For foreigners, Cambodia is an incredibly relaxed country where restrictions are few and that is one of the greater parts of its charm. This is partly because such laws as there are […]
Dressed to impress? No, not really
Nicky Sullivan
International Women’s Day at a hospitality training school in Siem Reap
I spent the whole morning I passed with Andrée Rosier trying to discern a hint of the madness and obsession that must push one to seek such perfection as can satisfy the […]
A cool north riverside walk reveals another side of Siem Reap
Travelfish, 22 Feb. 2012 Downtown Siem Reap is dusty, hot, traffic-clogged and as ideally suited for a walk as a rubber-ducky is for lunch. It may look like there’s potential, but you’ll […]
Lightning deaths in Cambodia
Last year 165 people were killed by lightning strikes in Cambodia. Another 140 were injured, and over 60 cattle were lost. By contrast, 26 people were killed in the United States, one […]
Shining a light on an alternative therapy recently introduced to Siem Reap
It’s odd, given our proximity to Thailand and Goa, that more hippy-doo-dah hasn’t made it to Siem Reap yet. We don’t have the bulwark of the ultra-liberals that so dominate the Phnom […]
Digging around for answers at Angkor Wat
The one thing we know about the Angkor Empire is that we know an awful lot less than we don’t know. With little but the magnificent buildings they left behind to guide […]
An unusual survival and recovery strategy for trafficking victims
Angkor Photo Festival 2011 launch night, November 19
On November 19, the seventh annual Angkor Photo Festival got off to a great start with a packed crowd on the front lawns of the FCC Angkor. Photographers, photo fans, surprised tourists […]
The restoration of a pagoda smoothes over national rifts
Bakong temple is one of the oldest and most beautiful of the Khmer temples and it would be easy for visitors to the site to overlook the simple looking pagoda within its […]
Battle lines
In February 2011, Thailand and Cambodia revived once more an old conflict over disputed territory around the Angkorian temple of Preah Vihear on Cambodia’s northern border with its Siam neighbour. As a […]