Rather than a hill range, Phnom Kulen is an isolated chain of small mountain plateaux of moderate height lying south of the Dângrêk Mountains . The range stretches for about 40 km in a WNW
Serei Saophoan ( Khmer : សិរីសោភ័ណ , Khmer pronunciation: [seʔrəi saopʰoə̯n] , "Beautiful Freedom" , is the capital and largest city of Banteay Meanchey Province and the fourth most populous city in Cambodia .
Koh Ker ( Khmer : ប្រាសាទកោះកេរ្ដិ៍ ) is a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 120 kilometres (75 mi) away from Siem Reap and the ancient site of Angkor.
Tonlé Sap ( Khmer : ទន្លេសាប IPA: [tunleː saːp] , literally large river (tonle); fresh, not salty (sap), commonly translated to 'great lake') refers to a seasonally inundated freshwater lake , the Tonlé Sap Lake and an attached river
Koh Rong Cambodia Island Khmer: also romanized as Kaôh Rōng or Kos Rong), is the second largest island of Cambodia. Located in Koh Kong Province about 25 kilometers off the Sihanoukville’s coast in the Gulf of Thailand, the island has an area of approximately 78 km2
Kep was Cambodia's top seaside destination until eclipsed in the 1960s by Sihanoukville (and, soon after, decades of civil war). The town is full of ruined shells of old villas, destroyed in the Khmer Rouge days and during the subsequent Civil War and stripped down by the leaving
Independence Beach gets its name from the deserted hulk of the 7 -storey Independence Hotel at the north end. Locals call this beach 'otel bram-pil chann (hotel 7-stories). It is labeled '7-Chann Beach' on the in-town street sign. Independence is more than a kilometer long
Norodom Sihanouk Memorial is a statue of the former King Norodom Sihanouk located in Phnom Penh , Cambodia. The bronze statue is 4.5 meters tall and is housed under a 27 meter high stupa in the park east of the Independence Monument . [1] The statue depicting the late
Legend relates that a wealthy widow called Penh (commonly referred to as Daun Penh – Grandmother Penh – in Khmer ) found a large koki tree in the river. Inside the tree she found four bronze statues of the Buddha . Penh constructed a small shrine on an artificial hill made by the
I did not want to leave the club yet. I was at the bar, alone, having my fifth mug of beer, just waiting for all the alcohol to sink in. Then I could join the mob, start dancing, vanish in between the phosphorescent lights, and lose myself in the beat of the pumping music
Ta Prohm (Khmer: ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម , pronunciation: prasat taprohm) is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara
Angkor Wat (/ˌæŋkɔːr ˈwɒt/; Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត, "Capital Temple") is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largestreligious monument in the world,[1] on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres).[2] It was originally constructed as a Hindu
The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of Khmer art , including sculptural, Khmer ceramics , bronzes, and ethnographic objects. Its collection includes over 14,000 items, from prehistoric times to periods before, during and after the Khmer Empire,
The Central Market ( Khmer : ផ្សារធំថ្មី , "Psah Thom Thmey", "New Grand Market"), is a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. Initial designed by Jean Desbois
The Royal Palace ( Khmer : ព្រះបរមរាជវាំងនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា , Preah Barum Reachea Veang Nei Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea ; French : Palais royal de Phnom Penh ), in Phnom Penh , Cambodia , is a complex of buildings which serves as the