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Welcome To Siem Reap Cambodia

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Angkor Wat temple is the largest Hindu temple in the world

Enjoy learning the history and viewing the many wonders of Cambodia with an experienced guide, fluent in English and Thai.
Hi ! I am Mr. Sowanna Yun. I have been hosting guests to our country for over 10 years, and would enjoy sharing our cultural riches with you and your friends. Let me begin by providing some information about our country in the "Temple" and "Cambodia" webpage selections. Welcome your call or email with questions and I am happy to assist with trip planning.
Enjoy my introduction to Cambodia and thrill its unique wonders that are an easy email, call and plane trip away. Your guide to Cambodia,
Mr. Sowanna Yun.

I am a Cambodian who can speak three languages: Khmer, English and Thai and work as professional guide in Siem Reap - Cambodia.

Special thanks to KI-MEDIA NEWS who posted my website on the information.

http://www.ki-media.blogspot.com/2008/12/need-guide-for-angkor-wat-and-siem-reap.html Mr. Sowanna Yun, English and Thai speaking guide in Siem Reap - Angkor - Cambodia. sowanna012@yahoo.com Tel:+ 855-12768193, 012768193
Address : H# 0241, Group 07, Chong Kao Sou village, Slar Kram Commune,Siem Reap town, Siem Reap Province.

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Transport & Guide Services

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Welcome To Siem Reap Cambodia

Your Dreams Can Become Reality In Cambodia

Cambodian Guide Services

Hi. to all our friendly Readers, We are very pleased that you have taken the time to read about our private transport services. Please send me any inquiries you might have. We will be only to happy to reply and give you any information on Cambodia that you require. Come and immerse yourself in the experience that is Cambodia .

1. Private Transport with A/C Car

2. Private Transport with A/C Mini van ( 8,12 , 15 seat )

3. Bus Services ( 25,35, and 45 seat )

4. Official Tour Guide

Know when prices drop on the trips you want

Please find A Great Deal from Cambodian Guide Services.

- Official Tour Guide - English & Thai Speaking

- Half Day Tour : US$ 15 per group

- Full Day Tour : US$ 30 per group

- Extra charge for Sunrise : US$ 5 per group

- sowanna012@yahoo.com
- Tel. +855 12 768 193

- Please Note: Taxi or moto drivers are not allowed to guide tourists in the Angkor Park. If you need a guide; these must be booked in advance as none are available within the Temples. The cost of a fully licensed guide as descriptions.
We recommend that you use our quality services. No money required in advance. Cambodia is becoming a very popular tourist destination to avoid disappointment and delays. Book with our reliable and professional guides.

If you need other languages, please send me a query.

Different Languages

- Chinese Speaking Guide

- German Speaking Guide

- French Speaking Guide

- Russian Speaking Guide

- Spainish Speaking Guide

Private Transport Services

Airport, Ferry boat,Bus station pick up & Transfer Services

- Car 4 Seats

- US$ 7 per car

- Van 8 ,12 and 15 Seats

- US$ 10 per van

If you stay in our country more days , free pick up and transfer

- Classical Tour Angkor Areas.

- Half Day Tours

- Car : 4 Seats

- US$ 15 per car

- Full Day Tours

- US$ 30 per car

- Van : 8, 12 and 15 Seats

- Half Day Tours

- US$ 20 per van

- Full Day Tours

- US$ 40 per van

- Bus : 25 , 35 and 45 Seats

- Half Day Tour

- US$ 35 per bus

- Full Day Tour

- US$ 70 per bus

Our best transport and Guide services deals

Pick up from and Transfer to any destination you require.

- Pick Up From Siem Reap International Airport

- Pick up from Cambodian - Thai border

- Pick up from Cambodian - Vietnamese border

- Pick up from Phnom Penh Airport and visit one or more days in Phnom Penh and come to Siem Reap - Angkor. etc

Please contact us @ : sowanna012@yahoo.com . I will reply to you within 24 hours. Please give us one week notice or more than one week.

We can offer you a special price.

Transport + Guides

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Suggested Itineraries

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Welcome To Siem Reap Cambodia

Your Dreams Can Become Reality In Cambodia

Cambodian Guide Services

Hi.to all our friendly readers,we are very pleased that you have taken the time to read about our Example Tour Programs. This itinerary is flexible and may be adjusted to suit your requirements.
Sowanna`s email : sowanna012@yahoo.com

ANGKOR TICKETS

The Archaeological Park is open from 4.30 am to 5.30 pm everyday. Visitors can purchase entrance tickets for :
- One day pass : US$ 20 per person.
- Two or Three day pass : US$ 40 per person.
- One week pass : US$ 60 per person.
Visitors must take a photo to stick on ticket.
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Tour Itineraries Planning

Group of Rolous temples

- Preah Ko temple

- Bakong temple

- Lolei temple

- Prei Monti temple

- Angkor Wat temple is the largest Hindu temple in the world

In and Around Angkor Thom city

1. Phnom Backheng temple
2. Backsei temple
3. Prasat Bei temple
4. South Gate of former Angkor Thom
5. Bayon temple is the center of former Angkor Thom
6. Baphuon temple
7. Phimeanakas temple and Former Royal Palace
8. Preah Palilay temple
9. Elephant & Leper King Terraces
10. Group of Preah Pithu temples
11. Group of Prasat Sour Prat temples
12. East , East-north , West and North Gates of Angkor Thom city,

- Small Tour Planning

1. Kravan temple
2. Bat Chum temple
3. Banteay Kdei temple
4. Thomonun & Chao Saydevoda temple
5. Sras Srang terrace and pool
6. Takeo temple
7. Taprohm temple

- Grand Tour

1. Pre Rup temple
2. East Mebon temple
3. Tasom temple
4. Neak Pean temple
5. Preah Khan temple

Remote attraction tour

1. Bantaey Samre temple
2. Phnom Bok temple
3. Chao Srei Vibol temple

4. Banteay Srei temple
5. Kbal Spean mountain resort
6. Holy Kulen Mountain resort

Please send me any inquiries, I will give you a special Tour Itinerary. I will reply to you within 24 hours. Please do not hesitate to contact us :
sowanna012@yahoo.com
Please give us one week notice or more than one week. Less than one week We will not accept any booking

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Sightseeing & Activities In Siem Reap Angkor

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Sightseeing and Activities In and Around Siem Reap - Angkor

- Shooping

- Local Markets

1. Psa Leu Market
2. Samakee Market
3. Old Market
4. Central Market
5. Angkor Night Market
What to buy
- Temple Rubbings
- Statues and Carvings
- Silver betel Containers
- Cambodian Silk
- Gems and Jewelries
- Artisan of Angkor
Angkor Silk Farm ( The rebirth of Angkor Art )
It is located along the road No. 6 in Puok District. Entrance and guided tours are free of charge. Open daily from 8.00am until 5.00pm.
MUSEUM
Angkor National Museum
In Siem Reap - Angkor has just recently opened and features the Angkor National Museum itself + a cultural Mall and shops. The Museum `s 8 main galleries contain original artifacts restored by Angkor Conservation and a collection of 1.000 Buddha statues.
Other galleries focus on ancient clothing styles, the four principal kings of Angkor, the extant written materials from the Angkor temples, history and religion of Pre-Angkor period. Innovative mixed-media displays tell the story of the Angkor civilization and multi-lingual tour guides and audio units are also available.
This Museum is located on the road to Angkor Wat. Entrance Fee : US$12 for foreigners. Open 8.30am until 9.00pm.
1. Mine Museum
2. Cambodian Cultural Village
3. War Museum
4. Balloon Rides
5. Elephant Rides
6. Countryside Tours
7. Helicopters
8. Massage and Spa
There are numerous establishments around town that offer just about every variety of massage. it is also available at some hotels,nightclubs and hairdressers.
9. Night Club
- Given the current size of Siem Reap it is surprising and a wide choice of nightclubs.
Tonle Sap Lake
Cambodia `s Great lake is the most prominent feature on the map of Cambodia, a huge dumbbells - shaped body of water stretching across the northwest section of the country. In the rainy season, the Tonle Sap Lake is one of the largest freshwater lake in Asia, swelling to an expansive 12,000km2.

Sunset on the boat of Tonle Sap lake

Chong Khneas Floating Village

Among the non - temple related activities in Siem Reap is a visit to the floating village. About three - hour long boat ride to the floating village most recently cost US$ 15 per person if you are less then 10 people. Completed with driver and boat, the boat goes through the floating village and there is an opportunity for you to stop at the small Floating Schools to give notebooks , pen , pencil and other materials to school children.etc

Kompong Pluk Floating Village

Kampong Pluk is one of the three Floating Villages of the bank along the Tonle Sap lake. The stilted house built within the floodplain of the lake about 16 kms Southeast of Siem Reap town. It is a stilted house and it is a beautiful rather than Chong Kneas Floating Village. The houses are stilted to around 6 meters in heigh. You can go to visit this Kampong Pluk every year on September until January.

Prek Toal is an area of the Tonle Sap lake who reserved as Biosphere. The Biosphere covers 31,282 hectares at the Northwest tip of Tonle Sap lake and it has many species of the large waterbirds such as : Black - headed Ibis, Painted Stork, Milky Stork, Spot - billed Pelican, Grey - headed fish Eagle and many more species. Prek Toal is the most accessible from Siem Reap and the most beautiful bird area. You can go to visit Bird Area in between November and January every year but the best time to visit there on December.

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Remote Attraction Sites

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Welcome To Siem Reap Cambodia

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Hi.to all our friendly readers,we are very pleased that you have taken the time to read about our Remote Attraction Place . This itinerary is flexible and may be adjusted to suit your requirements.

Remote Attraction Sites

There are a variety of day trips available outside of Angkor Complex or Siem Reap town center, such as visits to a local weaving village, a shooting range, Kbal Spean, Kulen mountain, Beng Melea, Koh Ker temple group, Bird Sanctuary at Tonle Sap Lake, Pre- Angkor period: Sambor Prei Kuk temple group, Banteay Chhmar temple and Cambodian hilltribe in Rattanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces.
The must-see, can-not-miss day trip is the Banteay Srei temple and Kbal Spean National Park. This site can be easily reached by a nice trip through rural Cambodia.

I - KULEN MOUNTAIN RESORT

- It is around 70 kms away from Siem Reap town center.
Full Day Tour :

1 - A thousand Shiva Lingas on the riverbed.

2. A huge reclining Buddha statue and pagoda on the summit of this mountain.
3. The 2 levels of waterfall and reclining Vishnu statue god in the water along the riverbed.
4. Some of the temples on the summit of this mountain at the beginning of Angkor period ( 802 - 850 )

2 - BENG MEALEA TEMPLE.

- It is around 70 kms away from Angkor Wat or Siem Reap town center.
Full Day Tour :
- This temple is sprawled and covered by a jungle over one square kilometer ( natural temple in Cambodia ).
Transport and Guide Services :

3 - KOH KER TEMPLE GROUP

Full Day Tour
- It is situated in Preah Vihear province : around 150 km away from Siem Reap town center.
These temples were built in 922 - 944. Now, those temples are under the trees and ruin place. This place has around 100 temples.

4 : PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE :
- It is situated in Preah Vihear province : around 180 km away from Siem Reap town center or Angkor Wat.
The largest Hindu temple in the world was built in 11th century.
FULL DAY TOUR
The world heritage site was just listed and recorded by UNESCO on 7th July 2008.

5 : SAMBOR PREI KUK :

- Full Day Tour :
- It is situated in Kompong Thom province : around 160 km away from Siem Reap town center or Angkor Wat. This area was : 6th > 8th century of Cambodia. It has around 100 temples.
6 : BANTEAY CHHMAR TEMPLE
Full Day Tour
- It is situated in the Banteay Meanchey province : around 160 km away from Siem Reap - Angkor. this temple is sprawled and covered by a jungle and ruin place.

-7 : KBAL SPEAN MOUNTAIN:

- It is situated on th Northern of Angkor Wat temple. This place is around 60 kms away from Siem Reap town center. It has a thousand Shiva Linga on the riverbed and reclining Vishnu God on the river-bed.

Send me any inquiries you might have. I will be only to happy to reply and give you any information on Cambodia you require. E-mail Address: sowanna012@yahoo.com OR CALL + 855-12 76 81 93.
Please give us one week notice or more than one week. Less than one week We will not accept any booking.

Type of Vehicle	Full Day	Kbal Spean	Kulen Mountain	Beng Mealea temple	Koh Ker temple	Banteay Chhmar temple	Preah Vihear temple
Car 4 Seats		US$ 60 per car	US$ 70 per car	US$ 70 per car	$120 per car	US$ N/A	US$ N/A
Van 8,12 and 15 Seats		US$ 70 per van	US$ 90 per van	US$ 90 per van	$150 per van	US$ 180 per van	US$ 230 per van
Bus 25 , 35 and 45 seats		US$ 120	US$ 150	US$ 150	$190	US$ N/A	US$ N/A
4 WD-CRV/Pajero/Landcruiser		US$ 75	US$ 100	US$ 100	$150	US$ N/A	US$ N/A

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Hotel Services

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Welcome To Siem Reap Cambodia

Your Dreams Can Become Reality In Cambodia

Cambodian Guide Services

Siem Reap - Angkor has an ever-growing number of hotel and guesthouse rooms, and a variety that is wide enough satisfy all tastes and requirements. There are now several three star , four star and five star hotels in Siem Reap town, especially along the airport road and Angkor road and old market areas.Less expensive mid-range rooms with A/C, Cable TV and hot water are available in a variety of styles and looks and begins at around US$30 or US$60 but average US$60 - US$120. More expensive usually means newer, more stylish rooms and more hotel services. Budget guesthouse,usually Khmer family-run, cost US$15 - US$25 per night. Dozens of budget places are scattered across town.

