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As the Khmer Rouge trials continue in Cambodia with the testimony of Duch, the former commandant of the Tuol Sleng prison, it's worth remembering the remarkable story that brought him to justice. It's told by photographer Nic Dunlop in his book The Lost Executioner, which was my Book Of The Year for 2005. I gave The Lost Executioner a lengthy review on my books site SpikeMagazine.com. With Duch finally on trial, this book is even more important in tracing not only his crimes, but how he evaded capture for so long and the vexed questions of justice within post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia that continue today.
Cambodia is cheap, but you still need to budget if you want to see the dreaming spires of Angkor Wat and explore the country's amazing countryside. Don Morgan breaks down the day to day costs of backpacking in Cambodia [click to continue…]
The Mekong River defines much of South East Asia, but it was only explored by Westerners for the first time in 1866. John Keay's Mad About The Mekong charts the exploration that paved the way to South East Asia's colonisation. [click to continue…]
If you're going to see Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious complex and the jewel of South East Asia, you'll get a lot more out of it if you know a little bit of the history. The History Channel's Angkor Wat documentary is currently on YouTube [click to continue…]
They come from Los Angeles, but Dengue Fever are bringing a whole new twist to Cambodian pop music and fusing it with a mess of other influences to create a new Khmer sound
My article on the ancient Buddhist temples of Angkor, Bagan and Sukhothai, “The Legacy”, has just been published in Asian Geographic magazine.
Lonely Planet are set to publish a useful compendium guidebook for Asian travellers that covers the main attractions of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
After months of speculation, increasedly frenzied voting and nationalist fervour, the final choices for the New 7 Wonders Of The World have been announced. But Angkor Wat is not amongst them
If you apply for your Cambodia visa online, you can get a free copy of Travelfish’s essential downloadable Angkor Wat guidebook, which usually retails at $2.95
It’s becoming more certain that Cambodia may have significant oil deposits off its coastline - but will this source of new found wealth bring much needed money to one of the world’s poorest countries or cause corruption to become even worse?
Automatic Teller Machines are appearing more and more frequently in Cambodia, making it easier to get out cash while you’re travelling in the country
Phnom Penh has survived the darkest years of its country’s history and its own near-destruction to become a city of life once again.
The beach town of Sihanoukville has long been a backpacker favourite in Cambodia. Now the town’s airport has reopened with 1 hour flights to and from Angkor Wat in the north of the country
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Some flight routes and budget carriers that might be useful for planning a trip around South East Asia. Please note this is not a complete list, by any means - it’s just the budget flights I know that definitely exist
The town of Skun in Cambodia is famous for serving up fried tarantula with garlic and salt as a crispy delicacy. But locals are now worried that spider numbers are decreasing due to deforestation, threatening much of Skun’s economy
The Lost Executioner chronicles photographer Nic Dunlop’s obsessive hunt for Comrade Duch, the man who presided over the deaths of thousands as the commandant of Tuol Sleng, Cambodia’s notorious interrogation centre, during the genocidal regime of the Khmer Rouge.
A stark warning from this recent AFP article: “As tomb raiders plunder Iron Age treasures — beads, gold ornaments and even the bones from burial mounds — archaeologists warn that Cambodia’s rich pre-Angkorian heritage will be completely lost within three years.”
A small pocket book from art publishers Thames And Hudson provides a dazzling visual introduction to Angkor’s history that’s easy to understand and quick to read
With backpacking in South East Asia so ubiquitous, it’s easy to forget that some of these countries are still governed by extremely repressive regimes
The following morning we headed out again at 7am to Kbal Spean, an hour’s drive away from Siem Reap, the town nearest to Angkor. The main reason I wanted to take my parents to Kbal Spean wasn’t so much to see the ancient monuments there, but more for the drive through the Cambodian countryside.
I’ve been to Angkor Wat twice now. The first time was as a backpacker a couple of years ago, and then more recently in October 2005, when I returned to see Cambodia’s awe-inspiring ancient temples with my parents.
Getting to the ancient temples of Angkor is easy from Bangkok, allowing you to see the temples in a couple of days
The key to getting a full day out of the temples is getting up early in the morning. This isn’t just to make the most of the day, but more to beat the heat and to beat the crowds too.
After a long, hot day of touring the spectacular temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Foreign Correspondent’s Club provides a glorious retreat for tired travellers to relax and contemplate Angkor’s ancient wonders.
Book piracy is big business in South East Asia, with an eclectic range of counterfeit novels, travel guides and history books all on offer to backpackers looking for an illicit bargain
A very selective and highly subjective list of useful people and places found while travelling through Cambodia in June 2003
