Explore Phnom Penh Through the Eyes of Travelers

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Khmer ruin in the 1920s, the setting for The Map of Lost Memories.

The Map of Lost Memories

A page-turner that has won praise throughout the literary world. Nicole Mones (Lost in Translatio...

Cambodia Sheri Quirt

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Norodom Sihanouk

Revered by Cambodians, King Norodom Sihanouk has steered his country through turbulent decades ma...

Cambodia AFP/Samantha Brown

Images of Cambodia: The People

A story told with photos.

Cambodia Doug Mendel

Sunsets in Cambodia

A story told with photos.

Cambodia Doug Mendel

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Cambodia's Water Festival

The Tonle Sap or "Great Lake" as it's called is more than just a body of water giving life to Cam...

Cambodia Christina Gosnell

Film Review: The Killing Fields and Swimming to Cambodia

For anyone interested in the 20th century history of Southeast Asia, the pairing of two excellent...

Cambodia Celeste Heiter

Cambodian's young - Their ticket to a brighter future. Bopha from COSI Orphanage.

A Ticket to Hope - Cambodia

A returned visit to the capital city of the "Wild wild east" of South East Asia led me to discove...

Cambodia Lee Alvin

A biography of Cambodia's King Sihanouk.

Black Mercedes, Black Pajamas, Black Humor

Review of "Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness", a biography of Cambodia's King Sihanouk.

Cambodia Kenneth Champeon

Faces of Cambodia in Black and White

A story told with photos.

Cambodia Doug Mendel

Colonnaded esplanade leading between the two pools. Beginning in 1996, under the sponsorship of Raffles International Limited, the main building was renovated, restored, and refurbished.

The Grande Dame of Phnom Penh

A stay at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. An opulent five star hotel with a lon...

Cambodia Robert Tompkins

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Cambodian silk industry on its last threads

Cambodia's silk industry in trying to save its precious silkworms and keep centuries-old traditio...

Cambodia AFP/Philip Heijmans

'Swimming to Cambodia' Dinner & a Movie Recipes & Photos

Cambodian Pickles 3 tbsp coarse salt 2 carrots 1 bunch radishes (about a dozen) 1 cucumber 1 cup ...

Cambodia Celeste Heiter

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Cambodia, 2004 - This spring marked the 27th anniversary of the fall of Cambodia to the brutal Kh...

Cambodia Ann Kohler

Opium pipes, picture frames, and carvings. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Marketing Phnom Penh (Part 1)

A visit to one of Phnom Penh's three major phsars -- traditional markets: Phsar Toul Tom Poung, r...

Cambodia Robert Tompkins

Fishing boat on the Tonlé Sap River

A Day on Sisowath Quay

It was with some trepidation that I ventured to visit Sisowath Quay, after an absence of a few ye...

Cambodia Graham Simmons

A boy helps his mother sell souvenirs near the front entrance to Angkor Wat.

Children of Cambodia

A story told with photos.

Cambodia Donald Gilliland

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Cambodia's Magic Tattoos

Magic tattoos are believed to bring good luck or popularity but are mostly used by soldiers seeki...

Cambodia AFP/Kounila Keo

Exterior of Central Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The yellow Art Deco style cavernous building seems incongruous and alien to its surroundings.

Marketing Phnom Penh (Part 2)

Explore Phsar Thmei, or The Central Market, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Cambodia Robert Tompkins

Colourful fishing boats line the waterfront, in Duong Ðong town, Phu Quoc, Vietnam.

Rock Around the Quoc

A string of beach resorts with no street vendors? No touts, no hustlers, no cold drink and souven...

Vietnam / Cambodia Graham Simmons

Off the Beaten Path - Minorities in Asia.

Black & white environmental portraits from Cambodia, Vietnam and China by New York photographer M...

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