If you are interested in the hotels and Guesthouse, please send me a query .We are very pleased to reply to all of your Questions and Queries within 24 hours. All budgets can be caterd for. We look forward to seeing you soon. I will act as your agent in package holiday/Tours in Siem Reap - Angkor and Phnom Penh city. If you wish to , Please contact us with your requirements.

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Testimonial Of Our Visitors

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Hi Mr. Sowanna,

sorry for this late reply.

we enjoyed the trip very much under Mr. Sowanna's service. it was good to see those ancient temples. and also the interesting stories behind every carving on the temples.

regarding the school, I was thinking maybe it's better to spend the money on things like books or equipment for student's daily use , instead of paving up the ground area. because we all actually grow up from the small village surrounding by the similar natural environment also,

and we found normally it is the natural surrounding(tree, grass, sand) that really helps in a child's development. however, i know Mr.sowanna and the school teachers know what is best for the kids.we were happy looking at the teachers and students. thanks Mr. sowanna brought us there,given us a chance to donate some in helping them.

if i am going Cambodia again next time, I will contact Mr. sowanna again for sure.

thanks a lot, hereby attached a photo of us taken by Mr.sowanna.

( orkun. thank you )

regards,

chao ling and friends. Malaysia 2010

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I promise to show you the real Cambodia in a fun, safe and affordable fashion. My reputation has been built on over ten years experience designing tours that highlight the best cultural, historic and outdoor features of my country.

Please take a look at my website and contact me if you would like to schedule my services.

Or-kun! ( thank you in Cambodia ).

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Special thank for family - Helga Wiig Stangeland & Daniel Ueland came from Norway who donated the 17 Dictionaries in different kind for our supporting School in English language to keep in library. I and English teachers and students would like to pray for Lord Buddha to bless your family to meet

all happiness and good health and long life forever.

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Hi Sowanna,

That is fine that you used the money for a house instead of the books/pens. You would know best how to help your people.
I would highly recommend Sowanna as a tour guide in the Siem Reap area. He was always prompt and reliable, his driver and van were very solid, his prices reasonable, and he was very knowledgeable.

Sowanna efficiently lead us through as many sites as we wanted to see. He was conscious that our pace was good for all, with breaks as needed. We covered extensively that region in 3 days with him.

He was flexible and had a very nice way about him. He was trustworthy and easy to be with for long periods. He cares for the people of Cambodia, and helps facilitate their rise towards their middle class by helping them help themselves. He treats everyone with respect, but provides outsiders an understanding of the everyday life for typical Cambodians with peeks into their housing, yards, foods, villages, schools, etc.

All our best to Sowanna Yun!Special thank for family - Dayle & John came from Australia who donated a small house for old & poor Cambodian family. I and a Cambodian family would like to pray for Lord Buddha to bless your family to meet all happiness and good health and long life forever.
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Hi Sowanna, Ian is travelling at the moment so I offered to respond to your last email. The memories of our trip will remain with us for a very long time. We all enjoyed our short time in Cambodia, made all the more special with your guidance and help. Thank you for arranging the water pumps so promptly. We were very glad to be able to help in this way. Please keep in touch, probably better to contact me as Ian travels frequently. We would like to help more in the future, so let's keep in touch to see how that can be arranged.
Best regards

Ian & Susan Baron

Special thank for family - Ian & Susan Baron came from United Arab Emirate who donated the 2 Clean Water pumps for Cambodian family. I and villagers would like to pray for Lord Buddha to bless your family to meet all happiness and good health and long life forever

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After doing much search on the Internet and asking friends for recommendations we contacted the Cambodian Guide (www.cambodianguide.com) to be our guide during our 5 day trip to Siem Reap Dec. 2009.
It was the best decision we took! Sowanna Yun was most knowledgeable and friendly. Every email I sent to him was promptly replied. Our flight out was delayed one day due to heavy snow but Sowanna rearranged everything right away and kept me informed of all the changes by email and by SMS. When we finally arrived in Siem Reap there was our Tuk Tuk driver, a lovely man called Vanna, waiting for us to take us to see the floating village at Tonle Sap Lake.
The next day we were picked up punctually at 5 am to see Angkor Wat at sunrise. It’s a most breathtaking sight when you first see the silhouette of the 5 towers and the reflection in the water (of the pond in front of Angkor Wat) against the sky as the day becomes lighter and brighter. It was a magical moment and it surpassed all my expectations! The next two days were spent visiting various different temples, like Angkor Thon, Banyon, Ta Phrom with many gigantic trees with powerful roots that coil around the ancient stone slabs like a huge cobras, waiting to become alive!
We were very interested in visiting the charity project that Sowanna supports, Home Stay Volunteer Teacher Org. www.hvto.org , so we ask Sowanna to take us there. It’s a project that teaches 2 villages English after school or work. It’s located about 40 km from Siem Reap, on the way to Bang Melea Temple. We stopped at a market to pick up lots of notebooks and pencils for the children. Basically HVTO, initiated by Sim Piseth, a young Cambodian guide in his 20s, built 3 classrooms next to a primary school to teach English to any villager who wishes to learn. Currently they have about 600 pupils (children, adults, monks) and the classes are held throughout the day.
The children were very enthusiastic and eager learners, they also had very neatly written notebooks! We were amazed by their beautiful handwriting, in both Khmer and English.
A competent and energetic young Australian lawyer was teaching on the day we visited; she was being assisted by a Khmer speaking Cambodian teacher as well. She told us that the pupils are very keen, but the days are too short so classes have to stop around 5:30 pm due to darkness. The village doesn’t have electricity, and the school doesn’t have power generator to charge batteries for lighting. She also told us that many basic things, like toothbrush, tooth paste, soaps, flip flops, are luxury items, so she’s organising a donation of lots of toothbrushes so the children will have nice healthy teeth.
This visit was the second highlight of our visit as it made us understand how everyone of us could help by contributing just a little time and/or money to solve some very basic things in life. HVTO is a most worthy project and we have decided to work with Sowanna to help it grow; the next item on the list is a power generator so they can have light and learn in the evenings as well.
A last note, we loved being driven around by our Tuk Tuk driver, Vanna. He was always punctual and smiling! He took us to a simple restaurant that served delicious Cambodian food! We could have gone there for every meal. He also took us to Healthy Hands for a 4-hand oil massage. Pure bliss! On the last day Vanna took us to the airport and we were very sad to leave him and beautiful Cambodia!For now all our best wishes and blessings to you! We miss Cambodia! Susi, Jakob and my mother Lee

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Special thank to family - Susi Ma, Jakob and mother Lee came from England who donated the power generator for our supporting school in English language. I ,teachers,students and community would like to pray for Lord Buddha to bless your family to meet all happiness and good health and long life forever

.李持勤
Lee Chi-Chin
From the province of Hunan, 湖南

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HI SOWANNA,WE ARRIVED BACK OK TO THAILAND.I HAVE SENT SOME PHOTOS FOR YOU.I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR A FANTASTIC HOLIDAY, YOU REALLY MADE IT VERY MEMORABLE FOR US ALL.I WILL BE IN TOUCH AND I ALREADY HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO WILL USE YOUR SERVICE WHEN THEY COME FOR A HOLIDAY TO CAMBODIA.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

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Welcome To the Kingdom Of Cambodia

The best way to see everyday life as well as the special sights in Cambodia is to arrange a guide. They take the hassle out of getting around and explain the detail of the temples and the sights. They also have insight having lived and worked as a local. The guide we had was really great and he helped us to maximise our time in Cambodia by taking us to our prefered list of temples along with offering us a chance to experience Cambodian life. He gave us great choices, noticed when we were hot or tired and offered us options. He took great photos which allowed us to soak up the experience. I would highly recommend this guided tour option. http://www.cambodianguide.com/

More Info : www.pamincambodia.blogspot.com

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Finding a Trustworthy Guide in Cambodia

My latest trip to Cambodia was an absolute pleasure, and many thanks goes to my Cambodian Guide, Mr. Sowanna Yun (
http://www.cambodianguide.com ). "Wanna" speaks Khmer, Thai and English. He is very knowledgeable about the history of Cambodia and Angkor Wat, as well as all of the ruins throughout the region. Wanna arranged every aspect of our recent trip, and it went off without a hitch. I found him to be honest and helpful, and he went out of his way to make our trip the best it could be. I now consider him a friend and can't wait until our next trip there in 2009. Wanna has already started planning that trip for us, and I can't wait to reunite with him for another great adventure.
More Info. http://seaexplorer.blogspot.com

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Hi Sowanna,
We had a great time in Cambodia and then went to Vietnam for several days. I am now back in the U.S. and have attached some of the group pictures per your request.
Thank you for doing such a great job at sharing your beautiful country with us. The people we met were so friendly and I highly recommend that everyone experience the rich culture and learn from the history that Cambodia has to offer. We enjoyed your stories and will recommend your services to our friends.
Best wishes,
Parul
psomani@mba2009.hbs.edu
Special thanks to Ms. Parul and friends who used our pick up services in Cambodia on 11 - 16 May 2009. May the Lord Buddha bless all of you and family to meet all happiness and longevity

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I and my group (altogether 5 women) spent 5 days in Cambodia. We arranged our program in advance with Sowanna and he booked for us an excellent hotel as we agreed on it. Our trip was excellent and memorable thank to our guide to Sowanna. He’s a very talented, experienced guide so we could rely on him every time.
He’s very flexible and accomplised all of our wishes. For example On the way to Beng Melea – to a distant but a very interesting and intact place – we realized in a village that a wedding ceremony was held and as we were interested Sowanna arranged for us to participate ont he ceremony and to take photos there. These was a magical moment for us.
He knows well every monument and buildings he could show us the best places for taking photos. He could show us the most interesting places among the historical places and int he villages too.
Our bus was always very clean and we got cool fresh water every day in the bus during the trip. He took us restaurants where we could ate safe and healthy food. It’s also very important.
So, I could recommend to everybody to take their visit to Cambodia with Sowanna. If anybody need any information about him or about our travel, please feel free to write me: zelko.csilla@mkb.hu or csillogo11@gmail.com
Dear Sowanna, I hope you are satisfied with my testimony. I wish you all the best and good luck in your job and private life too.
Best regards,
Csilla
HUNGARY
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Dear Mr. Wanna, Our trip to Cambodia was amazing. We learned so much about your country, both past and present, in just three short days. It felt like we were in another world, one so rich with history, both glorious and spiritual, yet a recent history so incredibly painful. Irene and I both felt a great deal of respect for you, Mr. Bunto and the Cambodian people for how you and your country are pulling themsleves out of a difficult time and making the best of the great things you have: your temples, your forests and lakes, your culture and most of all, the beauty of the people from deep within. I would like to thank you and Mr. Bunto for all of the incredible knowledge you shared with us, but also your personal stories, your opinions and your observations. Thank you for not only helping to give us a great tourist experience, but also a great human experience. Visiting Cambodia was the highlight of our two week Songkran holiday. Thank you for sharing your life, your history and your culture with us.
Again, thank you for making our trip so rich. Maryan Cerina
mcerina@hotmail.com
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Special thanks to Maryan Cerina and Irene Brinkman came from Canada who used our pick up services in Cambodia ( 16 - 18 April 2009 ).
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Wanna - The Greatest Tour Guide in Cambodia

Kelly recommended this tour guide to me 3 weeks before we left for Cambodia.
After few correspondences with him via email, WANNA (aka Yun Wanna) officially became our tour guide for the temple visiting.
I wonder if it is due to the female-dominant culture or the mindset of a traditional Cambodian, he was surprised when he found out it was a She (instead of a Guy) who sent him the emails during our first meet up in Le Tigre De Papie
He guided us for 4 days, including the trip to Angkor City (3-days), Beng Mealea temple and Tonle Sap Lake. Besides telling good legends, he is good in taking photographs, he knows which angle or poses are the best to potray the magnificent view of the tourist spots.
To be frank, I have never meet any impressive tour guide in my life. Wanna is the first who change my stereotype on a tour guide. I remember how he guided us along the journey, I respect his professionalism and passion into his guiding job, I remember how he cheered me up on the second day of the temple visiting, I remember how he called me 'philip, philip...' throughout the journey...WANNA, we appreaciate all your efforts.
As a tour guide, you have done a great job. You are the best companion of our trip!! Some says:"When the going gets tough, the tough gets going", YES!! The challenges and the hardships that we encountered and passed through along the journey will defnitely become one of the utmost traveling in our life!!
More Info. :
http://jimuisss.blogspot.com/2009/03/wanna-greatest-tour-guide-in-cambodia.html
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Hi Sowanna,

Yes. I restarted my job. My wife made plenty of photos, as you know. Currently she is working on a huge entry in her internet blog describing our travel in detail. You can see this entry on http://wild-forever.livejournal.com/, tag "cambodia". It is all in Russian, though, but you will see a lot of pictures there. She mentioned you couple of times in a very positive way, and mentioned that you "can't survive in Phnom Penh without a guide" (meaning you):))). She has not finished yet.Our trip on July 23rd was fine, bus was on time. We spent couple of hours in museum and then ate at a restaurant near Sisowath queue.I have very pleasant memories of Cambodia and will recommend you to my friends if somebody decides to go to your country. Maybe i'll come to your country again sometime. So, let's keep in touch.Good luck to you and your family,Dmitry and Nadia.

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Special thanks to Dmitry & Nadia who came from Russian and used our pick up services in Cambodia from 15 - 23 July 2009 in Phnom Penh city, Takeo province, Phnom Chiso & Tonle Bati temples and came to Siem Reap Angkor and Preah Vihear temple. May the Lord Buddha bless you and family to meet all happiness and longevity.

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Special Thanks to YUN WANNA, our guide for great services provided and making our trip unforgettable experience. Our greatest recommendation!!!

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Sowanna is a very professional, very reliable guide, and a very good person too. He knows everything about Cambodia and Angkor temples. My trip was flawless. Strongly recommended!

