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News - Inside Cambodia
Cambodia Today - Gordon Sharpless' website is a great source of up-to-date info about what is going on in the Siem Reap area.
Don't miss his monthly column.
Cambodia Daily - "an independent non-profit newspaper published six days a week in Phnom Penh" Also of interest might be  FAQ on working at the Cambodia Daily by a former employee
Phnom Pen Post - "Cambodia's English-language news weekly"
Voice of Cambodia Radio International
(this site has turned into a wedding dress portal!)
Lolei Travel Newsletter - excellent monthly newsletter detailing travel-related news in Cambodia. (Used to be frequently updated, but now it is long out of date.) Their main page is here.

News - Inside Cambodia - TV Stations
These links give new meaning to the phrase "exceedingly slow websites" and news stories six months old, but they are an interesting look into the local media.
Apsara Radio & TV Station (11)
Bayon Radio & Television
Radio & Television 3
There's also supposed to be a station at an address that is something like this-> itm-edu.com, but it does not seem to work.

News - Outside Cambodia
The Cambodian News.net - links to Cambodia stories from many sources
KhmerNews.org - plenty of recent news about Cambodia
Cambodia Post - links to Cambodia stories from many sources
Asiadragons - links to Cambodia stories from many sources
Andy Brouwer's Cambodia News Stories - links to up-to-date Cambodian news stories
ABC News - Cambodia news from the wire services

Phnom Pen Daily - website of a Cambodian newspaper published in Los Angeles

Cambodia News from the Washington Post

AP Cambodian News from the Washington Post

News - LA Area List
from the Los Angeles Times, a list of four major Cambodia periodicals in the LA area:

"* Nokor Thom (Big Country) News, once the largest daily in Phnom Penh, is a Long Beach-based general interest weekly with a circulation of 20,000 that is written in Khmer with an editorial in English. 

* Serey Pheap (Freedom) (January, 2002 - the site is down) is a weekly Signal Hill-based tabloid written in Khmer that focuses on social issues affecting the local refugee community, and has a history of publishing sharp-tongued articles and lewd cartoons about local Cambodian leaders. Its circulation is 20,000. 

* Angkor Borei (City of Angkor) News is an Anaheim-based paper published every 10 days that focuses on political news in Cambodia and is written in Khmer with commentary in English. It is distributed locally and to other communities with large populations of Cambodians--from Providence, R.I., to Paris. Its circulation is 8,000. 

* The Phnom Penh News, a Long Beach-based weekly tabloid written in Khmer, has little editorial content and is largely ads. Its circulation is 10,000."

Phnom Penh
From time to time we get requests to list local businesses in Cambodia...

River Books "publishes a wide range of books on art, architecture, and Thai history, as well as a series of bilingual dictionaries." They have just opened a branch in Phnom Penh. - River Books Shop, 3 Vithi Charles de Gaulle, opposite Angkor Sofitel Hotel, Tel/Fax 00 855 63 963228

Photos
Martin Reeves writes: I started this b/w project 18 years ago and first hotographed Angkor in 1992. It has taken me until now to finally get a web site to show my work, although I have had numerous exhibitions and lots of magazine exposure in Bangkok over the years.
Bapi Chakraborty writes: I thought you might like to view the pictures of Angkor at www.bapic.com. It's part of a photography portfolio in the 'Sancta' section of 'Dreams', in fact it's the main feature of this site with over 100 beautiful pictures of the ruins. Please feel free to include the site to your directory and I would be glad to link to your site which is great for people looking for more information about this area.
John McDermott Photography - Great photos
Good Angkor pics

Political Parties & Politics
KhmerIntelligence reports: The two most prominent pro-government newspapers ("Rasmei Kampuchea" or Light of Cambodia, and "Koh Santepheap" or Island of Peace) and the two most prominent pro-opposition newspapers ("Samleng Youvechun Khmer" or The Voice of Khmer Youth, and "Moneaksekar Khmer" or The Khmer Conscience) can now be read everyday on the internet Cambodia's opposition has launched a new website.
Cambodia New Vision - press releases from Hun Sen's cabinet
The 1997 coup

The burning of the Thai Embassy in Cambodia - including the article that started it all (on 2bangkok.com)
Khmerintelligence.org - a site of unknown origin that provides daily updates of political news and rumors in Cambodia
CPP - Cambodian Peoples' Party - the ruling party - the website is a year or so out-of-date
Funcinpec - the Royalist Party and main opposition to the CPP
Sam Rainsy Party - lots and lots and lots of up-to-date info and links
Cambodian National Sustaining Party - a smaller party

