After breaking ground in April 2019, the first phase of the Angkor Wildlife Aquarium in Siem Reap (Damdek village) finally opened on November 1st 2022. AWA was built by  LBL  International Construction  in Phnom Penh. This project,  with a total investment of 70 millions dollars, will continue in the foresable future with phase 2 and 3.  Angkor Wildlife & Aquarium (AWA) is home of the first Siem Reap aquarium and the  first aquarium in Cambodia.     ANGKOR WILDLIFE & AQUARIUM TOUR   ANGKOR AQUARIUM Once you have bought your entrance at the i ..read more

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CAMBODIA TRAVEL 2023 Last update: 5th October   2022 Cambodia closed down its airspace to tourists in March 2019 to prevent the spread of Covid-19. It was not before November 2021 that it opened partially  to vaccinated travellers and on 17th March 2022 to fully to vaccinated travellers. The goal of this Cambodia Travel page is to collect  the latest informations about travelling in Cambodia whether your are a long term resident, a regular traveller or maybe a photographer enthousiast looking for photography tours in Cambodia. You will find here informations about travel re ..read more

Cambodia travel re-opening  2021-2022 timeline Re-introduction of e-visa (electronic online tourist visa)  19th October 2021 Cambodia reopened to vaccinated travelers without quarantine  15th November 2021. Siem Reap, once a buzzing city with many shops, restaurants, hotels and tour operators is slowly waking up from a deep sleep of almost 2 years. Siem Reap is also on the final stretch of a major infrastructure upgrade with 150 km of new roads to be done at the end of december. Flights are slowly resuming at Siem Reap international airport with the first direct flig ..read more

RRice paddy fields are omnipresents in  Cambodia bring their touch of green and gold almost all year long. Also called the “white gold” of Cambodia, rice is a staple food for Cambodians they eat  everyday whether for breakfast or meals . Rice cultivation follow several processes which are: soil preparation, transplantation, havesting Khmers are believed to grow rice for more than 2000 years. The rice industry in Cambodia  had a turbulent history following the rise of the fall of the Khmer Empire and the more recent periods of wars and occupations.   RICE FARMING CAMBODIA Ri ..read more

Every year during Cambodia green season in the months  of September and October   the temples of Angkor are covered with several hues of Green. The old  dry yellowish  moss is  brought to life again by the  moonson rain. If Angkor Wat temple does not have any mosses growing on its stones, the temples deeper of the jungle have plenty. A closer inspection reveals that mosses are not only the only one responsible for the green. Some lichens (Pyxine) add  some hues to the green pallette. If you are a photographer coming to Angkor during this season you will ..read more

37 heavens is an upcoming movie  by Jump Street Films and  set to be filmed in 2022 in the  famous Angkor Wat temple  in Cambodia. The story focus on the relationship between former first-lady Jackie Kennedy and British diplomat Lord David Harlech. The title of the movie 37 heavens comes from the famous bas-relief from the Hindu mythology about 32 hells and 37 heavens that can be found in the Eastern section of the southern gallery of Angkor Wat.   37 HEAVENS  MOVIE SYNOPSIS (credit: IMDB.com) In 1967, 4 years after Dallas, Prince Sihanouk invites a still grieving ..read more

Angkor is not only about visuals but also about sounds. The Angkor archeological park is spreading on 400 sqm has a dense forest, many nature sounds are noticeable especially in the morning  when insects and animal are waking up. In this blogpost we bring you sounds of Angkor They are plenty of  human activities in the park as well as few Cambodia people still live inside as well as a relatively low numbers of monks spread into few pagodas, including two with the perimeter of Angkor Wat temple. Quite a lot of people are also working around the temples of Angkor : ticket controll ..read more

ARCHAEOLOGY CAMBODIA: TIMELINE Cambodia is famous worldwide for its beautiful temples of Angkor near the city of Siem Reap but actually counts than 2000 archeological sites. The temple of Angkor Wat in particular has captured the imagination of many generations since Henri Mouhot brought it to the world in 1860 with his book Voyage dans les Royaumes de Siam, de Cambodge, de Laos. Even though Angkor was rediscovered earlier in the 16th century, it was never completely abandonned.   It is after few decades after Cambodia became a French Protectorate in 1863 that  archeological conservation  star ..read more

Redmi note 8 pro review   I recently updated my Huawei P9 lite (released in April 2016 ) with a  Redmi Note 8 Pro, a mid range smartphone released by Xiaomi in Occtober 2019.  This  new phone  is dubbed by Xiaomi as the  “Pioneer of 64MP Quad Camera”.     Redmi Note 8 Pro phone specifications  6.53-inch FHD+ display. 1080×2340 px, 395 PPI Octa core (2.05 GHz, Dual Core + 2 GHz, Hexa Core) Helio G90T chipset 8GB RAM 128GB storage. 4,500mAh battery with support for 18W fast-charging Corning Gorilla Glass 5.     Redmi Note 8 Pro camera specs     Like razor blades it looks that mobile phones get ..read more