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Angkor Wat

Best Places to Watch the Sunset

U.S. News Travel | Posted 05.15.2013 | Travel
U.S. News Travel

There's some kind of magic that happens when the sun drifts down. The world -- it seems -- glows with bright light and brilliant color, but just for a...

Travels and Reflection in the Midst of Crisis

Suzanne Guillette | Posted 04.19.2013 | GPS for the Soul
Suzanne Guillette

Tuesday turned out to be a wash. A friend said, "Don't lose faith in humanity." I wouldn't, I said. If anything, the diversity of responses to public tragedies, whether disbelief, anger, fear or ambivalence, are reflective of our humanity. There's no singular way to react.

Cambodia's Best

Malerie Yolen-Cohen | Posted 03.27.2013 | Travel
Malerie Yolen-Cohen

I no longer wondered why Angelina hoped to adopt one Cambodian kid after another.

Ancient Temple's Big Secret Exposed By Google Earth

| Posted 10.15.2012 | Science

By Traci Watson Scientists have long known that the sandstone blocks used to build the famous Angkor Wat temple and other monuments in the ancient C...

Hope From The Killing Fields

Jack Levison | Posted 12.10.2012 | Religion
Jack Levison

At a time of global crisis, when so many children are poor, so many parents hopeless, so many nations teetering on the brink of genocide, perhaps these reflections about my visit to Cambodia will bring a glimmer of hope from the Killing Fields.

Cambodia -- Haute Khmer and 3 Inspirational Men

Robert Oliver | Posted 11.21.2012 | Taste
Robert Oliver

Have you ever visited somewhere and it stayed with you for a time after you left? Not in a nostalgic way, but in a way that lingers, like it has reached in and altered you slightly. That's how visiting Cambodia was for me.

Around the World by Private Jet

Jean Newman Glock | Posted 10.09.2012 | Travel
Jean Newman Glock

In just 23 days, you can circumnavigate the world on a privately chartered jet. Check off most of your bucket list in one fell swoop.

Faith Alive In Phnom Penh

Katherine Marshall | Posted 10.08.2012 | Religion
Katherine Marshall

Some 95 percent of Cambodia's people are Buddhist. "Nation, Religion, King" is Cambodia's national motto and it is one of the few world nations where Buddhism is the state religion. The religious world here, however, is not just about Buddhism.

Whimsical Cupcakes That Feed The Soul In Cambodia

Dr. Caroline Cicero | Posted 06.25.2012 | Travel
Dr. Caroline Cicero

Opened in 2010, Bloom Training Centre and Café is the brain-child of Ruth Larwill, a mother of two from Brisbane, Australia, who found she could use her passion for cake decorating to provide economic opportunity for vulnerable women in Cambodia.

Australia Gives Big To Angkor Wat

Posted 03.26.2012 | Travel

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr visited Cambodia over the weekend and decided to drop some TLC on Angkor Wat. "We are putting nearly $1 millio...

Fair Or Foul? India's Angkor Wat Replica

Posted 03.05.2012 | Travel

India will spend the next 10 years constructing a replica of Angkor Wat, the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cambodia. A Hindu trust is spons...

Another Great Cambodian Temple Stirs To Life

AP | By DENIS D. GRAY | Posted 03.04.2012 | Travel

BANTEAY CHHMAR, Cambodia -- It's still entwined in mystery and jungle vines, but one of Cambodia's grandest monuments is slowly awakening after eight ...

Friday Photo: Stone

Kirsten Alana | Posted 11.16.2011 | Travel
Kirsten Alana

I have always been drawn to ancient cultures and civilizations, so when I travel, I love visiting places that take me back in time.

Voluntourism in Cambodia

AOL Travel News | Posted 09.13.2011 | Home

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Cambodian Airport Project Includes New City

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A South Korean company contracted to build a new airport serving visitors to Cambodia's famed Angkor temples says its $1 ...

What to do About Begging (and Your Conscience)

Michael Hodson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Michael Hodson

Any sort of third world travel means you'll have to pick a stance on begging. I personally decided to "just say no." Is that a heartless, Western-centric way of looking at things? Perhaps. But there is a big exception too.

13 Reasons Everyone Should Travel (PHOTOS)

Michael Hodson | Posted 09.19.2011 | Travel
Michael Hodson

I left on a quest to make it around the world without taking a single airplane. Sixteen months, forty-four countries, and six continents later I succeeded, and I never left the ground.

The Killing Fields and Indonesia's Relations with Cambodia Revisited

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Luce

I first met Benny Widyono at an Indonesian Consulate fete years ago. I knew upon meeting him that he had an extraordinary mind and knew Asia's south...

PHOTOS: Destination Of The Day

Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Angkor Wat lies just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temple site was built by Suryavarman II and represents Khmer architecture, which was primaril...

Dancing Across Borders

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Bettina Korek

Dancing Across Borders, Anne Bass's new documentary, describes how a dance patron and philanthropist changed the life of a Cambodian boy she brought to study ballet in New York.

Progress in Southeast Asia

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Patrick Takahashi

This is part two of my world odyssey, the first report being on "The Wonder of Korea". Today, some thoughts combining Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. ...

Only in America: Ambassador Sichan Siv - From the Killing Fields to the White House

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Luce

I first met Ambassador Sichan Siv in 2004. He spoke on surviving Pol Pot's Killing Fields in Cambodia - and coming to America. He ended up working in the White House and then the United Nations.