Igor Bakman
(igorbk@gmail.com

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Special thanks to Igorb Bakman came from Israel who pick up our services in Cambodia and posted many pictures of our country. May the God bless you and family to meet all happiness and longevity.
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Написав несколько писем, я узнал, что на сайте http://www.cambodianguide.com можно узнать все подробности о стране, о памятниках архитектуры, древних храмах, религии и истории, а также о стоимости гостинниц и дополнительных услугах. Так как моя поездка была ограничена во времени, было принято решение воспользоваться услугами этого гида и автомобилем с водителем. Кстати, Если вы едете компанией, например 4-8 человек, то тогда можно заказать микроавтобус с водителем, а если больше - не вопрос забронировать большой автобус на группу. При этом стоимость в расчёте на одного человека будет совсем смешной.
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Special thanks to Pavel and Regina who used our pick up services in Cambodia and posted many pictures of Cambodia.
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Dear sowanna
Happy to see your email ...we all arrived here safely and was sharing our expereince with all my freinds here in singapore ..a good time.
Same time..happy to see that you have a new group coming to visit cambodia next week and same time you will be taking them around...Keep up the good work...

Myself will definitely recommend my friends/colleague to you as a "guide" for their future trip,...

Byeee for now...kusum...
kusumkb@yahoo.com.sg

Special thanks to Jitendra Bhilare and family who used our pick up services in Cambodia on 11 - 14 June 2009
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Hello Sowanna,
Natalie and Hayden are extremely thankful to their guide and driver for making their first trip to Cambodia one of the best holidays they have ever been on. The guide was able to be flexible with our requests and adapt his speed to our requirements. The driver was always there and ready with a lovely cold bottle of water. The guide and driver were always on time, efficient, friendly. It could not have been better and we love Cambodia . Cant wait to come back and we will certainly contact Sowanna again when we do.
Kind regards,
Natalie

Special thanks to Natalie and Hayden (Natalie.Lee@infor.com ) came from Singapore who used our pick up services in Cambodia on 14 - 16 March 2009. May God bless you and family to meet all happiness and longevity.
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Dear Sowanna,
It is now almost one year since I visited your wonderful country. You were my eyes and my ears and introduced me to everything Cambodia has to offer to the western tourist.
You were a kind and extremely knowledgeable guide and I had a wonderful time in your country. I have shown my photographs to many friends here and all have been very impressed. Obviously the Anghor Wat sites impressed but, more than that, some of the shots we have of the real people of Cambodia, their life by the river, etc have had a big effect on my friends.
I will be very happy to return to Cambodia in the next few years. It is a tourist destination without compare and I plan to return soon. Needless to say, when I do return, you will be my guide.
Kindest regards,
John Butterworth
j.butterworth@clix.pt

Special thanks to John Butterworth came from Portugal who used our pick up services in Cambodia. May the God bless you and family to have a happiness and longevity.
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Many thanks to Cambodian Guide : SowannaWe travelled to Siem Reap last November (we are a couple).Before travelling, and according to other reviews read here, decided on a personal guide to help us around siem reap (we were travelling from Lisbon to London, London to K. Lumpur, and from there to Siem Reap), staying only two days.Before departure, we contacted, by e-mail, severel private guides, in order to stablish a tour, suited to our needs, as well as get quotations.Well, he received several answers back, but, without a doubt, the most professional one was the chosen one: Mr. Sowanna Yun (http://www.cambodianguide.com/).We could not ask for more. It started with the fact that we, on the survey e-mails sent, we mentioned that we were arriving at 10 o\'clock in the morning, and wanted to start seing things on that day.Sowanna was the only guide that actually read the e-mail, so his purposal was to pick us up in the airport, taking us to hotel, for check in, etc, and not, as we saw in other guides: \"sunrise at 5 oﾃつｴclock in the morning\"... His answer, besides being the fastest one, was the best.During our tour Mr. Sowanna was not late not even once, and not even a minute.Even if we decided to sleep an hour after lunch, he would wait for us at the reception.We managed to visit a lot of temples during our 2 days stay... exactly the ones we wanted, and at the best times (Sowanna knows the hours to see every temple, so we are always able to visit when there are fewer people there - we have lots of photos in which you see no one...).Also, he knows how to take pictures - always checking for the best angles - and he has no problems in sending everyone else off the site... just to take a picture of you... alone! lolIt is also good to mention that he carries, in his car, lots of refrigerated water, that is kept fresh throughtout the day, with massives amounts of ice, and that he is always offering to you - included on the price.As it is too hot, Mr. Sowanna is always making sure that you catch the cold air from the car\'s A/C.One other thing that was important to us, was that not even once the guide tried to take us to the \"comission shops\". The only visit to an artisans centre was replaced by sleeping hours, without any complaint from Mr. Sowanna.With him, our experience was the best of all. Just enough words, just enough temples, just enough explanations, and we honestly believe our journey would not have been the same if we had other guide.And, believe me, although we are experienced travellers, we did not know what we were going to find.Keeping it short - http://www.cambodianguide.com/ - Mr. Sowanna Yun, in fact the only guide in Cambodja.In case you have some specific questions, please contact us.Greetings from PORTUGAL!
Mr. joao : http://us.mc318.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=joao762@msn.com : Tel. 351937405723

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Dear Sowanna, Here are some photos as promised. We have a very nice collection of photos from the trip and some good memories. We like to thank you very much for a great and safe trip through the Angkor Wat temple area. Clear explanation, flexible tour scheme, professional attitude, reliable up on appointments. You did a great job, both as a guide and private photographer. Kind regards, Marloes
edmarloes@live.nl
Special thanks to Marloes de Saegher and family came from Holland who used our pick up services in Cambodia on 21st - 23 May 2009. May the Lord Buddha bless you and family to meet all happiness and longevity.
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Dear Sowanna,
“Thanks Sowanna for the good visit during these 3 days ! You respect all our wishes, with nice optimization of the visit.
We sincerely appreciate your explanation on all history, with good sence of humor.
We wish you all the best for you and your family
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Special thanks to Annick Deschamps and friends came from France who used our pick up services in Cambodia - Angkor. May the God bless you and family to meet all happiness and longevity.
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Hi Sowanna,
Thanks for guiding us around Angkor Wat, Bayon, and all the other great treasures of Siem Reap. We really appreciated it and learned quite a lot from you. And, our best-taken photos are those on the first day with you. :D A lot fun indeed.
Please find attached some photos with you. You may take any to show on your website. For our future friends visiting Cambodia , I would definitely recommend your accompany.
Best regards,
Jean Liu
jean.liu@ourexplorer.cn
+86 139 1731 6531
www.OurExplorer.com/tour-guide-jean-liu-1382.aspx
**** local guides, local wisdom *****

Special Thanks To Ms. Jean Liu`s group came from China who used our pick up services in Cambodia - Angkor Wat .
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Good Morning Sowanna, I'm very good, thanks for asking. How's everything over there?Is it stil raining? We got plenty of pictures in Cambodia actually and all of them are good. We took about 647 pictures. I actually just spoke to my boss here at work and told him about the country and i told him that you could give him a good guide over there. I'm sending him your link and he's going to check out your website and hopefully he chooses you so you could get some business. I hereby attach some of the pictures that you could probably use in your website..till the next one, you take care..
Kind Regards
Sarindran
Malaysia
indistripped@hotmail.com
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Dear Mr. Sowanna,This picture is a little thanks to you.The tour with you was great and we learned a lot.We look forward to go on a trip in history with you a second time!Greetings,Elga Menning
German
elgamenning@t-online.de
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Hi. Sowanna
Thanks for a great day showing us angkor wat.
Best greatings from four happy norwegians.
Tom Faye
tfaye@bluezone.no
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Hi. Wanna,Just wanted to send you a quick email to let you know that I had agreat time on the visit two weeks ago. We really enjoyed your tour ofSiem Reap and the Angkor temples. In particular, it was great to hearyour perspective on Cambodia's history and its relations with yourneighboring countries. Cambodia has survived some incrediblechallenges, and it sounds like there are more to come.I'd love to stay in touch -- best of luck in the future.Jason Bhardwaj
USA
jason.bhardwaj@gmail.com

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Photo Gallery

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Photo Album

Floating house at Tonle Sap lake

Sowanna loves the countryside more than city

Floating house at Tonle Sap lake

Their houses have moved up and down to the Great lake refers to the season

Kampong Pluk Floating Village

Countryside Tours

Cambodian people works on the rice field

How the Khmer people to make the rice-field

How the Khmer children to play at countryside

How the Khmer children to take care their cows after plowed a field was over

How is the natural of Cambodia at the countryside

How is Khmer people to transport their rice after harvest was over

How the Khmer people to make their rice-field

How the Khmer children to take their animals to go home at evening time

How the Khmer children to feed their animals in the countryside

How the Khmer people to find the fish in the countryside

How the Khmer people to transport the rice bundle

Preah Vihear temple ( 11th-century ) is the largest Hindu temple in the world and was listed & recorded by Unesco on 7th July 2008.

Cambodian - Unesco flags on mountaintop of Preah Vihear temple

Koh Ker temple group picture ( 9th-century ) was provided by Shan Shan Law from Australia on 26 June 2009 who used our pick up services.

Koh Ker temple group picture ( 9th-century ) was provided by Shan Shan Law from Autralia on 26 June 2009 who used our pick up services.

Beng Mealea temple picture was provided by Shan Shan Law from Australia on 26 June 2009 who used our pick up services.

Beng Mealea temple picture ( 12th-century ) was provided by Shan Shan Law from Australia on 26 June 2009 who used our pick up services.

Zelko Cssila `s group came from Hungary at Beng Mealea temple last year ( 12th-century temple ) was provided by zelko.csilla@mkb.hu who used our pick up services.

Taprohm temple : early 13th - century of Buddhist temple, this photo is on the North gate

Taprohm temple : early 13th-century of Buddhist temple

Preah Khan temple : early 13th - century of Buddhist temple

The gate of Preah Khan temple

North Gate of former Angkor Thom city

Angkor Wat temple at rain fall : 12th - century of largest Hindu temple in the world

The Rebirth of school Art in Siem Reap - Angkor

The Rebirt of School Art in Siem Reap - Angkor

How to get married and wedding ceromony in Cambodia

Laywomen had joined with the wedding ceromony in the countryside

One of local Markets is in Siem Reap province

Sunset on the Tonle Sap lake ( A great lake in Asia )

Bayon temple at noon : early 13th - century of Buddhist temple

Children on the Tonle Sap lake

Along the Tonle Sap lake boat

Training school of Traditional Dance

One of Cambodian women was selling the Spiders along the bus stop station

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Introduction To Cambodia

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Welcome To the Kingdom of Cambodia

- Land areas : 181,035 square kilometer`s that border with the countries of Thailand, Lao and Vietnam.
- Capital city : Phnom Penh
- Population : Over 14 million in 2008
- Official language : Khmer
- Second language : English and French
- Religion : Buddhism : 90 percent
- Cambodian currency : Riel
- Measurement : Metric system
- Time : GMT + 7 hours
- Electricity : High voltage 220v/50hz
- Country code : 855
Prepared by Mr. Sowanna Yun, English and Thai speaking guide in Siem Reap - Angkor - Cambodia. E-mail : sowanna012@yahoo.com

Getting Into Cambodia

Cambodian Visa and Transit

As long as your passport has not expired, Cambodian visa can be obtained at Arrival in Siem Reap Airport, Phnom Penh Airport and border crossing checkpoint with Thailand, Vietnam and Loas. The price of a Cambodian Visa is US$ 20 can use 30 days in Cambodia.

FLIGHT SERVICES

Direct flight to Siem Reap - Angkor
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Airport Departure Tax to leave Cambodian Country : US$25 per person

Bus Services

Bus travel is now the most popular means of overland transport between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and Poi Pet - Siem Reap Angkor. The road (National Route #6) is paved and smooth and there are several regularly scheduled daily buses in both directions, ( Phnom Penh - Siem Reap ) taking only 5 or 6 hours to make the trip. ( Poi Pet - Siem Reap only 2 hours to make the trip.)

River Ferry

Daily ferries runs on the Tonle Sap river and lake between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and Battambang province. The end of the trip is marked by a hill, Phnom Krom, near the ferry dockyard at Chong Khneas 12 km south of Siem Reap Angkor. During the dry season when the water is low, the ferry stops short of the dockyard and passengers transfer to smaller boats to traverse the final few hundred meters.

International Overland Border Crossings

Cambodia shares overland border crossings with Thailand at Poipet, Koh Kong, O'smach, Pailin, Kam Reang and Unlung Veng checkpoint. Cambodia shares an overland border crossing with Vietnam at Bavet and Moc Bai checkpoint.Cambodia shares an overland border crossing with Lao country at Voeung Kam checkpoint.

One of the border crossings at Poi Pet : Thai - Cambodian border checkpoint.

Banking and Money

Riels are used as the Cambodian currency. The Riel notes start from 100 and go all the way to 100,000. The notes are as follows:
100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 and 100,000. The Exchange rate is 1 USD = 4,000Riel. US dollars are a widely used currency in Cambodia , but you will need some Cambodian Riels to make small purchases. 500 and 1000 Riels note are the most common and useful denominations. Hotels and most restaurants set prices in US dollars. Some places accept credit cards
and traveler cheque. Master Card and American Express are coming into wider use. Most businesses charge a 2% to 4% fee to accept credit cards.
Communication
Cambodian country calling country code is 855. International calls run less than $3 per minute. Local calls are 500 Riel/ minute and domestic long distances are $1 per minute. Some of the Internet places offer very inexpensive Internet phone service.
Materials and Clothes
Cambodia is a hot country so you do not need to bring winter clothing with you. Wear light, airy, clothing to protect yourself from the sun. The sun can be intense so bring a hat, and sunglasses. Carry an umbrella or raincoat with you during the wet season, wear practical shoes for climbing narrow steps and walking on uneven surfaces. Photographers should prepare for very bright light outdoor and heavily shadowed indoor photography, bring very low and high ASA films, a lens sun shield and a couple of extra batteries.
Working Hour
Cambodian offices and others start to open their offices at 7:30AM to 11:30AM. Resting at afternoon to start it again at 14:00PM to 17:00PM closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Cambodia standard time is seven hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. It is in the same time zone as Vietnam , Laos and Thailand .

