Archive for the ‘Cambodia’ Category
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The 7th Angkor Photo Festival will take place in Siem Reap from 19 to 26 November 2011.
Created in 2005, the Angkor Photo Festival is the first photography festival to be held in Southeast Asia. Each year the weeklong event features exhibitions and outdoor slideshows by celebrated and emerging photographers in ...
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Cyclists and adventure holiday seekers from all over the world are being invited to sign up to the Angkor Wat Bike Race & Ride presented by CIMB Bank.
The event, organised by Village Focus International, will take place on Saturday 3rd December, and allows travellers to experience Siem Reap's magical temple ...
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
This short report from the BBC's Fast:Track programme highlights how much more there is to see on the archaeological front in Cambodia than just Angkor Wat. The country is simply riddled with ancient monuments and at most of them you will not find other tourists clambering over the broken stones, ...
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Monday, July 4th, 2011
Green Season special for summer 2011 at the lovely boutique residence in Siem Reap, Cambodia - The HanumanAlaya.
Valid through to 30 September 2011, if you stay for 3 nights, you only pay for 2, or stay for 4 nights and only pay for 3, or extend to five nights ...
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
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On the left, the tallest, completed building in Cambodia, the Canadia Tower. On the right the half built Sokha Resort complex currently being developed on the Chroy Changvar peninsular, opposite the popular Phnom Penh waterfront.
More pics on the Symbiosis Custom Travel Facebook page.
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
3 day river cruise between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, home of Angkor Wat, on the Toum Tiou II deluxe river cruiser.
20% off the normal pice for the following dates:
21 to 23 July: Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
25 to 27 July: Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
02 to 04 August: Phnom ...
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Thanks to Mark Ord of All Points East for this:
The tiny, but well preserved Prasart Phnom Ngok or Chnork in Kampot Province is probably the best candidate for Cambodia’s oldest, (still standing), temple. It clocks in at some 1,600 – 1,700 years (estimates do vary). That’s nearly twice as old ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Wldlife conservation experts are working to rescue a colony of endangered Siamese crocodiles in Koh Kong province, western Cambodia, as the natural habitat is increasingly threatened by the development of the nearby Stung Atay hydro-dam.
Full story at the Phnom Penh Post
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Adding to yesterday's great news that the Titanium mine, planned for Chi Phat, has been shelved, the Cambodian government is now drafting a sub-decree to increase the size of Koh Kong Province's Protected Forest. Someone up there must have started fretting about his karma and the afterlife!
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Special summer special. 20% discount on Cambodian River cruises on the Toum Tiou II.
21-23 July: Phnom penh to Siem Reap
25-27 July: Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
02-04 August: Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
08-10 August: Sirem Reap to Phnom Penh
Book here.
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
A late minute intervention by Prime minister, Hun Sen, has saved a thriving community-based tourism project in Cambodia's Koh Kong Province from a planned, highly destructive, Titanium mine.
The mine project, by the United Khmer Group, was rumoured to have been just a cover to gain access to the ...
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Finally! Direct flights from Europe to Cambodia. Air France have started a 3X per week flight direct from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Phnom Penh, departing at Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 1930pm and arriving at 1430 the following morning. the other way from PP to Paris is on Tuesdays, ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Nice appraisal from this French family from Japan who undertook a Mekong River Explorer trip, finishing this week:
From: Marie-Cécile Conilh de Beysac
Subject: thank you
Date: 6 March 2011 20:02:48 GMT+07:00
To: Christopher Gow
We have only have one word : wonderful ! One of our best trip.
Thank ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
This New York Times story highlights some interesting eco-tourism developments in Cambodia.
See some of my pics from Chi Phat here on the Symbiosis Facebook page
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Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The Cambodian Government yesterday approved a land concession in the heart of dense forest in Koh Kong Province for a titanium mine that environmentalists say will devastate dozens of endangered species and clear thousands of hectares of trees in Cambodia's Cardamom mountains.
I visited Chi Phat, the area that will be ...
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