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Airlines
Bangkok
Airways provides a direct, 1 hour flight
from Bangkok to Siem Reap. The price is an expensive 11,500 baht round
trip. A one-way flight from Sukothai to Siem Reap and a one-way from Siem
Reap to Phuket have also been added. Bangkok
Airways contact numbers: reservations (8-5 daily Bangkok time) (662)229-3456-63
(this means you can call all the numbers between 229-3456 and 229-3463),
ticketing (8-5 M-F) (662)229-3434
Note on Direct Flights to Siem Reap
It may be worth your while to skip chaotic Phnom Penh and go directly
to Siem Reap. The direct flight (on Bangkok
Airways) from Bangkok to Siam Reap costs 11,500 baht. Compare this
one-hour flight (on Thai Airways) from Bangkok to Korat which costs only
1200 baht!
Before the coup in 1997, Cambodia had made many agreements with international
companies based on the premise that all international flights would have
to land in Phnom Penh. After the coup, Siem Reap was allowed to make an
agreement with Bangkok Airways to allow direct flights bypassing Phnom
Penh. Despite loud protests from international concessionaires in Phnom
Penh, the flights continued. In December, 1999, an "open skies" policy
was declared over Cambodia which would allow any airline to fly directly
to Siem Reap.
Air Kampuchea
Mekong Airlines
Orient Airlines (formerly Cambodia International Airlines)
Royal Air Cambodge - October 16, 2001 - Royal Air Cambodge (http://www.royal-air-cambodge.net/),
Cambodia's national airline, is now out of business and their domain is
now a porn site. Update (February 3, 2003): Now the site is a generic
serach page that tries to direct viewers to gambling and lottery sites.
Siem Reap Airways (sister airline of Bangkok Airways)
Cafes
Singing Tree Cafe
Casinos
Thai casinos in Cambodia
Charities
/ NGOs / Non-profit Projects
Plant Hope
in Cambodia, Inc., founded by Mardi Seng, builds schools and wells among
many other projects in Cambodia.
Sam Relief, Inc. founded by Mr.
Sambonn Lek of the Towne & Country Bar in the Mayflower Hotel...
Sam has been featured in various news articles, the tony Washingtonian
magazine, and commercials on CNN...
Sihanouk Hospital
With a click, Cambodia patients get top
medial care
Things
That Matter: Khmer Kids Link to the Future - excellent article about
how orphans in remote villages are recruited to set up internet connections
in their remote villages
Cambodia Schools - build
a school with your name on it for $14,000 US. Michael Hawley, in an
article here,
describes the project: "Your $14,000 is matched by $12,000 from
the World Bank. And $2,000 of it is kept for teachers' salaries (in
order to import a new breed of teachers). So for $24,000 net, a three-
to five-room elementary school is built in a rural village. But for
an extra $1,700, the school gets a solar roof to power its computers
(ah, there's the technology). Apple Japan and others have been donating
machinery to these causes."
Future Light Orphanage
Robib Village - a group of
remote villages has set up a website to sell local products via the
web
Jesuit Service Cambodia
-details of their many interesting projects in Cambodia
Angkor Hospital for Children in German
Cities
Canby
Publishing - online guides to Phnom
Penh, Sihanoukville,
and Siem
Reap
Tourism Authority of Cambodia
- Phnom Penh - graphics-rich site with lots photos from around
Phnom Penh (February,
2001 - this site is down)
Classical
Dance
Cambodian
Classical Dance - best source for information
about Cambodian classical dance
Culture
Khmer
Institute - a unique collection of articles
on Cambodian subjects, for instance, the latest articles include Cambodian
wedding ceremonies, an American pilot's memoir of the 1975 Phnom Penh
airlift, recent discoveries at Angkor Borei, and child-rearing among
Cambodian Americans
Cycling/Dirt
Biking
Best Way
Cambodia - offers cycling tours
in Cambodia
Biking
Southeast Asia with Mr Pumpy - Who thinks he can cycle through Cambodia?
Mr Pumpy, that's who. He'd better watch out for drunken soldiers...
Angkor
Dirt Bike Tours - sounds dusty!
Fonts (Khmer)
French-language
Links
APSARA
- the authority for the protection and management of the Angkor region
(also in English)
Finally, the APSARA Authority's website is back again, after many
silent months. Its new address is: http://www.autoriteapsara.org.
We could not get our previous name back, unfortunately. As you will
see, it has changed a great deal, and should be further developed in
the coming months (with more visual content).
Hoping you will appreciate it,
Jimmy Desmarais
Communication Advisor
APSARA Authority
And don't miss Yashodhara.
It is APSARA's bi-annual
bulletin detailing the administration and conservation of the Angkor
Wat area
French
Angkor links - if you speak French there are loads of Angkor links
on this page
National
Archives of Cambodia - in French
- the English version is here
Genocide
Documentation Center
of Cambodia - Searching for the truth - Incredible
material such as Songs
From The Khmer Rouge Regime, and a
map of Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia
Cambodia Auto-Genocide
Page - "Digital Archive of Cambodian Holocaust Survivors" - a slide
show detailing the killings and first-person tales from those who lived
through the madness
Cambodian Genocide Program -
Unfortunately, no discussion of Cambodia can take place without a reference
to genocide. This is the best, most poignant site. Look into the faces
of photographed prisoners ready for torture...
Beauty and Darkness
- interesting overview of the Cambodian Genocide.