Restaurants
Restaurant Bayon - A Cambodian restaurant in Germany

Royalty
The website of Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk (often unreachable because of bandwidth limits)
Cambodian Royalty from the incredible World of Royalty website
Royal Family Tree - family tree of the modern Cambodian Royal Family

HM Norodom Sihanouk, Film Producer, Director, Musician - film credits of the King of Cambodia

The Ruins

Royal Angkor Foundation - The Angkor Foundation was established in 1992. With the permission of the King of Cambodia, His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk, the name was changed to the Royal Angkor Foundation (RAF) in 1994. His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk and Árpád Göncz, President of the Republic of Hungary signed the document.
In its first three years, the RAF has established four major projects. Two were part of the 1992-93 UNESCO Zoning and Environmental Management Plan for Angkor (ZEMP): the first Geographical Information System (GIS) for Angkor, and a hydrological survey of Angkor. The third is the 1993-96 Préah Kô Project.
The fourth is the Angkor Radar Project, begun in 1995, to develop archaeological and environmental applications for the NASA SIR-C/X-SAR radar in the Angkor region.
The RAF also serves on the International Coordinating Committee (ICC), responsible for vetting and coordinating all international projects relating to Angkor. The RAF is the only non-governmental European foundation to sit on this board.
A particular concern of the Royal Angkor Foundation is the furthering of international intellectual cooperation through open exchange of data. In keeping with this philosophy, these four very different projects have a common organizational basis. All have brought together participants of many different countries, encouraged comprehensive data collection, recording, and reporting.
Further, there has been active emphasis on integrity of data dissemination both within the international community and, most fundamentally, in its provision to counterparts in Cambodia. - Dr. Elizabeth H. Moor - SOAS, University of London

An article by Steven Martin on the architecture of Angkor.
Female Divinities (Asparas and Devatas) of Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm
A series of excellent closeup photos by Willard Van De Bogart.
The limits of pre-industrial, urban growth in Angkor
- Using radar and satellite imagery to determine population patterns in historic Angkor. More interesting than it sounds!
APSARA - the authority for the protection and management of the Angkor region (also in French)
NASA radar remains hidden Angkor remains - February 12, 1998
Yashodhara - APSARA's bi-annual bulletin detailing the administration and conservation of the Angkor Wat area
Angkor-ruins.com - well-organized Japanese/English site with photos of virtually every Angkorian temple and monument--whether they are still standing or just a pile of rubble--we wish we had thought of this
picturesofangkor.com - good selection of recent travel photos from the Angkor area (IE only)
Temples of Angkor - 344 photos of the Angkor area taken in December 2000.
Angkor Temples - Bruno has put together a great full-Flash site detailing Angkor's temples in English and French. Click on 'reduce' to lessen the screen size if the initial images are wider than your screen.
The German Apsara Conservation Project - great blow-by-blow account of temple preservation with lots of explanatory photos
Angkor Wat - beautiful selection of slides detailing architectual
elements of Angkor Wat
Virtual Ta Phrom - ANGKOR.com's virtual tour through this breathtaking temple

Angkor - a traveler's essay by Rene Berger and an excellent section on sculptures and bas-reliefs in Khmer art by Olivier Saltet

Angkor from Indochina Snapshot

Angkor - GORP (Great Outdoor Recreation Pages) - general info about the ruins

Origins of Angkor - website of research project being undertaken by the University of Otago Department of Anthropology and the Fine Arts Department of Thailand

Overview of Angkor temples

Angkor - translation of Maurice Glaize's 1946 guide to the Angkor monuments

The Bayon - interesting collection of photographs of the face-towers of the Bayon (in Japanese also)

Travel - General Info

In 1998, when we started putting Angkor info online, the following advice seemed relevant, but now the third-world style banditry is nearly gone. It's still a good idea to exercise caution, but fears of Khmer Rouge style lawlessness are probably a thing of the past. You'll have to find another country for your danger fix...

This applied back in the 1990's
Remember, when in Cambodia...

Don't travel on trains.

Don't go out at night (especially in the capital)--you can be assured of being robbed.

Don't go to some remote spot and start walking across the fields (you could get blown up).

Avoid long travel over roads, especially at night. Always fly instead.