Religion

The religion governed the concept and execution of all Khmer art and architecture is enhanced by an understanding of the religious beliefs of the Khmers.
According to belief, when a person died his soul was reincarnated and his spirit became free. The former religious practices, which were adopted in Cambodia at a later date recognized a common belief in rebirth , the idea that one is born again and again in different forms. At the present time, 90% of the
the Cambodian people are of the Buddhist religion. Hinduism for the most part has gone away.

Food Facts

In Cambodia , 90% of the population depends on their own agriculture. Their main source of food is rice, which they grow only once a year. This is only through the rainy season, which starts in May and ends in October. The Cambodian's only grow enough rice to feed 85% of their population with about 2 meals a day. The rice grown is 90% rice paddy and 10% glutinous rice.
Climate
Cambodia has tropical weather, which makes the country very warm and humid. The maximum temperature ranges from 26.5oc to 27.5oc (April is the hottest month) and the minimum temperature ranges from 24oc to 26.5oc (December is the coolest month). These temperatures can vary in mountainous and plateau areas. Because Cambodia 's seasons are affected by monsoons they are not too hot or too cool. In Cambodia , the temperature changes less than 4c, through out the year so it is very suitable for tourists.
Cambodia has two main seasons:
Dry season: From November to April, affected by dry wind, which blows from Siberi (Northeast Monsoon).
Rainy season: From May to October, affected by wind bringing rain, which blows from the sea to the continent (Southwest Monsoon). The two seasons might change a little from year to year and area to area.

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You will not be disappointed in visiting Cambodia.
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Architectural features
One of the overriding design features of the Khmer temples is the symmetry with which they were built. Layouts of temples and monasteries are all symmetrical around a central axis. This symmetry provides mirrored image, profiles or silhouettes around a central dominant architectural feature such as the central tower on the grand scale or the main porticos on the axial routes. There are several distinct architectural features common throughout Khmer architecture.
Artistic features
Most of the artistry was derived from concepts imported from south India that Cambodian people's remarkable artistic talents were able to embellish these concepts in many wonderful ways. It is hard to believe that the artistry found in the decorated Lintels and the kilometer of relief is often over a thousand years old.
Statuary
Khmer sculpture is among the finest in the world. Remarkable figures in stone and bronze reflect the skills of Cambodian artists. The sculptures carved in stone were an integral part of temple architecture as Guardians protecting the temple, Lion guarding stairways, multi-headed Naga, protective snakes, Free-standing guardian Lions, etc. There are also elements of worship such as the Linga and Yoni, symbolic Shivaite images of the male and female, which represent destruction and rebirth and beautifully inscribed stone with information on foundation and function of the temple, are still present in many of the complexes.
Khmer Civilization
Angkor Empire is a national historical park, it has land area around 400 squares kilometers that attracted tourist came to visit the historical park. Our knowledge of Khmer Civilization is based on information from inscriptions on stones (stele) left by many of the khmer kings, recounting the religious and political achievements and old Chinese texts written by travelers and ambassadorial missions contain many details about the khmers. In the early centuries of our era, Cambodia or Khmer, like other countries in South-east Asia got Indian culture from trading, which probably started in Cambodia in the first centuries BC in the start of Funan empire (Southern Cambodia at present time), Facing the Gulf of Thailand. It happened gradually, mainly through trading with the Southern Kingdoms of India. The Khmer ruling class, without abandoning their own custom and traditions, selected and adopted what they needed of Indian religious and Literary culture, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, together with the use of the Sanskrit language, which introduced a writing system and the first inscription. Towards the end of the first millennium BC, some overlords sought acceptance of their superior status from establishing central courts in important palaces, erecting sacred buildings, cultivating loyal followers, Cambodian power. In this way, Cambodian created small polities or states, without fixed frontiers. The central political and social organizations would have taken care of irrigation works, trade and warfare, and would have been used to enhance the ruler's power. The history of the Khmer empire covers several centuries, divided into two historical periods: The Pre-Angkorean, from around the first century AD till the 8 th century, which saw the emergence of the first polities of Funan and Chenla, and the Angkorean period from the 9 th to the 15 th century, which saw the unification of Funan with Chenla, marking the beginning of the Angkorean Civilization and a shift towards a continental economy. It corresponded with a period of the greatest social, cultural and artistic development. In the arts, it marks the decline of Indian influence and the beginning of the Khmer style, the relief's examined here come exclusively from temples built during this period (802-1432).
Inscriptions

Many inscriptions in Sanskrit and ancient Khmer have been found within the area of the Angkorean Empire, allowing us to reconstruct the history of Cambodia . About 1200 inscriptions have been founded so far, mostly engraved on stone slabs. Those in Sanskrit, the language elite, tell of the deeds and merits of the Kings and list the temples they endowed. Information on the common people and daily life is scarce. The inscriptions in khmer are, in most cases, a sort of inventory of the material goods of a particular personage, land and cattle ownership, list of slaves, and of the assets of the temples. Nothing has survived of the manuscripts on palm leaves. The inscriptions refer to a well-structured society, which each important personage having received a title from the king. The notion of the caste system appears to have been meaningful only for Brahmans. The rural population seems to have been closely organized around the temple's authority.
The Link Of Dynasty
The important succession to the throne in Khmer family. Cambodian King has always taken the girl family to success the throne in Cambodia . According to the legend, which appeared in Cambodian inscription, Kaundinya, landed in Funan or NOKOR PHNOM, drove his spear, which he had obtained from the god into the ground and married Soma or Liu Yeh, daughter of the serpent king (Nagaraja). In the early Chinese account, Huntien (Kaundinya) shot an arrow from his bow, frightened the sylvan queen and married. According to Cambodian legend, Preah Thong, son of a king in India , chased from his home, went to Kok Thlok ( Cambodia ), made war and seized the throne and married a naga princess. The Nagaraja or the King serpent helped him to create a Kingdom and changed its name to Kambuja. A grain of historical truth in these accounts seems to be that an Indian Brahman, who took the name of Kaundinya, whom the Chinese call Huntien, married a Khmer or native princess and became king. This story seems to have been brought across at this time or a little later and the spear substituted for the bow and arrow of the legend. Nearly all subsequent kings of Funan, Chenla, and Kambuja trace their genealogies back to the Lunar dynasty of Kaundinya and soma or Liu-yeh. As I told you above the Khmer king took the girl family to succeed the throne because the native princess was Khmer or Cambodian whose name were called Soma, Liu-yeh or Mera. The names who were called Kambu, Kaundinya or Preah Thong was a Brahman who came into Cambodia and got married with the native Khmer girl so the native Khmer girl has the right more than newcomers. This legend, I extracted from the name book (THE ANCIENT KHMER EMPIRE )
The use of Varman as an honorary suffix
The suffix-varman, attached to a name having a religious or political significance to form the name of a King or person of high rank appeared in Cambodia . Varman in Sanskrit means "armor", and used in the sense indicated above can probably be translated as "protector". Thus, Jayavarman, from Jaya,"victory", and Varman means "protector of victory".
Establishment of a state cult
The establishment of the worship of the Shiva-Linga as the central cult of the state seems to have taken place in Funan until Angkor period, Shiva, a Vedic god, was popularly known as the destroyer in the Brahmanic Trinity (Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu), came to be worshipped in Cambodia . He was generally represented in the temples under the form of the Linga. Meaning the male symbol of generation was placed in a temple on the hill, which formed the Center of every capital in Cambodia with the welfare of the state. This worship of the Shiva-Linga seems from the first, to have been recognized as the state cult in Funan. It did not interfere with the worship of other gods. As will be seen, Vishnuism and Mahayana Buddhism flourished under the immediate successors of Khmer Kings. Today in Cambodia is entrusted on the Sacred Sword or Preah Khan, palladium of the kingdom who helps to choose a king in case of a disputed succession.
How a king of Cambodia was chosen
The King was apparently chosen by Council of Ministers, who had been appointed by his predecessors, but the choice of a new king did not take place until the demise of the old king. This is their account of the way a king was chosen. It was the custom of a Cambodia , the first in his reign, to name a Yuvaraja, whom he designated as his successor. He generally chose his eldest son. The chief minister convoked the Great council to discus and vote. The Yuvaraja must be a member of royal family.
Daily life in temples and village
It was asked by many people for us how daily life in temple and village. Evidences that archaeologists collected from inscriptions made us to know some of countryside people who lived in the past time. According to my idea is not different so much in Khmer society at the present time in countryside. It was different that Cambodia was under Hindu religion in the past. But now, Cambodia is under Buddhist religion. Every morning, the Buddhist monks have always gone out to ask the food from villagers and came back at around 11 AM. On the full moon day or other ceremonies, the people have gone to monasteries and provided the offerings or food to the monks. And in monasteries have always laymen and laywomen to help.
Architectural house or palace
The architecture of house had always taken wood, fire clay tiles, thatch and palm leaves to build in the past time. The house was always built at a high level to easily for protecting in the wild animals and water flood or domesticated animals to live under the house. The royal palace was built from decoration wood and a tile-roof. The sandstone or brick buildings were built for worship only.
Methods of transport
As you walk through the temples you will probably wonder where the enormous blocks of stone came from and how they were transported and put into place. The accomplishment of these tasks is one of the great technical achievements of the Cambodian people. A scene on the West Side, South aisle of the inner gallery of the Bayon temple in the center of Angkor Thom City depicts some of the methods used in the stone blocks. The sandstone slab was cut from the quarry place, shaped into blocks of random size and floated by rafts along the Siem Reap River from Phnom Kulen to Angkor area around 50 to 70 kilometers, one way. The blocks were then transported to the building site by elephant or oxcart, depending on the sizes. The pair of wooden pegs were driven into specially prepared holes to a sandstone block and linked by ropes to easily transport.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Important Events
Cambodia was probably divided into 4 periods:
1. Pre-historical period that the people lived in the caves throughout the country. They knew how to polish the stone and pottery.
2. The first and sixth century created a state, its name was Funan or Nokor Phnom by King Kaundinya with Queen Soma or Liu Yeh and next generations. May be in the half of sixth to the eight century created another state, its name Chenla or Zhenla. Duration in that period, Chenla itself split into two parts, upper and lower Zhenla created by King Kambu with Queen Mera and next generations. 3. Ninth to Fifteenth century is Angkor period created by King Jayavarman II with Queen Dharanindradevi and next generations.
4. Sixteenth century and until now Phnom Penh, Lovek and Phnom Penh period created by King Ponha Yat or Gam Yat with Sisa Ngam and next generations.
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This is the development of Khmer architecture, divided into stylistic periods ninth century as below:

1 . KULEN

Date: ninth century (c 825-75) King: Jayavarman II (reigned 802-50) Monuments: the Kulen temples

PREAH KO TEMPLE

Date: last quarter of the ninth century (c 875-93) King: Indravarman I (reigned 877-89) Monuments: Preah Ko (879), Bakong (881) Transitional: Lolei (893)

Bakong temple

Date: (881) King: Indravarman I Monuments: Bakong

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Bakheng temple

Date: late ninth century early tenth century (c893-925 King: Yasovarman I (reigned 889-900) Monuments: Bakheng (893), Phnom Krom, Phnom Bok Transitional: Baksei Chamkrong, Prasat Kravan (921)

KOH KER TEMPLE GROUP

Date: middle of the tenth century (c921-45) King: Jayavarman IV (reigned c921-42) Monuments: the Koh Ker Temple Groups.

PRE RUP TEMPLE

Date: middle of the tenth century (c974-65) King: Rajendravarman II (reigned 944-68) Monuments: East Mebon (952), Pre Rup (961)

BANTEAY SREI TEMPLE

Date: Last half of tenth century (c967-1000) King: Rajendravarman II and Jayavarman V Monuments: Banteay Srei (967)

Phimeanakas Temple

KLEANG TEMPLE
Date: Last tenth century early eleventh Century (c965-1010) King: Jayavarman V (reigned 968-1001) Monuments: Ta Keo (c1000, North and South Kleangs , Phimeanakas (c 970)

BAPHUON Temple

Date: Middle of eleventh century (c 1010-80) King: Suryavarman I ( reigned 1002-50) Udayadityavarman II ( reigned 1050-66 ) Monuments: Baphuon, west Mebon

Angkor Wat Temple

Date: Twelfth century (c 1100-75) King: Suryavarman II (reigned 1113 - c 50) Monuments: Beng Mealea, Chau Say Tevoda, Thommonon, Banteay Samre, Angkor Wat (1113-50)

Bayon Temple

Date: Last quarter of the twelfth and early thirteenth century (c 1177-1230)King: Jayavarman VII (reigned 1181-c1220) Monuments: Banteay Sdei (1181), Taprohm (1186), Preah Khand (1191),Tasom, Angkor Thom enclosure and Gates, Bayon (c 1200), Royal Terraces, Sras Srang, Neak Pean.

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Khmer`s Costume

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Welcome To Khmer Costume

Seven colors of Khmer`s dress

Red color is Sunday

Hi. to our friendly readers, we are very pleased that you have taken the time to look and read all the pictures before you will arrive in Cambodia. These photoes and pictures are in the temple sites such as the men`s dress and women`s dress. We have thought that all these dresses as our Khmer ancestors wore it but they made it from the silk. Some of the dresses are in the Khmer art on the temple sites and temple pictures and others.

