Lonely Planet Cambodia (Country Travel Guide)
Nick Ray, Greg Bloom, Daniel Robinson
Language: English
Pages: 376
ISBN: 1741794579
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Lonely Planet’s 7th edition of Cambodia will take you into the heart of Southeast Asia: beautiful beaches (without the tourist tide), remote wilds, subtle cuisine and elaborate temples. From the famed Angkor Wat to the old-world charms of Siem Reap and the ‘Phnomenal’ capital city of Phnom Penh – it’s all here. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
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heads north to Phnom Bakheng, Baksei Chamkrong and Angkor Thom, including the city wall and gates, the Bayon, the Baphuon, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, Preah Palilay, the Terrace of the Leper King, the Terrace of Elephants, the Kleangs and Prasat Suor Prat. It exits from Angkor Thom via the Victory Gate in the eastern wall, and continues to Chau Say Tevoda, Thommanon, Spean Thmor and Ta Keo. It then heads northeast of the road to Ta Nei, turns south to Ta Prohm, continues east to Banteay
EASTERN BARAY & EASTERN MEBON The enormous one-time reservoir known as the Eastern Baray was excavated by Yasovarman I, who marked its four corners with stelae. This basin, now entirely dried up, was the most important of the public works of Yasodharapura, Yasovarman I’s capital, and is 7km by 1.8km. It was originally fed by the Siem Reap River. * * * Eastern Mebon is flanked by earthen ramps, a clue that this temple was never finished and a good visual guide to how the temples were
but can make arrangements for you through the park office. A section of the park is accessible from Siem Pang in Stung Treng district (Click here). However, to legally enter the park in Siem Pang, you must still secure permits in Ban Lung. Lumphat pop 2000 The former provincial capital of Lumphat, on the banks of the Tonlé Srepok, is something of a ghost town these days thanks to sustained US bombing raids in the early 1970s. This is also the last gasp of civilisation, if it can even
study of spoken and written Khmer are Cambodian System of Writing and Beginning Reader, Modern Spoken Cambodian and any other books by Frank Huffman. For a more in-depth guide to the language, check out Lonely Planet’s Southeast Asia phrasebook. For a food and drink glossary, Click here. Dialects Although the Khmer language as spoken in Phnom Penh is generally intelligible to Khmers nationwide, there are several distinct dialects in other parts of the country. Most notably, the Khmers of
is the perfect place to discover more about the incredible variety of animals in Cambodia. If you don’t like zoos, you probably won’t like this wildlife sanctuary, but remember that these animals have been rescued from traffickers and poachers and need a home. Visitors that come here will be doing their own small bit to help in the protection and survival of Cambodia’s varied and wonderful wildlife. Free the Bears (www.freethebears.org.au; volunteerasianbears@freethebears.org.au) operates a