‘Cambodia’ Posts

Prasat Bayon Built in the latter part of the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII, Bayon is one of the most widely recognized temples in Siem Reap because of the giant stone faces that adorn the towers of Bayon. There are 54 towers of four faces each, totaling 216 faces. There is still a debate [...]

Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. Located approximately one kilometer east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was founded by the [...]

Cambodia. Angkor

Posted: 16th July 2011 by Memographer in Cambodia, Nona Hora
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Angkor Angkor Archaeological Park, located in northern Cambodia, is one of the most important archaeological sites in Southeast Asia. It contains the magnificent remains of several capitals of the Khmer Empire of the 9th to the 15th centuries, including the largest pre-industrial city in the world. The most famous are the Temple of Angkor Wat [...]

Siem Reap The City of Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and is the gateway to Angkor. The Town is a cluster of small villages along the Siem Reap River. These villages were originally developed around Buddhist pagodas (Wat) which are almost evenly spaced along the river from [...]

Tonle Sap Lake The Tonlé Sap (“Tonlé” meaning “Large Fresh Water River,” but more commonly translated as “Great Lake”) is a combined lake and river system of major importance to Cambodia. The Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia and is an ecological hot spot that was designated as a UNESCO [...]

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I have already announced this news on my old website. So this is a news transfer. My third photo book of Nona Hora project has been published. It contains about 400 photographs from my recent trip to Cambodia, South Asia. The book is titled  “Tales of Asia: The Faces of Angkor”. Below is a front [...]