The men`s dress in Khmer Art on the temple sites

Phnom Da temple style : 540 - 600
Phnom Kulen temple style : 802 - 875
Preah Ko temple style : 877 - 889

Phnom Bakheng style : 889 - 925

Koh Ker temple style : 921 - 944

Pre Rup temple style : 944 - 968

Banteay Srei temple style : 968 - 1,000

Baphuon temple style : 1050 - 1066

Angkor Wat temple style : 1100 - 1175

Bayon temple style : 1181 - 1220

The women`s dress in Khmer Art on the temple sites

Pre - Angkor Wat period style : 8th century

Bakong temple style : 9th century

Bakheng temple style : 889 - 925

Banteay Srei temple style : 960 - 1000

Baphuon temple style : 1050 - 1066

Angkor Wat temple style : 1100 - 1175

Bayon temple style : 1181 - 1220

Bayon temple style : 1181 - 12Bayon temple style : 1181 - 1220

The last big temple in Angkor areas

Cambodian Traditional Dance, Apsara Dance

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Cambodian History

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The Pre - Angkor Period

The Kingdom Of Funan

People Of Indo - China

At the end of the ice age (c. 12,000BC) the Indo-Chinese region is firstly inhabited by Australoid peoples. The land bridges between Malaya, the Indonesian islands and Australia are submerged. Various population groups migrate through southeast Asia. The Mon-Khmer people gradually settle in the lands which later become the kingdoms of Funan and Chenla and they become the dominant tribes in the area.

Geography Of Indo - China

The Indo-Chinese region today comprises the countries of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. It is made up of large fertile plains which lies around two rivers, the Mekong and the Tonle Sap. The land is settled by various tribes who develop the independent kingdoms.
c. 4000BC - AD100 Settlements are formed throughout the Indo-China region. The major cultural influences on the region are from China and India.

The Kingdom Of Funan

The area of present - day Cambodia was already inhabited in the 3rd millennium B.C but it was not documented historically until the beginning of the Christian era, where there rose up a kingdom that Chinese chronicles describe as Funan, from the Khmer word Phnom means Mountain. The foundation of Funan may be ascribed to a certain Kaundinya or Hun Tien who , inspired by a dream, presumably went from the India to Kambuja or Cambodia, where he married Soma or Liu Yeh, a local princess who was one of the Nagas, mythical beings that were part dragon ( Neang Neak ).

The son of Soma and Kaundinya was supposedly the founder of the first Kaundinya dynasty of Funan Empire. In the 5th-century a second Kaundinya arrived from India to revive the Indianized customs that had gone by the wayside, and beginning with King Kaundinya Jayavarman ( c 478 - 514 ) the rulers of Funan became more defined in a historical sense. Vyadhapura, their capital, is considered by some scholars to have stood at the foot of Ba Phnom in Takeo province at present-day. In AD 514 Rudravarman ascended the throne and chose Angkor Borei as his capital, where he probably lived until after AD539. In the most distinguished artistic production in this period is sculpture,which was part of the so-called Phnom Da = Phnom Da Mountain at Takeo province in the present-day. c AD 540 - 600 , named after the sacred rise near Angkor Borei, south of Phnom Penh city at the present day. For the most part the sculpture works, in sandstone, consist of portraits of Vishnu and figures connected to him, since Vishnuism must have been the religion of the sovereigns however. One of the 8 arm Vishnu statues is a good preserved in Phnom Penh museum that took it from Phnom Da temple. Shivaism is documented by numerous Lingas or Lingams, and this period witnessed the first representations of Harihara , half Shiva god and half Vishnu god. However, the architecture and fillets that support the head and arms of the portraits betray the lack of confidence the sculptors had in the stability of their work. The first statues of Buddha make their appearance in this period.

Chenla or Zhenla and The First Khmer Kingdoms

The Khmers, who were probably vasals of Funan or Nokor Phnom, came from the upper course of the Menam River and had reached the Mekong River via the Mun River Valley. Their first independent principality developed in the 5th-century, north of Tonle Sap lake: the Chinese accounts call this kingdom Zhenla and also mention the kings Shrutavarman and Shreshthavarman, whose capital Shreshthapura must have been in southern Laos. A major influence on the future history Cambodia was wrought by the Khmer kingdom of Bhavapura, in the area of present-day Kampong Thom province: its most important sovereign, Ishanavarman I, completed the conquest of Funan in AD 612 - 628 and chose Sambo Prei Kuk as his capital, renaming it Ishanapura in the center of Cambodia at the present-day. After some turmoil, Jayavarman I regained control of the kingdom in 657, but upon his death after the year 700 the kingdom broke up into numerous principalities, among which there emerged that of Shambhupura capital on the the Mekong River whose ruler King Pushkaraksha proclaimed himself king of all Kambuja in 716. According to the Chinese chronicles,in the early 8th century there were two Chenlas, a land Zhenla or upper Chenla and a water Chenla or lower Chenla : the former was united and centered around the ancient territories of Chenla, while the latter consisted of several in the area that once constituted Funan. The son of king Pushkarakasha, Shambhuvarman, and his heir, Rajendravarman I, maintained control over most of lower Chenla up to the end of the 8th center, when the Malayans and Javanese gained dominion over many Khmer prrincipalities. Artistic styles are ascribed to this period, the first of which , the Sambor Prei Kuk ( 600 - 650 ) , was named after the capital of Bhavapura, north of Kampong Thom province and ( 160 km ) southeast of Angkor Wat temple at the present-day. The foundation for future Khmer architecture in Angkor.

The Angkor Period

The Center Of The Khmer Empire or Kambuja Empire

AD802 - 1431

After the many wars, Lower Chenla and Upper Chenla, King Jayavarman II united the Kambuja. The 9th century witnessed the rise of Angkor art and architectures. The history of the capital - Nagara in Sanskrit, from which the Khmer word Nokor, Thai word Nakorn, France and English words Angkor derived - began with the grandiose consecration ritual of King Jayavarman II ( 790 - 850 ) in 802 on the holy Kulen Mountain to celebrate the independence of Kambuja or Cambodia from Javanese army occupation. That year marked the inauguration of the cult of Devaraja, the `God King` who was the terrestrial ruler with universal power.

WORK IN PROGRESS OF ANGKOR PERIOD

Prepared by

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A Short History Of The Khmer Ruling Kings In Angkor Empire
Ruler Dates The Reign

1. Jayavarman II c790 - 850 The founder of the Khmer Empire at mount Mahendra in the Kulen Mount. Later moved the capital to Hariharalaya.

2. Jayavarman III c 850 - 877 Built the laterite pyramid of Prei Monti and Trapeang Phong temple.

3. Indravarman I c 877 - 889 Succeeded probably by force. Built Bakong temple in sanstone, Preah Ko temple and Intratataka Baray = reservoir.

4. Yasovarman I c 889 - 915 Son of Indravarman I moved the capital city from Hariharalaya to Angkor ( Yasodharapura ). Built Lolei temple at Hariharalaya, then at Angkor built Phnom Bakheng temple, Prasat Bei temple, Thma Bay Kaek, Phnom Krom, Phnom Bok temples and East Baray = East reservoir.

5. Harshavarman I c 915 - 923 Succeeded to the throne very young: little known. Built Baksei Chamkrong temple and Kravan temple.

6. Isanavarman II c 923 - 928 Very little known about this short reign. No building known.

7. Jayavarman IV c 928 - 941 Revolted against his nephew Harshavarman II in 921: moved the capital to Koh Ker and built a hundred temples there.

8. Harshavarman II c 941 - 944 Successor at Koh Ker

9. Rajendravarman II c 944 - 968 Moved the city back to Angkor. Successful war against the Chams. Built East Mebon temple, Pre Rup temple, Bat Chum temple, Kutisvara temple and the beginning of Banteay Srei temple and added to others.

10. Jayavarman V c 968 - 1001 Succeeded to the throne as child, a peaceful reign. Built Takeo temple and continue to build Banteay Srei temple with his counsellors and added to others.

11. Udayadityavarman I c 1001 - 1002 A period of troubles and revolt.

12. Jayaviravarman c 1002 - 1010 Competes with Suryavarman I for the throne during a 9 - year struggle, but defeated. Built North Khleang temple and added to others.

13. Suryavarman I c 1002 - 1050 Tooke the throne by force, becoming undisputed ruler by 1010. Expanded the empire to the north and west. Built South Khleang, Phimeanakas temples, Royal palace in the Angkor Thom city, West Baray, Preah Vihear and Phnom Chiso temples and added to others.

14. Udayadityavarman II c 1050 - 1066 More revolts, Expanded the empire further west. Continued to build the West Baray from his father, built the Baphuon and west Mebon temples and added to others.

15. Harshavarman III c 1066 - 1080 Devastation from the previous reign`s troubles and a new war with Chams prevented new buildings.

16. Jayavarman VI c 1081 - 1107 First King from the Mahidharapura dynasty, his authority probably recognised only in the north.

17. Dharanindravarman I c 1107 - 1112 Younger brother of Jayavarman VI . Killed by Suryavarman II who disputed the throne.

18. Suryavarman II c 1113 - 1150 Ambitious, war-like and a great builder. Expanded the empire , fought the Dai Viet, Chams, Mons, and built Angkor Wat temple, Banteay Samre temple, Beng Mealea temple, Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda temple and added to others in Thailand.

19. Yasovarman II c 1150 - 1165 Chosen to succeeded because the heir was fighting in Champa. Killed by a usurper. No new building but continued work at Chau Say Tevoda, Banteay Samre and Beng Mealea temples. Added tower to Bakong temple.

20. Tribhuvanadityavarman c 1165 - 1177 Usurper, killed during the 1177, Chams invasion and burned the Yasodharapura - Angkor.

21. Jayavarman VII c 1180 - 1220 Legitimate heir of Dharanindravarman II. Expelled the Cham army. The last great Khmer king, a fervent Buddhist and builder on the largest scale. Preah Khan Kampong Svay temple, Tonle Bati temple, Taprohm temple, Preah Khan temple, Neak Pean temple, Ta Som temple, Ta Nei temple, Prasat Chrung temples, Angkor Thom city, Elephant & Leper King Terraces, Krol Ko temple, Banteay Kdei temple, Banteay Thom temple, Banteay Prei temple, Preah Pithu group temple, Preah Palilay temple, Jayatataka Baray and added to others in Thailand nowadays.

22. Indravarman II c 1220 - 1243 Begginnings of the decline of the empire. Champa abandoned, Sukhothai independent. Built Prasat Suor Prat, 12 temples. Thai had started to create the kingdom.

23. Jayavarman VIII c 1243 - 1296 Empire continued to dimish; Lopburi having to submit to Kublai Khan. Shivaite resurgence. Built Mangalartha or Prasat Top temples along the way of victory gate of Angkor Thom and probably restored Preah Palilay temple. Mangalartha is probably the last temple in Angkor Empire.

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24. Srindravarman c 1296 - 1307 The reign and daily life described by Zhou Daguan, the visiting Chinese diplomat. Stopped to build the sandstone building, probably wooden building for holy places.

25. Srindrajayavarman c 1307 - 1327 Little known about the reign, I will try to find more documents to explain you.

26. Jayavarmandiparamesvara or Jayavarman Paramesvara c 1327 ? The last king mentioned in inscriptions.
- In 1328 onward , no inscriptions to tell us as well.

27. Paramathakemaraja c 1330 - 1353

28. Hou-eul Na c 1353 - 1371 ? ; Wooden building for holy places.
- No inscriptions tell us as well in 1371/2 - 1403

29. Samtac Chao Phaya & Phing Ya c 1404 - 1405

30. Nippean Bat c 1405 - 1409

31. Lampong or Lampang Paramaja c 1409 - 1416

32. Sorijovong or Lambang c 1416 - 1425

33. Barom Racha c 1425 - 1429

34. Thommo Soccorach or Dharmasoka c 1429 - 1431

The Last King Of Angkor Empire ; Ponha Yat or Gam Yat in c 1432, he decided to move his court to Tuol Basan, in the province of Kampong Cham at the present day, on the eastern side of the Mekong river just above the forks. After remaining there only a year, he moved his capital again in c 1434, this time to Krong Chatomuka ( four faces ) at the junction of the Tonle Mekong river.
Phnom Penh city by King Ponha Yat in c 1433/4

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Mysteries, Legends And Anecdotes

THE LOST CITY OF ANGKOR

For hundreds of years, the lost city of Angkor was itself a legend. Cambodian peasants living on the edge of the thick jungle around the Tonle Sap lake reported findings which puzzled the French colonialists who arrived in Indo-China in the 1860s. The peasants said they had found "temples built by gods or by giants." Their stories were casually dismissed as folktales by the pragmatic Europeans. Yet some did believe that there really was a lost city of a Cambodian empire which had once been powerful and wealthy, but had crumbled many years before.Henri Mahout's discovery of the Angkor temples in 1860 opened up this `lost city' to the world.

The legend became fact and a stream of explorers, historians and archaeologists came to Angkor to explain the meaning of these vast buildings. The earliest of these scholars could not believe that Angkor had been built by the Cambodian people, believing the temples to have been built by another race who had conquered and occupied Cambodia maybe 2,000 years before. Gradually, some of the mysteries were explained, the Sanskrit inscriptions deciphered and the history of Angkor slowly pieced together, mainly by French scholars in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Legends still remain. This once great city which had slept for so long still posed many questions.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FRENCH PROTECTORATE

The beginning of French involvement in Cambodia is to be found in the eighteenth century under Cambodian King DUANG'S reign in 1840-1859. King Duang sought the French support in an attempt to protect Cambodia and to establish trading. The King saw French Expansion into Vietnam as an opportunity for the king to regain territory that Cambodia had lost to the Vietnam is 21 provinces in the south of Vietnam today, KAMPUCHEA KROM or Lower Cambodia . The French interest in Cambodia deepened with its involvement began to rule and colonial on Cambodia in 1863-1953. And transferred or ceded or cut Cambodian territory ( Kampuchea Krom or Khmer Krom = Lower Cambodia or Lower Khmer to Vietman on June 4, 1949 ) When they withdraw their troop from Asia without discussing with Cambodian King. This below is Lower Cambodian Map. More Info.:

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http://www.khmerkrom.org/

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Travel Around Cambodia

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OTHER ATTRACTION SITES

Around and In Phnom Penh city

I. Phnom Penh city

Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia or Kampuchea who situated on the Southern part of Formerly Angkor Thom City some 320 Kms.
- Land Areas : is around 375 square kilometers.
- Population : is around 2,009,264 persons

1.2 Wat Phnom

Phnom Penh City takes its name from the present Wat Phnom or Hill Temple. Legend has it that in 1372, an old nun named Penh went to fetch the water in the Mekong river and found a dead Koki tree floating down the stream. Inside the hole of that dead Koki tree contained four bronze and one stone Buddha statues in it.Daun (Grandma) Penh brought the statues ashore and ordered people to pile up earth at northeast of her house and used those Koki trunks to build a temple on that hill to house the five Buddha statues, then named the temple after her as Wat Phnom Daun Penh, which presently known as Wat Phnom, a small hill of 27 meters (89 ft) in height.

