of the empire, but the Khmer legacy was cemented by the architecture which even today defines the national spirit of Cambodia. Angkor Wat, the ...  Read the complete review

I came into Cambodia with my 2 friends while Backpacking via Thailand and i have no regrets going there at all, im sure there were a lots of other places that we could have gone to while we were in this country but opted to go to Angkor Wat as it is a must see place on anyones travel plans in Asia. Travel companies in Thailand can organised buses to take you to towns near the temple and drop you off at hotels which are often reasonably priced. Be aware that this country has a two tiered payment system where you can pay for food in the local currency but for expensive items and hostels they often insist on dollars, on experience try to spend all the local currency ...  Read the complete review

Cambodia By far the biggest attraction in Cambodia is the Angkor ruins. And despite the crowds and package tours there it really is still a marvel to behold, much more than just another temple ruin which many people seem to envisage. Angkor is actually a whole forgotten fallen empire scattered over a 100 kilometre squared area of land north of the city of Siem eap in north-west Cambodia. It was only rediscovered by French explorers in the 1920's when they found bits of Angkor Wat (the most famous of the ruins) in the jungle. They then cleared the jungle and found an entire empire. It was probably one of the biggest archeological discoveries of all-time. ...  Read the complete review