The Dith Pran Holocaust
Awareness Project - project "founded by Dith Pran, a Cambodian refugee
whose war time story was portrayed in the movie, The Killing Fields....to
continue to educate American students about the Cambodian genocide which
occurred from April 17th, 1975 to January 7th, 1979."
Facing
Death: Portraits from Cambodia's Killing Fields - "Prisoners were
photographed to document the presence of such 'microbes' who were 'infecting'
society, thus justifying their extermination."
German-language
Links
Angkor Hospital
for Children in German
Government
The
Cambodian Constitution - We like the preamble more each time we
read it: "Accustomed to having been an outstanding civilization, a
prosperous, large, flourishing and glorious nation, with high prestige
radiating like a diamond, Having declined grievously during the past
two decades, having gone through suffering and destruction, and having
been weakened terribly, Having awakened and resolutely rallied and
determined to unite for the consolidation of national unity, the preservation
and defense of Cambodia's territory and precious sovereignty and the
fine Angkor civilization, and the restoration of Cambodia into an
"Island of Peace" based on a multi-party liberal democratic regime
guaranteeing
human rights, abiding by law, and having high responsibility for the
nation's future destiny of moving toward perpetual
progress, development, prosperity, and glory, WITH THIS RESOLUTE WILL
WE inscribe the following as the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia:"
Cambodia Government website
History
National
Archives of Cambodia - in French and English - not much actual
material is online - the site is many explaining their mission and progress
in preservation of government documents - good info on how to register
as a researcher to obtain access to the materials is here
(Note: "Documents concerning the period 1975-1979, the time of
Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia, can only be consulted after having obtained
the authorization of the Council of Ministers. A similar letter of introduction
is needed for this purpose, adressed to the Council of Ministers.")
A little history
of South East Asia (there is 27 friendly maps + comments)
Homepages
Cambodian Webring
- a collection of mostly expatriate Cambodian homepages
Hotels
Cambodiahotels.net
- asiahotels.net runs this site with hotel listings in both Phnom Penh
and Siem Reap
Auberge Mont-Royal
D'Angkor - We haven't stayed here, but this seems like a
clean hotel--only $25-30US a night!
Grand
Hotel d'Angkor
Whoever runs this website likes to change all the links often. The hotel
web address used to be: http://www.raffles.com/raffles.htm
Now it's been changed to the easy-to-remember: http://www.raffles.com/raffles/mini_site/mini_site_general_information.asp?mini_site_id=6&content_group_type_id=5
If the link has been changed when you try to access the site, just go
to http://www.raffles.com
and try to find the hotel link on that page.
In 1992, the Grand Hotel d'Angkor was the only true hotel in Siem Reap,
but it was an unair-conditioned, decaying wreck. Today it has been completely
remodeled and now is the most expensive place to stay in town. If you've
got $270US a night to spend, this is the place to stay.
Angkor.com has received many emails asking for the phone
numbers of Grand Hotel d'Angkor. It seems whatever numbers have been
published are wrong, so here is the correct contact information: Grand
Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia, 1 Vithei Charles de
Gaulle, Khum Svay
Dang Kum, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia
We found two sets of phone numbers:
tel: 855-63-963-888 or 855-23-981-888
fax: 855-63-963-168 or 855-23-981-168
email: ghda@bigpond.com.kh or grandhoteldangkor@raffles.com
Human
rights
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights is inviting
you to visit our website at www.cchr-cambodia.org
for updated news, reports, laws, regulations and procedures concerning
the 2003 National Assembly Election. For further information pertaining
to the site, the election, or CCHR activities, please contact us at:
No 42, 242 Street, Sangkat Chak Tomuk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Kingdom
of Cambodia, Tel/Fax: (855-23) 218843, Email
Infrastructure
/ Development Projects
List
of World Bank projects in Cambodia
All
the World Bank projects in Cambodia
The road from Thailand to Angkor
Wat
Korean-language
links
Info-Cambodia
- details of laws, investment, taxation, Angkor, Phnom Penh, etc.
Language
Law
Law
Library of Congress - Cambodia - links to various legal references
for Cambodia
Link/Portal
Sites
Angkor Wat -
a Korean-language site with general information about Cambodia and Angkor
Visit Mekong
- from Yunnan to Vietnam, it's the "Official Website for the promotion
of tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion"
The
Khmer Connection - online Cambodian community featuring articles,
news, chat rooms, etc. It's a good window on the Khmer community in
Southern California.
Rich
Garella's Home on the Web - this fellow has lived and worked in
Cambodia during the 1990's and his website is a cornucopia of original
information. This is the best! Don't miss his FAQ
on working at the Cambodia Daily, Visiting
Cambodia, and Cambodia
links page.
Big Pond Cambodia
- a professional-looking Cambodian ISP portal site
Big Pond
Cambodia HotLinks - a collection of Cambodia-related links from
an ISP in Cambodia
Cambodia Information
Center - There are some interesting links to Cambodian political
parties (most of which are now broken links--February,
2002).
Cambodia-Web
- The ASEAN Tourism Forum 2000 lists this site as the official site
for Cambodian tourism. This is an attempt at a professional Cambodia
portal, but like most portals, this one has way too many slow links.
Update: this site is down
Lynn Garry Salmon has a good Angkor
links page
Magazines
Something about Bayon
Pearnik magazine... Just what Cambodia needs--a magazine published
by expats with attitude...
Maps
Map
of Cambodia
Miscellaneous
A beautiful aerial view
of Angkor Wat
NASA satellite imagery
of the Angkor area
An article
about the mysterious kouprey
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