WAT PREAHPUT (The Buddha Wat )

This newly renovated pagoda is located just to the west of the Olympic Market, just off the roundabout with the statue of Nieng Kang Hing and an elephant. There was a pagoda there before the 1970’s, as evidenced by the many stupas, but the vithara is newly decorated with bright red and gold paint.

Wat-watchers will appreciate the painting inside the ground floor of the vihara, for they are brand new (1996-97) and in brilliant colors. Moreover, they are perhaps the best in Phnom Penh for amateur photographers, because most are placed at eye level, and there are clear glass windows which admit sufficient light for photographs ( still with flash, of course). Continue Reading >>

WAT KOH

It is easy to walk along Monivong Boulevard many times without ever noticing that one of Phnom Penh’s most historic pagodas is located in the very center of things. Wat Koh can be found on the west side of Monivong at Street 140.

Wat Koh was one of the five original pagodas set up by king Ponhea Yat in the 15th century. The monks at Wat Koh will tell you that the site is over 500 years old. But the structure was destroyed during the 1970’s, and reconstruction was only begun in 1994. As of June, 1997, the entire structure is not quite complete. No pictures have been painted either inside or outside the pagoda, so there is little of interest to see other than a few ornaments on the outside of he vihara, Perhaps the best is the garuda mounted on the naga bordering the front steps.

It is said that much of the present-day courtyard was once a most or lake which was filled in earlier this century. Nowadays there is a very active school advertising its English classes. Just inside the front gate is a sort of killing-fields monument to those who died under Pol Pot.

Kampong Thom Province

Kampong Thom is a province in the centre of Cambodia and is168km from Phnom Penh. Kampong Thom has 13,814 sq km, 642,932 populations, 41density, 8 distict, 81 communes, and 737 villages.
Name: Boeung Per, 31 km (1h) from Provincial Town.  Nature Wildlife and Preserves, Location: Road No. 64, BoeungPer Village, Sala Prey Thom isai Commune, Prasat Balang District.

Name: Boeung Tonle Chhmar, 85 km (8h) From Provincial Town. Nature Wildlife and Preserves, Location: Road No. 6, Pov Veuy Village, Peam Barng Commune, Stong District.

Name: Ku Hak Nor Kor Temple, The site of Ku Hak Nor Kor has 40,000-square meter land area (200 Meters X 200 Meters) located at the area of Ku Hak Nor Kor pagoda, at Tro Dok village, Pong Ror commune, Ba Ray District in 96-kilometer distance from Phnom Penh capital, then turning left more two kilometers by a red-soil trail. Ku Hak Nor Kor temple is similar to Tonle Ba Ti temple made of late-rite stone and built in 11th century during the reign of the king, Sorayak Varman I. Ku Hak Nor Kor temple has 45-meter length, 35-meter width surrounded by three -meter height fence made of late-rite stone and shared into three parts:  First Part: Has eight-meter height. Second Part: Has 12-meter height. Third Part: Has 15-meter height. Continue Reading >>

I WANNA TAKE FOREVER TONIGHT (Peter Cetera & Crystal Bernard)

Feel your breath on my shoulder
And I know we couldn’t get any closer
I don’t wanna act tough
I just wanna fall in love
As we move into the night
I get crazy

Thinking how it’s gonna be with you, baby
I don’t wanna play rough
I’ve been loving you enough, oh baby
Wanna take forever tonight
Wanna stay in this moment forever
I’m gonna give you
All the love that I’ve got

I wanna take forever tonight
Fill you up, fill you up with love
When we close the door
All I need is in your eyes Continue Reading >>

Kampong Speu Province

Kampong Speu is a province in the south of Cambodia and is 48km from Phnom Penh. Kampong Speu Province has 7,017 sq km area, 681,456 populations, 85 densities, 8 distict, 89 communes, and 1,319 villages. In this province have more beautiful attract of tourist such as:

