Cambodia travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

I have written many times about the miraculous country called Cambodia. But this time I will present a really different look of the country. To many tourists Cambodia means only two things: the majestic temples of Angkor Wat and the Killing Fields of Phnom Penh. But the southern coast of the country is ”Another Cambodia” and during the recent years emerged as an alternative to the heavily trafficked beaches of Thailand.
Continue reading Another Cambodia

Cambodia is a country, which resurrecting itself as the center of Rhmer taste and culture, where the Angkorian kings left off some 600 years ago. There are more than 100 temples in Cambodia, which you should go for them. The picture displays Park the ninth-century Phnom Bakheng temple.
Continue reading A Weekend In Cambodia

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. It is also economic, industrial, cultural, tourist and historic center. One of the ways to examine the city’s layers is to settle into a ”cyclo”, a kind of bicycle-powered rickshaw, for a three-hour tour of the city’s architecture.
Continue reading Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. In the Lao language, the country’s name is “Meuang Lao“.
Continue reading Laos has charm and magic power and let’s you to visit it again

Seattle Asian Museum reopens its doors two week ago. The institution used to be housed in an old garage and now is really fantastic home for Seattle’s Chinatown district. This museum is unique from its a self-created tribute to a hyphenated existence.
Continue reading Seattle Asian Museum

Grand Hotel d’Angkor is in eight kilometres from the famed Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The hotel is within five minutes drive of the town and 8 km from Siem Reap International Airport. The hotel was housed in 1932 and reopened in 1997 surrounded by beautiful landscaped garden. The place has colonial-style with cambodian furniture and decor, extremely tasteful.
Continue reading Grand Hotel D’Angkor, Cambodia

The Peacekeeping Monument was erected on Confederation Boulevard in Ottawa. Named “Reconciliation”, the monument honours the contribution made by Canadian peacekeepers; recognizes Canada’s commitment to world peacekeeping and tells the story of Canada’s role in world peacekeeping. Since 1950 more than 112,000 Canadians have served as peacekeepers in countries such as Cyprus, Haiti, Egypt, Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda. The Peacekeeping Monument, entitled Reconciliation, was commissioned by the Canadian government in 1988 when the United Nations was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 40 years of international peacekeeping.

Continue reading An unnamed Canadian victim of the First World War