Hope is everywhere in Siem Reap
Siem Reap, Cambodia—It’s easy to see why Angelina Jolie fell in love with this city, and returned to do a film that honors the Cambodians’ dignity in the face of the most brutal period in its history.
Siem Reap, Cambodia—It’s easy to see why Angelina Jolie fell in love with this city, and returned to do a film that honors the Cambodians’ dignity in the face of the most brutal period in its history.
Cambodia welcomed the return on Tuesday of two stone statues from the Angkor period that were looted during the country’s civil war and taken to Europe, where they spent the past three decades.
In the waning years of the 19th century, the great powers of Europe were in the thick of their empire-building spree. The competition was often unruly.
Cambodian authorities say they are hunting a New Zealand tourist who allegedly destroyed a statue while illegally staying overnight at the country’s famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
During an extended research trip to Phnom Penh, my favorite hangout was the Foreign Correspondents’ Club or the FCC.
The Philippine Tatler magazine had a fantastic launch of its fifth Traveller issue, with the adorable woman of substance Hindy Weber-Tantoco on the cover, shot on location in Siem Reap, Cambodia, palangga.
What’s the next best thing to traveling to a destination, if you can’t make the journey? Looking at pictures of it, of course.
San Pedro Bay looks calm as we take in the seaside view from the Veranda Café of Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban. Jutting out in the horizon is Mount Danglay, which our friend Jerby Santo says he was scared of when he was a kid. His mom used to tell him that naughty children were snatched by monsters and brought to that mountain.
Cambodia was never on my list of must-see places.
Cambodia has banned e-cigarettes and shisha pipes saying the increasingly popular products contain damaging levels of nicotine and are leading young people to take up smoking.
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