Name: Ampe Phnom is the natural and cultural resort locating at Tang Tonle Village and Ampe Phnom Village, So Por Tep Commune and Svay Kra Van Commune, Chbar Mon District in 48-Kilometer distance from Phnom Penh, then turning left more two kilometers. The resort has natural river with many big trees growing along. The mountain foot and a rocking bridge link from Tang Tonle Village to Ampe Phnom Village and an old pagoda on a hill where many people go to worship during the traditional festivals. At Ampe Phnom, tourists can enjoy swimming, walking through the rocking bridge and resting at the collages along the riverbank. Continue Reading >>

Kampong Chhnang Province

Kampong Chhnang is a province near the center of Cambodia and is 91km from Phnom Penh. Kampong Cham Province has 5,521 sq km area, 423,016 populations, 76 densities, 8 distict, 69 communes, and 546 villages. In this province have more beautiful attract of tourist such as:

Name: Airport (1976 Constructed) is 14 km (17mn) From Provincial Town. Historical Sites and Buildings, Location: Krang leav Village, Krang Leav Commune, Ralebiar District.

Name: Dek Dol Fishing Lot is 3km (10mn) From Provincial Town. Activities Related to Recreational Fishing, Location: Dek Dul Village, Phsa Chhnang Commune, Ralea B’ier District. Continue Reading >>

Visit Cambodia! Package Tours to a Despot’s Hideout

By Alan Sipress
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, April 24, 2004; Page A17

ANLONG VENG, Cambodia — All that remains of Pol Pot’s last abode is a dozen bottles emptied of the medicine he was taking in his final days and the broken bits of a toilet seat.

But when Thong Khon, Cambodia’s state secretary of tourism, stood beside the small rubbish pile in a forest clearing earlier this month, he saw much more. He explained eagerly how he would rebuild the house, restoring it to its condition before the Khmer Rouge despot died six years ago and was cremated on a nearby pyre of old tires.

The original carpenter will be hired, Thong said. Local officials have located Pol Pot’s looted sofa, table and chairs. It would be the first step toward Thong’s vision of restoring the entire Khmer Rouge complex in Anlong Veng, the redoubt deep in the northern jungle that was overrun by Cambodian government troops in 1998. Continue Reading >>

Wat Monkolwan or Wat Twaidonkum

Although centrally located near the intersection of Monivong and road to the airport, Wat Monkolwan is not well known, but it has a fascinating collection of pictures and statues. It is one of the older pagoda sites in Phnom Penh, the original edifice having been constructed in the late nineteenth century. It was completely destroyed during the Pol Pot era, and was only reconstructed in 1988-98. Some of the paintings are dated as late as 1994.

The statues include the common four omens placed along the walkway to the vihara. On either side are two shrines, the one on the left showing Sujietaa giving rice-milk to revive the fasting Buddha, the one on the right showing the five disciples. One curious statue off to the right shows what appears to be one man carrying another piggy-back. This is the story of Akwaa and Akwan. Akwaa is blind and Akwan cannot walk, but Akwas serves as the legs for Akwan, and Akwan serves as the eyes for Akwaa, a good symbol of teamwork and cooperation. Continue Reading >>

Kampong Cham Province

Kampong Cham is a province in the East of Cambodia and is124km from Phnom Penh. General information: Kampong Cham Province has 9,799 sq km area, 1,800,499 populations, 164 densities, 16 distict, 173 communes, and 1,748 villages. In this province have more beautiful attract of tourist such as:
Name: Chor Cha is 86 km (2h:15mn) From Provincial Town. Nature Wildlife Preserves, Location: National Road No. 6, Chealear Commune, BaTheay District.

Name: Chroy Chek is 17km (30mn) From Provincial Town. Nature Wildlife Preserves, Location: National Road No.7, Veal Kreal Village, Trean Commune, Kampong Siem District.

Name: Koh Pen Beach is 2km (2mn) From Provincial Town. Operations of Recreation Park and Beaches, Location: Kampong Cham & Kampong Siem District. Continue Reading >>

What is love?

Hi everybody, do you know the mean of love or what is love? Some body, we known that the mean of love and someone have jointed or meeting the he/she body and we are know as well as about love or know about real love. But someone we are not known about love or sometime we are not meeting the persons that we love it. So this men or women, we are not known about the mean of love or test of love. And how about he/she feeling of love? Continue Reading >>