[Warning – if you don’t like spiders and other insects, you may want to bail out of this blog post before the end…] A short distance from Sambor Prei Kuk is the small village of Kampong Chheuteal, which is where I spent a night at a homestay with a local […]
Kampot is a compact town situated on the north bank of the Teuk Chhou River. Once a bustling trading port, it has a lovely riverfront lined with trees with plenty of colonial houses. There’s no specific sights to see in Kampot, it more a place to relax, perhaps taking […]
Sambor Prei Kuk is a fascinating temple site just 40 minutes from Kampong Thom, near to the main road route from Siem Reap back to Phenom Penh, north east of the Tonle Sap lake. The journey to reach Sambor Prei Kuk was equally fascinating. The remote farmsteads, many […]
However many times you’ve seen Angkor Wat in photographs or films, nothing can quite prepare you for what unfolds as you visit the temple. Dominated by five corn-cob towers and consecrated in 1150 to the Hindu god Vishnu, it’s considered a masterpiece of Khmer architecture. Scholars are largely […]
Largely overlooked by visitors, Prasat Kravan is just 500m south of Banteay Kdei and is worth a quick 10 minute stop to explore. Known as the Cardamon Sanctuary, it comprises of a row of five brick and sandstone towers sitting on a low platform in a field. It’s not […]
Banteay Kdei (meaning Citadel of the Cells) is thought to have been constructed originally by Rajendravaran in the mid 10th century. In many respects you can draw parallels between this temple and Ta Prohm, although as the complex had remained in continual use right up until the 1960s, so […]
Long ago a decision was made to leave the jungle in place at Ta Prohm, as a result it has become the most evocative, iconic, and most photographed of all the ruins at Angkor. Enormous Kapok trees grow from its walls and terraces, their massive roots clinging to […]
Consecrated to Shiva in around 962 A.D, Pre Rup is a state temple of Rajendravarman, the son of Jayavarman IV. The name of the temple literally means “turning the body”, a reference to a cremation ritual. Pre-Rup is a typical “temple mountain”, but on a slightly larger scale to […]
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