1.2 ROYAL PALACE

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- Royal palace is the most attraction site of all the visitors who can not miss in Phnom Penh.

1.3 Cambodian National Museum ( Phnom Penh National Museum )

It was built in 1917 and collected all the artifacts from the whole country to keep for safety. It is the best place for visitors before to visit Angkor Areas. A thousand and a thousand statues to install in this museum.

1.4 : Kuk Toul Sleng Museum or Toul Sleng Genocidal Museum.

- Toul Sleng Museum is the formerly School Children but Pol Pot regime took this place to make the prison in 1975 - 1979. It is the best place for visitors who come to visit Cambodia and need to know about Khmer Rough regime. I think that you have always read a book or Newspaper and listened to Radio but ,if you will come to visit it. You can understand it more than you have done.

1.5 Cheung Ek Killing Field or Wat Cheung Ek Killing Field.
- The visitors can see a real thing in Cambodia and visit a hundred and hundred communal graves, mass graves that buried the death body and a thousand and thousand skulls and bones in Pol Pot regime was transported innocent people to kill there.

1.6 Independence Monument.

- This monument was built in 1958 under His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk when a Cambodia got independence from French on 9th November 1953. It is a huge and a long space for visitors to take a picture to keep it as souvenir and to remember in another country to rule another. Please come to see us and more explanation.

1.7 4 Junctional Mekong Rivers or Tonle Chatomuk.

Multi - national flags along the Mekong river in front of Royal palace

- It is the best one for visitors who can take a boat trip to see floating houses, 4 junction rivers, a hill and to see Sunset on the Mekong river, everyday life of people who lived along the Mekong river. You can have Dinner on the boat along the Mekong River and can see other amazing pictures.

1.8 : Toul Tampong Market or Russian Market

- It is a popularity for tourists to buy the wooden statues , sandstone statues, marble statues of Buddha or other Hindu Gods. You can find a real silk in Cambodia and other things are not included.

1.9 : Psa Thmei Market or New Market or Central market

- It was built in 1935 by French who ruled over Cambodia. You can find everything in Cambodia in this market.But do not forget to bargain the prices.

II. Kampong Thom Province

- This province is the center or heart of Cambodia and one of the provinces has a historical site and rich in natural resources. Kampong Thom means a huge or a big Dockyard or quay across the Steung Sen river. The town is at the crossroads of Siem Reap - Angkor and Preah Vihear province & link to Phnom Penh city.

- Land Areas : is around 15,061 square Kilometers

- Population : is around 576,805 persons

Other Attraction Sites

2.1 Sambor Prei Kuk Temple Group

- These historical sites are the former Khmer Empire and Capital city of Cambodia in 6th > the end of 8th century before Angkor Empire period. This place is the best site for tourists to come into Cambodia and want to know about the Ancient Khmer Empire and architecture. There are 140 temples have been found in the forest and other two temples have not yet been found.

2.2 Phnom Santuk mountain
This mountain is the popularity for local and foreigner tourists who wish to see the huge Buddha statues on the rock, Buddha foot print and reclining Buddha who was built by King Ponhea Dharma Reachea in 1474 have been maintained until now.

2.3 : Andet Temple or Prasat Andet
- Andet temple was built by King Jayavarman I around 627 - 707. It is the oldest temple in the Ancient Khmer Empire. It was constructed from laterite or volcanic stone and sandstone.

2.4 : Prei Pros Resort
- This place is the best one for visitors to take a relaxation and get a good fresh air from a huge space and big lake and row a boat to get lotus flowers and picnic food.etc

2.5 : Carving Stone Place or Stone Handicraft
- This place is attracted from local or foreigner tourists to see how they carve other sandstone statues and other house furniture from the stone. And to see how they have made silk scarf, shirt and Cambodian Traditional clothes and handbages from the real silk.etc

2.6 : Preah Khan Kampong Svay Temple.
- Preah Khan temple of Kampong Svay is one of the temples built in early 13th century of King Jayavarman 7 before Angkor Thom city. Taprohm and Neak Pean temples.etc.

2.7 : Bird Sanctury / Areas

III . Battambong Province

-Battambong is the second capital city of Cambodia and it has a lot of colony buildings were constructed in 1863 - 1953 by the French regime. This place is the best fame of rice-production to export to other provinces such as Phnom Penh city and other countries. It has many kinds of ruby or sapphires in Pailin town and the fame of fresh orange fruit. Battambang means the loss of holy club.

- Land Areas : is around 11,702 square kilometers

- Population : is around 1,036,523 persons

Other Attraction Sites

3.1 : Baset Temple or Wat Baset

This temple was built in 11th century ( around 1002 AD ) by King Suryavarman I who built the Phimeanakas temple in the center of Angkor Thom ( Former Royal Palace ). This is the Architecture of Khmer in 11th century. and nearby the temple has a big pond 20 x 12 meters = 10 meters depth , it has never dried up.etc

3.2 - Wat Ek Phnom temple
This temple was built in around 1002 by King Suryavarman I after Takeo temple in the Angkor Areas. This temple is a holy place for local people in the full moon day of Buddhist religion.etc

3.3 - Prasat Phnom Banan temple
This temple was built in the King Udayadityavarmarn II ( 1050 - 1066 AD ) who built the Baphuon temple in the center of Former Angkor Thom and in 1181 - 1220 AD , the King Jayavarman VII was restored and completion the whole building to become a great Buddhist site. Elevation of Banan mountain is around 400 meters height. This is a very famous temple in the whole Cambodia.
- Battambang province has an ancient Khmer temple is around 300 temples or Prasat. I do not include in all those places.

3.4 - Phnom Sam Pov mountain
- This mountain is a natural mountain that was built the monastery on the summit. Elevation is around 100 meters height. This place is crowded by local and foreigners tourists in the Full moon day of Buddhist religion and Khmer Happy New. etc.

3.5 - Beung Kam Penh Poouy or Kam Penh poouy lake
- This is a huge or a big lake was constructed by Pol Pot regime in 1975 - 1979 . They made the dam from Ta Ngen mountain to Kam Penh Pouy mountain to retain the water in rainy season. This place is very popular for local and foreigner tourists to visit it on Saturday and Sunday. This lake is around 1900 meters width by 19 Kms long. It is a clean place and has many small buildings to relax and picnics.

3.6 - Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary
- Prek Toal is a big bird sanctuary in Asian countries. All the kinds of the birds have always immigrated from other places or countries to make the nests and lay the eggs or small birds in dry season ( mid October - February in every year.We can go to visit this bird sanctuary by boat trip from Battambang provincial town or Siem Reap town - Angkor. etc

3.7 - Sek Sork Waterfall and Pech Chenda Waterfall

V. Rattanakiri Province

Ratannakiri province is one of the provinces of Cambodia on the North - Eastern of Phnom Penh city. A mountainous region bordering with Vietnam to the east and Lao country to the North. Land areas : 11,052 square kilometers. Population : 94,243 persons of ethnic minority 80%. This province is a popular tourist destination. Untouched self-sufficient hilltribe communities. Ratannakiri is home to most of Cambodia`s ethnic minorities. You can take an elephant ride to visit the hilltribe communities and the beautiful natural waterfall. My favorite is the world unseen and increditable places. When you will arrive there, please do not open your eye so big to see some nake clothes.

Other Attraction Sites

1. Yak Loom Lake
2. Ka Chhang waterfall
3. Ka Teang waterfall
4. Cha Ong waterfall
5.Virajay National Park ( animals and birds sanctury )
6. Ei Sei Por Ta Mak mountain ( To climbe up to see Lao and Vietnamese border.)
7. Lumpat Wildlife Sanctury.
8. Norng Kabat Forest ( To see Ethnic Village, culture and traditional belief of hilltribe.Etc.
9. Hilltribe Market ( To see hilltribe vine basket , bracelets, necklaces,crossbows, smoking pipe and dry gourds to keep the traditional wine )

5. Mondulkiri Province

Cambodia`s eastern highlands make up Mondulkiri province, a province chock-full of natural beauty, with forested mountains, powerful natural waterfalls and lush grassy hills. Communities of hill tribe are still unaffected by mass - tourism and a big attraction for foreign tourists in the future. Land Areas : around 14,288 square kilometers. Population : around 44,913 persons.

Other Attraction Sites

1. Rom Monea Natural waterfall
2. Chrai Thom Natural Waterfall
3. Boo Sra Natural Waterfall
4. Pou Tang Village of Ethnic minority
5. Sen Monorom Natural Waterfall
6. Poo Loong Village of Ethnic minority

6. SIHANOUKVILLE

Sihanoukville, also known as Kompong Som , is the only deep sea port in Cambodia. It is prosperous due to its popularity as a tourist destination - a paradise for any who enjoy party, swimming or seafood. ( After walking in an Ancient Khmer Empire - Angkor Wat and Former Angkor Thom city ). Hotels and residences are spread widely across the many hills in Sihanoukville. A symptom of the lightening fast development currently take place.

Local Attraction Sites

1. Ou Chheu Teal Beach
2. Sokha Island or Sokha Beach
3. Independence Beach
4. Kbal Chay Waterfall
5. Koh Poos Island
6. Ream Beach
7. Preah Sihanouk National Park
8. Victory Beach ( etc )

7. Kompot province

Located the southern coastal region, Kampot is the most beautiful province of Cambodia, offering beaches,deserted islands, wooded mountains, caves, a national park, waterfalls and a picturesque colonial town of the same name. Pepper, salt and the famous durian are the main agricultural products although the nascent tourist industry is beginning to flourish, filling. Kampot provincial town with upscale restuarant and hotels and Guesthouses.

Prek Ampil Salt Field

Other Attraction Sites

Tek Chhoo
- Kep Thmei
- Bokor Mountain
- Phnom Chhngouk cave temple
- Phnom Sorsir caves
- Phnom Kampong Trach caves
- Kampot pagoda
- Se Da Oun Mountain
- Pepper farm

- Koh Ton Say is the beautiful island in Kep town. Kep town is the preferred destination for families and couples looking to swin, picnic or just soak up the sun.

8. Koh Kong Province

With the cardamon mountain in the north, the Damrei mountain in the south and remote beaches and coastline. Koh Kong is strickingly beautiful and travel through the green forest along the way to Koh Kong Provincial town. Koh Kong is close to Hat Lek border crossing with Thailand. You can travel by speed boat from Thailand. Koh Kong is mixed currency used as Thai baht, Cambodian Riels and Us dollars.

Other Attraction Sites

- Chhum Yeam Beach
- Koh Mol Beach
- Kbal Chhay Koh Pa waterfall
- Ta Tay Leu waterfall
- Koh Sdech Kirisakor coast
- Ta Tay Krom waterfall
- Khuon Chang Kuon Phen island

The beautiful Koh Kong bridge

9. Kampong Cham Province

Set on the banks of the Mekong River and within easy reach of both Phnom Penh and Vietnam. Kampong Cham is an important trade and transportation. The town itself is quaint and charming with a bustling riverside promenade. population is over 2 million lives in and most working as rubber plantaion and farmers. Kampong Cham is flat land and red soil is ideal for farming and fruit orchards.

Other Attraction Sites

- Phnom Bros & Phnom Srei mountain
- Teuk Cha waterfall
- Norkor Chey temple
- Phnom Hann Chey temple
- Cheung Prei Mountain
- Chroy Chek Promontory
- Koh Pen Coast & etc

10. Kratie Province

Kratie is a sleepy colonial town on the banks of the Mekong River. It is located in the northern Cambodia. Sandbank and big islands stand out of the meandering river where the fresh water dolphins can often be seen.

Other Attraction Sites

- Som Buk Mountain
- Sor Sor Moouy Roy pagoda
- Vihear Lav pagoda
- Preah Vihear Kak Kandal
- Su Por Kaley Mountain
- Kam Pe
- Chroy Ray
- Chrey Meang River
- An Lung Pa South
- Prei Kiri forest
- Preah Mountain

11. Preah Vihear Province

Straddling the borders of Thailand and Loa in Cambodia`s far north. Preah Vihear is a mighty kingdom that once ruled the area have left many temples and citadels to rival the Angkor empire. The most famous temples are Preah Vihear temple and Koh Ker temple group. Preah Vihear temple was just listed and recorded by Unesco on 7th July 2008. This is my most favorite temple on the Dang Rek mountain in 620 meters heigh.

Other Attraction Sites

- Preah Vihear temple
- Ba Kan temple
- Bak Kam pagoda
- Kropum Chhouk temple
- Koh Ker temple group
Pyramid temple in Koh Ker temple group , Prasat Thom

12. Banteay Meanchey Province
Situated on the Thai border in the north - western Cambodia. This province is a important trading with Thailand for import - export all the cargoes at Poi Pet border crossing. And outside of Import - Export , there are many casino buildings along the Thai - Cambodian border.

Border crossing at Poi Pet , you can get Cambodian visa on your arrival into Cambodia but they need your photo 4 X 6 in a piece.

