Return to Angkor

20 May 2012, 8:12 am

"IF I go back again I would want to stay longer and soak up in sunsets and sunrises at different vantage points, perhaps earlier than the growing throng of tourists who flock in thousands to spoil the serene view.... Read More »

Floating villages of Tonle Sap

15 May 2012, 7:42 am

CEBU Pacific recently launched its maiden flight direct from Manila to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Imagine the nostalgia that washed over me knowing one of my favorite destinations is now just a flight away from my country.... Read More »

Angkor Wat replica to come up in Bihar

12 May 2012, 11:18 pm

The Indian version of Cambodia's world-famous Angkor Wat temple complex will now be built in Bihar's East Champaran district on over 50 acres of land.... Read More »

Jimenez: Cebu Pacific now flies to Siem Reap, Cambodia

8 May 2012, 6:18 pm

THE country's leading low-cost carrier (LCC), Cebu Pacific Air recently made its maiden flight last April 19 from Manila to Siem Reap in Cambodia. The first aircraft of CEB left the NAIA Terminal 3 with a full load of passengers to experience the entry of the Philippines to Siem Reap. On board w... Read More »

Visak Bochea monks faint | National news | The Phnom Penh Post - Cambodia's Newspaper of Record

6 May 2012, 10:10 pm

The rigours of training coupled with oppressively hot weather caused dozens of adolescent monks to faint in Siem Reap on Saturday during the holiest ceremony on the Buddhist calendar.... Read More »

Kingdom of Angkor

2 May 2012, 11:22 pm

Braving the 9th to 15th century temples of Angkor Wat in the middle of a 41 degree Celsius Cambodian summer is just crazy. And crazy was all I had in mind. Well, first, normal people would probably do it early in morning when the sun wasn’t as scorching – and not at mid-day; and second, well, th... Read More »

Jimenez: Linking Cambodia to the Filipinos

2 May 2012, 1:37 pm

IT WAS an experience that we landed on the soils of Siem Reap, Cambodia when Cebu Pacific Air inaugurated its maiden flight to link the Philippines to the Kingdom of Cambodia.... Read More »

In Angkor Wat, finding a quiet corner amid temples and tumult

22 April 2012, 12:55 am

ANGKOR, Cambodia - We bounced along the road in a tuk-tuk - picture a rickshaw attached to a moped - anxious for our first glimpse through the trees of the temple of Angkor Wat.... Read More »

The child vendors of Angkor Wat

22 April 2012, 12:53 am

As we were leaving the temple of Angkor Wat a boy who looked to be about 10 years old sidled up alongside us.... Read More »

World's tallest Hindu temple to come up in Bihar

21 April 2012, 8:58 am

The Ram temple, to be constructed by Bihar-based religious group Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti with an estimated cost of Rs 150-200 crore.... Read More »