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Visiting Kep City
Situated near Vietnam border, Kep City, though a municipality, enjoys provincial status. At one stage of time, this city was considered to be one of the most popular beach towns of Cambodia. The abandoned French villas help to educate one about the splendorous history of the town. Tourists to this city can observe huge sidewalks by the sea. The French established this city during 1908. Nowadays the city is popular among the domestic tourists who … Read entire article »
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Visiting Kandal Province
There are many provinces in Cambodia and Kandal is one of the smallest of them. Though this province surrounds Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, Kandal’s capital is Ta Khmao. This province lies 20 kilometers to the south of Phnom Penh. Famous for its ancient history, one of the prime attractions for tourists is Udong which was the capital of Cambodia between 1618 and 1866. There are quite a number of tourist attractions in Kandal province and they include a 8 meter statue of reclining Buddha, a number of stupas and the Ta san Mosque. Geography: Situated on the south middle of Cambodia, Kandal province covers an area of 3,568 square kilometers. Kampong Cham and Kampong Chhnang border it on the north, on the South Vietnam, on the east Prey Veng and … Read entire article »
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Visiting Kampot Province
Visiting Cambodia and not visiting the Kampot province is something tourists should avoid. Sharing about 80 kilometers of its coast with Thailand, this picturesque province of Cambodia lies on the southwest part of the country. Kampot, the capital of this province, which is famous for its well-preserved French colonial style architecture, resides on the base of the renowned Bokor Hill Station and the Elephant mountains. This is a quiet city, compared to Sihanoukville that lies … Read entire article »
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Visiting Kampong Thom Province
Area wise Kampong Thom is the 2nd largest province of Cambodia. The capital of this province is also named Kampong Thom and this charming lies on the bank of the river Stung Sean. This city was considered to be one of the strongest in Southeast Asia during the Funan period. One can find a number of irrelevant Angkorian sites in this city apart from its two main Temples, the Prei Kuk and the Sambor. Few may know that Kampong Thom was originally known as Kampong Puos Thom. There was a big cave next to the dock of the Sen River occupied by two big snakes that were visible to the people of the locality during Buddhist holidays. After the snakes disappeared, the name was changed from Kampong Puos, (Puos means … Read entire article »
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