Other Attraction Sites

- Poi Pet Casino
- Banteay Neang Mountain
- Phnom Touch mountain
- Phnom Bak mountain
- Marble sculpture and handcrafts
- Bird sanctuary in Ang Tra Paing Thmor lake
- Etc

- Bantaey Chhmar temple

13. Steung Treng Province

The mountainous province of border Loa country to north. Provincial town is friendly and quiet, situated near the confluence of the San and Mekong Rivers and just downstreams from the thousand islands. The town is a picture - postcard riverside settlement with an economy based on fishing, silk weaving, farming and wood.

Other Attraction Sites

- Dolphin Pool
- Virachey National Park
- 9 storey Pagoda
- Hang Kouban Pagoda
- Preah Ko temple
- Bat Mountain
- Pha Met waterfall
- Preah Theat Mountain
- Preah Ko Tha Borivat
- Ann Loung Koh Chheu Teal River
- O`pong Moun River
- Veal Rom Pe Touch & Thom lake. ( etc )

14. Pursat Province

Pursat is located in western Cambodia. The provincial town sits astride the Pursat river in the shadow of Phnom Kravanh mountain and near the Tonle Sap lake. Another thickly forested province, Pursat has wildlife reserves under the protection of international conservation groups, although logging still accounts for much of the local economy alongside marble mining.

Railway connects Phnom Penh - Pursat and Battambang

Other Attraction Sites

- Kampong Loung Floating Village
- Marble Mining
- Handicraft of Marble statues
- Lang Trach Mountain
- Kleang Meoung Holy Shrine
- Ou Da Teuk Choo waterfal
- Wildlife animals in Phnom Kravanh mountain

One of the roads to Wildlife animals sanctuary

15. Kampong Speu Province

Situated amongst mountainous plateaus province is green and lush. The most attraction of Kampong Speu is still forested, with Kirirom National Park and Phnom Aural is the highest mountain in Cambodia and the wildlife animal sanctuary inside the provincial boundaries. The provincial is near the highway number 4 and links Phnom Penh city and Sihanoukville. etc

Other Attraction Sites

- The ancient Khmer city of U-Dong and pagoda
- Kampong Speu Golf Course
- Umpe Phnom Pagoda
- Chambok Ecotourism Area
- Phnom Aural Wildlife sanctuary
- Ta Te Teuk Pus ( hot spring water )
- Kirirom Mountain National Park ( etc )

16. Kampong Chhnang Province

The centrally situated Kampong Chhnang is easygoing river town near Tonle Sap river that Tonle Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers flows in and out refers to season. The colonial architectural town links Pursat, Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces. Surrounded town by picturesque of the countryside and only 91 km away from Phnom Penh. Kampong Chhnang is a commonly overlooked tourist destination. The area is famed for their skilled potters.

Other Attraction Sites

Speed boat run across the Kampong Chhnang is near Phnom Kang Rai mountain along the Tonle Sap & Mekong Rivers and goes to Phnom Penh - Siem Reap - Angkor

- The ancient Khmer city : Lovek
- Phnom Kong Rai mountain
- Kraing Dei Meas mountain
- Airfield made it at Khmer Rough Regime
- The Floating House along the Tonle Sap river
- Ro Bat Mountain
- Kampong Preah temple
- Por Reay temple ( etc )

17. Takeo Province

Takeo , bordering Vietnam to the south, is blessed with natural beauty and many historical sites. A scenic riverside promenade and lake area faces the pleasant town park. Takeo province is the oldest historical site in Cambodia. It is the former ancient Khmer city of Funan or Nokor Phnom.

Other Attraction Sites

- Phnom Ba Yang temple
- Phnom Ta Mao zoo
- Phnom Chiso temple
- Neang Khmao temple
- Taprohm Tonle Bati temple
- Pa Ouk waterfall
- Thmo Do & Phnom Ta Mao temple
- Clay Pots
- Woven handcrafts
- Silk Skirts & Woven handcrafts
- Phnom Da temple

18. Svay Rieng Province

Provincial town sits just 58 km from the Mock Bai border crossing with Vietnam. The people lives there, most of them works on the agriculture and trading Vietnam.etc.

Other Attraction Sites
Bavet International Market
- Bavet Casino
- Prei Ba Sak
- Romeas Haek temple

19. Prey Veng Province

Pancake -flat Prey Veng province borders Vietnam to the south and is predominantly agricultural area. Increasing investment has let to a diverse set of crops including biodiesel. etc

Other Attraction Sites

Work In Progress

20. Kandal Province

The flood plains surrounding Phnom Penh city make up Kandal province, which borders Vietnam at its southern extremity. Ta Khmao town , just outside of Phnom Penh, is the province urban center. etc

Other Attraction Sites

Work In Progress

21. U-ddor Meanchey Province

Work In Progress

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Phnom Penh from east drawn in 1887 (Courtesy of Phnom Pen Then & Now)Phnom Penh City takes its name from the present Wat Phnom or Hill Temple. Legend has it that in 1372, an old nun named Penh went to fetch the water in the Mekong river and found a dead Koki tree floating down the stream. Inside the hole of that dead Koki tree contained four bronze and one stone Buddha statues in it.Daun (Grandma) Penh brought the statues ashore and ordered people to pile up earth at northeast of her house and used those Koki trunks to build a temple on that hill to house the five Buddha statues, then named the temple after her as Wat Phnom Daun Penh, which presently known as Wat Phnom, a small hill of 27 metres (89 ft) in height.
The city was originally called Phnom Daun Penh after it was founded, but it was later abbreviated to just Phnom Penh. The city was also previously known as Krong Chaktomuk meaning "City of Four Faces". This name refers to the junction where the Mekong, Bassac, and Tonle Sap rivers cross to form an "X" where the capital is situated.Phnom Penh: The Royal Capital of CambodiaPhnom Penh first became the royal capital of Cambodia in 1432 after His Majesty Ponhea Yat (b.1421, r.1432-1462), king of the Khmer Empire, moved the capital from Toul Bassan (presently called Srey Santhor) at Angkor Thom after it was captured by Siam a few years earlier. There are stupa behind Wat Phnom that house the remains of Ponhea Yat and the royal family as well as the remaining Buddhist statues from the Angkorean era.
Phnom Penh remained the royal capital for 73 years from 1432 to 1505 when it was abandoned for 360 years from 1505 to 1865 by subsequent kings due to internal fighting between the royal pretenders. Later kings moved the capital several times and established their royal capitals at various locations in Tuol Basan (Srey Santhor), Pursat, Longvek, Lavear Em and Oudong.According to the historical records, in the 1600s, many Japanese immigrants had settled on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.But it was not until 1865 that Phnom Penh became the permanent royal capital of Cambodia when King Norodom I, great grandfather of Norodom Sihanouk, ordered 10,000 of his subjects to move out of the old royal capital of Oudong and settled in.
Phnom Penh and the current Royal Palace was built in 1866 under the supervision of Oknha Tep Nimitr Mak.Phnom Penh during H. M. King Norodom’s Reign: (1860), (r.1865-1904)Phnom Penh during the first ten years of king Norodom’s reign was little more than a village with few huts lining the river.When Phnom Penh was re-established in 1865, it was divided into 3 villages: a Catholic Village located to the north of the city in the Russey Keo vicinity which was populated by the Vietnamese Catholic faithful. A Chen (Chinese) Village located in the middle of the city along Sap river which was populated by Chinese traders. A Khmer Village located to the south of the city, around the present royal palace and Wat Unalaom for Khmer population.Beginning in 1870, the French colonial administration had turned a sleepy village into a city when it started to build hotels, schools, prisons, barracks, bank, public works offices, telegraph offices, Law courts, and health services buildings. In 1872, the first glimpse of a modern city took shape when the colonial administration contracted a French contractor, Le Faucheur, to construct the first 300 concrete houses for sales and rentals to the Chinese traders.In 1884, the colonial administrator commissioned the constructions of underground sewage systems, canals to control the wetlands and roads, buildings and a port were also constructed..In 1893, Wat Phnom park had been rehabilitated and a zoo was built, surrounded by gardens. A construction of Boulevard Doubart de Lagrée, presently renamed Blvd. Preah Norodom had also begun. In 1895, CEEL, the first French company that produced clean water for Phnom Penh, built its first water plant at Chroy Changva.In 1897, the population of Phnom Penh city was close to 50,000 people out of a total population of the whole country of more than a 1,000,000. The population of Phnom Penh consisted of many ethnic groups such as the Chinese (22,000), Khmers (16,000), Vietnamese (4,000) and the French residents who were only numbered at about 400 people.Besides above ethnic groups, there were Malaysians, Thais, Indians, Laotians and others who called Phnom Penh their homes.Phnom Penh during the reign of H.M. King Sisowath: 1904-1927There are not much records about the developments of Phnom Penh City during the reign of King Sisowath, except that the colonial administration had contracted the dredging of the Mekong and Sap rivers in order to facilitate marine navigation to enable ships and naval vessels to reach Phnom Penh. The records show that in 1914 the colonial administration had begun to expand the city to the west and to the south until Bassac river.Phnom Penh during H.M. King Monivong’s Reign:1927-1941King Monivong’s reign was a period that Cambodia had first begun a policy of constructions. In 1928, a French company, Grands Travaux de Marseille (GTM), had been contracted to begin pumping sands from the bottom of Tonle Sap River to fill up Decho lake and other lakes in the city. The year of 1929 also seen a construction of a steel Preah Monivong Bridge. In 1932, the first railway tracts and stations from Phnom Penh to Battambang had been commissioned. The Boulevard Miche, now renamed Blvd.Preah Monivong had also been constructed.In 1935, the Grand Market, now called Phsar Thom Thmey Market, was built. And in 1939, Verdun Avenue, now renamed Blvd. J. Nerhu and Ave. Preah Sihanouk was built.In 1939, the population of Phnom Penh City was about 108,000 people, and the population of the whole of Cambodia was about 3,000,000 people.Phnom Penh during the reign of H.M. King and Prince Norodom Sihanouk : 1941-1970 and 1993-2004Phnom Penh under the period of Sihanouk’s rule had seen the expansion and the constructions of many modern infrastructures. The City’s population had also grown dramatically. The city’s population had grown to 111,000 in 1942. By 1950 it had grown to 354,000 and 355,000 in 1958. By 1962, the population of Phnom Penh City reached 394,000.The city had been expanded and many infrastructures had been built. In 1958, the Blvd. Mao Tse Tung was constructed. And in 1961, the city had expanded and Tuol Kork, a new flashy modern suburb, was constructed.Other infrastructures had also been built during this period. The International Olympic Stadium was built in 1963. In 1964, Tonle Bassac Theater and a Casino, now renamed the Cambodiana Sofitel Hotel, were constructed. A railway line from Phnom Penh to Kompong Som (Sihanoukville) was also commissioned in 1964. And the International Airport of Pochentong was also built. And in 1966, the Sangkum Reah Niyum Bridge, now renamed the Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge, was built with funds provided by Japan. Many tertiary institutions such as the Sangkum Reastr Niyum University, The Khmer-Soviet Institute of Technology, Royal Phnom Penh University, the Institute of Foreign Languages and many more were constructed during this period. Gardens and parks were constructed and beautified. Phnom Penh City in the 1960s was called the Pearl of Asia.Phnom Penh during the Khmer Republic of Marshall Lon Nol: 1970-1975Phnom Penh from 1970 onward had not seen much developments due to the Cambodian civil war. The original population of Phnom Penh City of 900,000 had swelled to over 2,000,000 at the end of the war in 1975 because of war refugees from the countryside.On the contrary, many infrastructures had been destroyed by fighting and shells. In 1973, the Khmer Rouge mined Chroy Changvar Bridge two times which eventually destroyed it.Phnom Penh during the Khmer Rouge Reign of Terror: 1975-1979The Khmer Rouge took power on 17th April 1975 and immediately began to evacuate whole population out of the city. In three days, a city with a population of 2,000,000 had been reduced to a population of a few Khmer Rouge officials. Many infrastructures and buildings and part of the city had been significantly destroyed.After the Vietnamese troops toppled the Khmer Rouge on 5th January 1979, the population began to return to Phnom Penh. As of 1998, the population of Phnom Penh City had numbered to 862,000 people, including 149,000 families. In 2009, the population of Phnom Penh is estimated to number more than a million out of a total country’s population of approximately 14,000,000.

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Cambodia finds its 1st ancient ironworks site in history

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PHNOM PENH, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Apsara Authority of Cambodia has found and excavated for the first time in its history the ancient ironworks site at Khav village, Khav commune, Chi-kreng district of Siem Reap province where is the home of Angkor Wat temple, the local media reported on Saturday."We have excavated four sites and each site has size of five meters in length and two meters in width, and we also found iron mines, some potteries, pieces of cook, some bamboos, other ancient materials, and a tube for blowing the air into the ancient cook to melt the iron stone," the khmer language newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea quoted Ea Darith, deputy director of temple conservation for external affairs of Angkor wat park as saying, who is also expert for leading the excavation group."Those sites were used for melting iron mines and it was belonged to aborigine "Kouy" and their relatives still exist in living in Cambodia now," he said. "They melted those iron mines to produce as guns, swords, javelins, and other daily households including axes, knifes, and chisels for the king at that time," he added. "According to the analysis on potteries, those sites were constructed in the 11th or 13th century," Ea Darith said.At the same time, Apsara Authority also found the ancient Chinese ointment containers which Khmer imported from China. "Khmer and Chinese people got married and lived at Angkor Wat region at that time. So we could find them," he said, adding that those ancient Chinese ointment containers were made in 12th or 13th century."Our excavation of the sites was stopped temporarily because our experts need to take those materials for laboratory and took photos to print on books for keeping for next generation to research. There are five sites of iron works here and we will excavate one more in the future at the area," according to Ea Darith.
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Tourists wait to take picture of sunrise in front of the famed Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province in northwestern Cambodia.

