Scams at Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is the most famous of the temples inside a reasonably large national park. All are worth visiting.... but unless you're a determined hiker, you're going to need some transport. Tuk-tuk Scams (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});...
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Angkor Wat History
Phnom Kulen waterfall at the most sacred site for Cambodians. © N. Ole Knowing a tiny bit about Angkor Wat history is something worth being thankful for. When you're going by the sanctuaries, wouldn't you rather be taking in the sights as...
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Taprohm Temple in cambodia (siem reap province)

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Construction on Ta Prohm began in 1186 AD. Originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of King Jayavarman VII. A rare inscription at Ta Prohm provides statistics on the...
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Rattanak Kiri Province - Cambodia

Rattanak Kiri is the mountainous northeastern frontier province of Cambodia that borders Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, Mondul Kiri Province to the south, and Stung Treng Province to the west. It extends from the mountains of the Annamite Range...
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Natural Gas as Fuel

Robert Temple asserts that the 4th century BC (Warring States Period) is a conservative estimate for the time in which the Chinese began using natural gas as fuel and light. He states that systematic borehole drilling for brine extraction by the 1st...
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Auf der Insel der Götter
Die Insel Bali ist eines der schönsten Urlaubsziele. Sie ist bekannt für ihre herrliche tropische Unterwasserwelt, mit einer Vielzahl von Tauchplätzen, Surfmöglichkeiten und paradiesischer Natur. Diese kleine Insel ist außergewöhnlich. Sie verbindet die Schönheit der Berglandschaften, Vulkane, Reisfelder und Meere miteinander. Es...
Read MoreUnterwasserparadiese im Land des Lächelns

Das Königreich Thailand gehört zu den beliebtesten Fernreisezielen der Deutschen. Kulturelle Sehenswürdigkeiten wie buddhistische Tempel, traumhafte Sandstrände und die besondere Mentalität der Menschen machen den Aufenthalt sehr interessant. Das Land ist überwiefend buddhstisch geprägt, es gibt aber auch muslimisch geprägte Gebiete im Süden....
Read MorePingtang County, Guizhou Province, China, natural scenery

Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture has rich tourism resources, has the world's only preserved the same latitude forest landscape of the karst areas, in Chung Ling Shenxiu mountain scenery, natural eco-primitive simplicity of rich mellow folk customs. ...
Read MoreMangrove Forest Koh Kong

Seven or eight kilometres outside of Koh Kong city, or Krong Koh Kong, in Cambodia is an enormous mangrove forest where visitors can observe the delicate ecosystem that locals (and probably an NGO or two) have turned into a thriving ecotourism project....
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