<<Travelers must exercise caution and common sense when visiting Cambodia>>

Two Kingdoms - One Destination - new tourism campaign jointly mounted by Cambodia and Thailand. There is no website yet, but Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Authority of Thailand both have websites (the Cambodian site is extremely rudimentary). A scan of the campaign brochure cover is here.
Cambodia - Angkor Wat Travel Profes
sional - information on Cambodia tours, hotels, airfare along with travel guides, news, photos, and a history of Angkor Wat (This site is run by the travel agencies Pich Tourist in Cambodia and Royal Exclusive Travel in Thailand.)
Canby Publishing - online guides to Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, and Siem Reap

Domestic Destinations (Note: Since late September, 2000, this website is just a holder page.) - Banlung, Battambang, Krong Koh Krong, Sen Monorom, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Stung Trengvery - brief descriptions of the regional cities a traveler can fly to

Lonely Planet Cambodia Page - overview of budget travel

Also useful is are the latest Lonely Planet travelers' reports on Cambodia.

1000 Travel Tips - interesting collection of first-hand accounts of travel to Siem Reap, Phnom Pen, and other Cambodian cities.

Cambodia Travel Notes - lots of travel info and links

Asia Tour - more generalized travel information

Backpacker's Travel Guide to Cambodia

Travel - News
Updated Cambodian Travel News - new plane routes, hotels, etc.

Travel - Overland/water
Cambodia Today's overland travel page
Southeast overland route from Thailand to Vietnam
- May 3, 2001
To Sihanoukville by water via Thailand - February, 2000

To Phnom Penh via Ho Chi Mihn City - January, 2000

To Cambodia via Laos - 2000

To Cambodia via Thailand - June, 2000

To Cambodia via Thailand - February, 1999

To Cambodia via Thailand - The Splendors of Angkor - website by a fearless and/or insane traveler who journeyed to Angkor via road from Thailand in 1998
How about traveling overland from Hong Kong to Bangkok via Vietnam and Cambodia? See John and Sheila's Journey through Vietnam and Cambodia
- November, 1999 

Travel - Travelers' Tales
Here are some recent first-hand reports concerning traveling overland to Siem Reap.
Linus Harms photographer - Angkor & Linus Harms photographer - Cambodia - some beautiful black and white photos - some of the acompanying text is in Dutch only
Holiday in Cambodia
- by Scott Robertson, March 28, 2002
Stones in the Sky - Part II - traveler's tale by Willard Van De Bogart
Angkor Holiday - informative travelogue of a recent visit to the Angkor area
Seaek - a beautiful site - "every time i look at pictures of the temples there it brings me back, and i long to return in person."
Cambodia Today - Gordon Sharpless' website is a great source of up-to-date info about what is going on in the Siem Reap area. Don't miss his monthly column.
Andy Brouwer's Cambodia Tales - extensive site on Cambodia with over 400 photos and lots of up-to-date information. He also has a great links page with a long list of travelers' tales sites as well as a page of Cambodia News Stories.
Marcel Stoessel's 90 days in Cambodia - extensive travelogue with lots of pictures by a travel writer and international election observer who spent three months in Cambodia
Traveler's pics from Angkor
Cambodia - Angkor Wat Travelogue (1992 December)
John Spragen's 1988 trip to Cambodia & Vietnam
Traveler's Tales - travelers' experiences in Cambodia

Visas
For most nationalities visas can be obtained on arrival for US$20 and one passport-sized picture. Sometimes, tourist visas obtained outside of Cambodia are honored, but they still want you to pay another US$20 when you arrive!
TIM Visa Requirements - This is the online version of TIM, a monthly manual that tells all the entry and exit rules for all countries. Airlines usually have this interesting book behind the counter in case they need to lookup whether a passenger can enter a country they are going to. This is because airlines will be fined and have to pay to return a passenger if the passenger does not have the proper visa for entry. If you can get a copy of the book, it makes fascinating reading. Did you know that many Arab countries not only bar Israelis from entry, but all people professing the Jewish faith or of Jewish ethnic lineage?

Cambodian Embassy in Washington, DC - visa rules and a downloadable application

Weather
From CNN - It is probably hot.
At Angkor Wat from USA Today

Links A-M


Sad fragility of human things! How many centuries and thousands of generations have passed away, of which history, probably, will never tell us anything: what riches and treasures of art will remain for ever buried beneath these ruins; how many distinguised men - artists, sovereigns, and warriors whose names were worthy of immortality, are now forgotten, laid to rest under the thick dust which covers these tombs!
Henri Mouhot, Travels in Siam, Cambodia and Laos 1858-1860, London, 1864

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Info & History
Cambodia's Election July 2003
Cambodia's Election February 2002
Angkor Wat models at the Cambodian & Thai Grand Palaces
The Road to Angkor Wat
The Forgotten Crypt of Henri Mouhot (1826-1861)
Thai casinos in Cambodia
The burning of the Thai Embassy in Cambodia
The sister civilizations

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