Posts Tagged ‘Siem Reap’

The hidden Gem of Cambodia’s North East

16 November 2010 by

Following on from a recent article in the travel section of the Guardian newspaper, What’s New in Cambodia?, we at Experience Travel have produced a new itinerary entitled Cambodia’s North East, a tour which offers the more adventurous traveller a fantastic opportunity to explore this hidden gem.

Close to the Laos border, Ratanakiri is a beautifully remote and untouched region of South East Asia, a million miles from the tourists at Angkor Wat and the noise and pollution of Bangkok.

The tour starts with a couple of days touring the spectacular Angkor temples. From there you get completely off the tourist trail, visiting pre-Angkorian ruins in Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham, taking a boat trip to spot Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong River, before spending a few nights in the remote market town of Ban Lung in the forests of Ratanakiri. (more…)

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Angkor Photo Festival 2010

12 November 2010 by

angkor-festivalThe 6th annual Angkor Photography Festival will take place in Siem Reap between Novemeber 20th and 27th 2010. The event will feature the work of 110 photographers, including that of 50 Asian photographers, in keeping with the festival’s ethos of promoting South East Asian talent. This is a great way to unwind after days visiting the majestic temples of Angkor whilst on holiday in Cambodia.

Exhibitions will take place in galleries and hotels throughout Siem Reap, including the Hotel De La Paix, the FCC Angkor and the Raffles Angkor.

The festival is organised by Photographers for Change, an organisation that runs charity photo workshops and also Anjali House – a centre that provides refuge, care and education for more than 80 under-privileged children between the ages of 4 and 16 years old. The festival will also see the launch of the first Anjali book entitled ‘Cambodia – Our Vision’, which will present pictures taken by children during workshops in 2008 and 2009. More details can be found of the festival’s official website.

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Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor

29 June 2009 by

The fact that Ben’came with me for a full 2′days of walking around temples is testament in itself to the fact that they are rather spectacular and this even though one of the days began at 4.30!

We arrived in Siem Reap having spent the previous few weeks doing a lot of traveling and moving around and so before we had even got here we had decided that we would spend 4 nights here in order to have some chill out time as well as time to explore.’ It turns out that that was a very sensible decision as Siem Reap is a very pleasant town to spend some time.’ It is much calmer than Phnom Penh and the people are extremely friendly. (more…)

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