Tag: Cambodia Overview

Attractions in Katie Province, Cambodia

Kratie (pronounced ‘Kratcheay’) is a port town on the Mekong roughly halfway between Phnom Penh and Laos. In many ways it is a delightful place with a relaxed atmosphere and some good examples of shop house architecture. Yet with the…

Ratanakiri Province of Cambodia

Ratanakiri is like another planet compared to the rest of Cambodia: dusty, red roads curl through the landscape in summer, while in the rainy season the area becomes lush and green turning the roads into slippery mush. Adventure enthusiasts won’t…

Phnom Penh at Glance

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia, located at the confluence of the Mekong and the Tonle Sap rivers. Admire some nice photos of this charming city.  

Phnom Penh, Charming Capital of Cambodia

Founded in the mid-l4th century by the Khmers as a monastery, Phnom Penh replaced Angkor Thom, a city at the Angkor temples, a century later as the country’s capital. The city has long been a vital trading hub at the…

Getting to Know Cambodia

The Lay Of The Land About the size of Missouri, some 181, 035 sq. km (69, 898 sq. miles), Cambodia’s 20 provinces are bordered by Laos in the north, Vietnam in the east, Thailand to the west, and the Gulf…

Smilling Cambodia

Cambodia is unpredictable but that’s the allure for many travelers who come here. Traffic is chaos. Corruption is law. Poverty is endemic. Less than half of Cambodians have access to clean water and sanitation facilities. Children suffer from malnutrition and…