Angkor Wat temple at dawn

Of the lost and the rediscovered [-Henri Mouhot,

Dying Young: Malaria killed Mouhot in the Lao wilderness.

Henri Mouhot became famous for discovering Cambodia's 'lost' Angkor, but he travelled widely. That's why his bones are in LaosHenri Mouhot, the Frenchman whose 19th-century rediscovery of Cambodia's Angkor temple complex sparked a romantic "See Angkor and die" fad in the West, saw Angkor and died - in Laos.His grave just outside Luang Prabang was all but forgotten until 1990 when tourists stumbled on it. Today any local tour guide can arrange a visit.Alexandre Henri Mouhot's collection of delightful sketches, "Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China, Cambodia and Laos During the Years 1858, 1859 and 1860", was published in London following his death in 1861, and his description of Angkor's "exotic abandoned ruins" caused considerable excitement.Missionaries and traders had been writing about the mediaeval Khmer temples since the 16th century, but Mouhot's evocation truly caught the public imagination.The catchphrase "See Angkor and die" - presumably happily - that swept the West became the title of a romantic film that Norodom Sihanouk directed in 1993 while he was still Cambodia's king.Born in 1826 in Montbeliard, France, Mouhot was gifted in languages and the natural sciences. His interests were almost certainly piqued by the 1850s books "The Kingdom and People of Siam" by Britain's Sir James Bowring and "Description of the Siam Kingdom" by French Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix.Mouhot mounted an expedition to Southeast Asia with the support of London's Royal Geographical and Zoological societies, and arrived in Bangkok on April 27, 1858.Over the next three years he made four excursions, two of them within Siam. The second took him into Cambodia to Angkor, the fourth to Luang Prabang in Laos.He mapped the territory en route, although, as mentioned in his journals, his equipment broke before he finished his map of Siam. In part because of this, France and Britain concluded that Siam extended only as far as the Chao Phya River basin, which appeared to give it the perfect dimensions for "buffer state" between their own neighbouring colonies.In 1861 Mouhot spent three months crossing dense jungle from Loei to Luang Prabang and planned to follow the Mekong River's current into Cambodia, but on October 19, outside Luang Prabang, he was suddenly struck by malarial fever. His last diary entry was dated October 29, and he died on November 10, age 35.Mouhot's servants buried the explorer on a bank of Khan River at the spot where he died. All of his journals and specimens were sent to his family in England. It was his brother who published the diaries.Commander Doudart de Lagree, leader of the French government's Mekong Exploration Commission of 1866-1868, ordered a modest monument erected on a slope with a sandstone panel that read "H Mouhot, May 1867" to commemorate the first Frenchman to visit this part of Laos.The monument was destroyed when the Khan River flooded and was replaced in 1887 by a more durable structure.Restoration work was done on the tomb in 1951 by the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient, but after that the site was abandoned to the encroaching jungle.Only in 1990 did tourists accidentally rediscover it, and the town of Mouhot's birth, Montbeliard, arranged for the grave's restoration.History regards Henri Mouhot with mixed emotions. He was a scientist, a bold explorer and a cartographer who, in a sense, gave Angkor back to the world.And yet those same maps he made paved the way for France's expanding colonial empire in Indochina, a foreign presence that remained in control until 1954.

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- Joom Reab Soou ( Hello ) our friendly readers. I am very pleased that you have taken the time to learn some Khmer or Cambodian languages before you will come to visit our country. I think that it is very important for you who have intended to visit Cambodia - Angkor in the short future coming. Most of the our Khmer nation can not speak English in the whole country. I would like you to notice some sentences before you will arrive in Cambodia because I had experienced with my client at the end of 1992 AD during the United Nations sent his personnel ( 13,000 soldiers and over 7,000 civil servants and police officers ) to arrange an Election in Cambodia because of our country was just finished the war.
One day, I brought a UN officer to visit Angkor Areas on Saturday and Sunday by my Motorcycle but I could not speak English. I had have only a Angkor Map. If he wanted to visit any temple that needed it. He had always pointed his finger to the temple picture on the map. But, when he finished the trip in one temple, He traveled with me on the Motorcycle and he told me : Toilet ! Toilet ! Toilet ! Toilet !. I thought that Toilet ! Toilet ! Toilet is the name of the temple so I pressed the speed of the Motorcycle and drove it fast and fast,sudenly. He held my arm to stop the Motorcycle and then He ran into the forest. When he came back from the forest. He laughed all the times. He was not angry to me. When he finished the trips with me in 2 day visiting. He talked with me a lots but I did not understand his speaking. I took my 2 fingers up ( v ) and then he gave me $200 but my idea is only $20 for Two day trips. I was very happy to receive $200 from him. His $200 to make me to be a guide in Cambodia and can speak 3 foreign languages. As English , Thai and Spanish is under study. Khmer language is our mother tongue.
I would like to announce and find him if he can read my website . Please write me @ sowanna012@yahoo.com and I will bring your family - is free for Transport and Guide around Cambodia.
If someone have known him as his home town , country and Email, or got hearing from his speaking at the end of 1992 and write him and He has written me. I will offer you as follows :
Siem Reap - Angkor
1- 4 Star hotel room in one Deluxe twin room for 2 nights.
2 - Transport + English Speaking Guide for 3 day visiting. But food and other Entrance Fees will be paid by your own or you will travel with his family is free around Cambodia.
Short Event of Cambodian History
- In 1970 - 1975 : Civil War ( Pol Pot army and Lon Nol army ).
- In 1975 - 1979 : Pol Pot regime ( ruling ) did not permit Cambodian people to learn their own alphabet. No school
- In 1979 - 1991 : Vietnamese regime ( occupied ) did not permit Cambodian people to learn English. I think that maybe United States dropped a lot of bomb in Vietnam.
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HOW TO SPEAK KHMER LANGUAGE

EVERYDAY TALK

1. Please note : - English Language is black Alphabet.
2. Cambodian or Khmer Language is color alphabet.
3. English Language AND Khmer Language (Latin alphabet)
- Good Morning - Ah Run Soou Sdei
- Good Afternoon - Ti Via Soou Sdei
- Good Evening - Say Yaon Soou Sdei
- Good Night - Reat Trei Soou Sdei
- Hello - Joom Reab Soou
- Hi. - Soou Sdei
- How do you do ? - Joom Reap Soou.
Please notice : Joom Reab Soou is a polite word in Khmer language and you can take the 2 arms to respect. You can speak in all the time. Joom Reab Soou is for young people to older or high ranks. Soou Sdei is for equal age, you can speak in all the time.

ENGLISH AND KHMER LANGUAGES

- I - K`nyom
- You - Niak
- We - Yeung
- She - Nieng
- He - Koutt
- His - Roh Bos Kutt
- Her - Roh Bos Nieng
- Our - Roh Bos Yeung
- Your - Roh Bos Niak
- My - Roh Bos K`nyom
- Yes - Batt is for men
- Yes - Jah is for women
- Can you speak English.? = Teuh Niak Ahj Ni Yia Orng K`lehs Bahn Teh.?
- I can not speak Khmer. = K`nyom Meun Ahj Ni Yia Khmer Bahn Teh.
- Please speak more slowly. = Som Meh Tah Ni Yia Yuet !!!
- I do not understand = K`nyom Meun Yooul Teh.
- I do not know = K`nyom Meun Dueng Teh or k`nyom Meun Sah Kul Teh.
- Please write it down for me. = Som Sor Seh Owy K`nyom Bon Tehch
- Thank you - Or-Kun
- No = Teh
- No thank you - Teh Or-Kun
- How are you -Niak Sok Sah bay Jee Teh?
- I am fine, thanks - K`nyom Sok Sah Bay Jee Teh Or-Kun
- Excuse me,please - Som Tohs
- Sorry - Som Tohs
- Pardon - Som Tohs
- You are welcome - Meun Ai Teh
- Never mind - Meun Ai Teh
- Goodbye - Lia Seun Haeay
- I lost my way - K`nyom Vung Vehng Plouv
- Can you tell me the directions.? = Teuh Niak Ahj Prab K`nyom Tues Dahv Bahn Teh.?
- See you later - Jooup K`nia Pehl Krowy
- How old are you -Niak Ah Yu Pon Mahn?
- I am .... year old - K`nyom Ah Yu ......
- What is your name - Niak Chhmu Aiy
- My name is ........ - K`nyom Chhmu ...
I am very pleased to see you = K`nyom Reak Reay Nah Bahn Juop Niak.
- Nice to see you = Reak Reay Nah Bahn Joup Niak.

Directions
- Go straight = Touv Trohng
- On the left = Nouv Khahng Cha Vehng
- On the right = Nouv Khahng Cha Dahm
- Go back = Troh Lohp Kruey
IN THE RESTAURANT
- Waiter/Waitress - Niak Bom Raeo
- I want to eat Khmer Food = K`nyom Jong Nhahm Ah-Hah Khmer
- Give - Owy
- Menu List - Bahnh Ji: Muk Ma Hoap
- Water - Teuk
- Ice - Teuk Kork
- Rice - Bahy Sor
- Cake - Nom
- Cigarette - Bah Rei
- Fried Rice - Bay Chhah
- Beer - Srah Beer or Bi Yia
- Beef - Sahch Ko
- Pork - Sahch J`ruk
- Chicken - Sahch Mornn
- Fish - Trei
- Fry - Jian or Chhah
- Fried chicken - Sahch Mohnn Jian
- Fried Rice with pork . - Bahy Chhah Jia Moouy Sahch J`ruk.
- Fried vegetable with .... - Chhah Bon Leh Jia Moouy..
- Barbecue - Ahng or Dutt
- Barbecued beef - Sahch Ko Ahng
- Fish Sauce - Teuk Trei
- Salt - Om Bil
- Sugar - S`kor
- Soup - Som Lor Sup
- Chili - Ma`tehs
- Coconut - Dohng
- Banana - Jehk
- No Spicy - Kom Owy Hel
- Not too spicy. Ok? - Kom Owy Hel Payk Ok?
- Is it very spicy? - Via Hel Payk Teh Reu.?
- I can not eat spicy food - K`nyom Meun Ahj Nhahm Ah Hah Hel Bahn Teh
- Delicious - Ch`Nganh Nah
- Bottle - Dorp
- One - Moouy
- Two - Pi
- Three - Bai
- Four - Buon
- Five - Brahm
- One bottle of water - Teuk Moouy Dorp
- I need a table,please - K`nyom Trouv Kah Tok Moouy
- What would you recommend? - Niak Owy Yoh Bol Bon Tech Bahn Teh?
- I need a seafood - K`nyom Trouv Kah Ah Hah Sah Mot
- It is better you order for me. - Niak Hao Owy K`nyom Via Pro Saeo Jieng.
- Do you have ..... ? - Niak Mian ....... Teh ?
- I would like ........ - K`nyom Jong Bahn ..........
- I can eat Khmer food. - K`nyom Ahj Nhahm Ah Hah Khmer Bahn.
- Could I have a glass of water,please.? - Meh Tah Som Teuk Moouy Keo Mohk.?
- Just a cup of coffee,please. - Meh Tah Som Kah Feh Moouy Peing Mohk.
- I do not order this. - K`nyom Meun Bahn Hao Ah Hah Ni Teh.
- May we have some more.? - Som Theim Tiat Bahn Teh.?
- Khmer food is marvelous! - Ma Hoap Khmer Peut Jia Os Jah Nah.
- Restroom - Bon Tub Teuk
- Toilet - Bong Kun
- Plate - Jahn
- Bowl - Jahn Koum
- Spoon - Slahb Prea
- Glass - Keo
- One glass of water - Teuk Moouy Keo
- Fork - Sorm
- Chopstick - Jong Keus
- Knife - Kahm Beut
- Check bill, please - Som Kit Luy
- Can we have the bill, please. - Som Meh Tah Kit Luy
- Receipt - Bahn Kit Luy
- Need - Trouv Kah
- I need ..... - K`nyom Trouv Kah ....
- I need to go ..... - K`nyom Trouv Kah Touv ....
- How much it cost.? - Thalai or Thlai Pon Mahn?
- Can you discount - Niak Jus Thlai Bahn Teh ?
- Very Expensive - Thlai Nah
VEGETABLE AND FRUIT
- Bamboo shoots = Tum Paing
Bean sprouts = Sorn Dehk Bon Dous
- Cabbage = Sah Pai Kah Dowp
= Chili = Mah Tehs
- Cucumber = Troh Sork
- Garlic = Khah Teum
- Ginger = Kha Nhei
- Pumpkin = La Peuv
- Pepper = Mah Rehch
- Mushroom = Pha Seht
- Onion = Khah Teum Bah Rahng
- Spring green = Khaht Nah
- Corn = Phout
- Tomato = Peing Pohs
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- Banana = Jehk
- Cashew = Sah Vahy Chann Ti.
- Coconut = Doung
- Durian = Tu Rehn
- Grapefruit = Krouch Thlohng
- Guava = Troh Behk
- Jackfruit = Kah Nul or Knul
- Longan = P`Laeh Mean
- Mangosteen = P`laeh Mah Khut
- lychee = P`laeh Kulehn
- Mango = P`laeh Sah Vay or Svay
- Orange = P`laeh Krouch
- Palm fruit = P`laeh Tha Noht
- Papaya = P`laeh Lah Hung
- Pineapple = P`laeh Mah Noes
- Watermelon = P`laeh Euv Leok
- Rambutan = Sahv Mahv
DRINKINGS
- Wine = Srah
Grape wine = SrahTum Paing Bahy Joou
- Fruit juice = Teuk P`laeh Chheu Kroh Louk
- coconut juice = Teuk Doung Kroh Louk
- Lime juice = Teuk Krouch Chhmar
- Orange juice = Teuk Krouch
- Tea with ice = Taeh Teuk Kok
I would like tea with ice = Som Taeh Teuk Kok
LUNCH AND DINNER
BREAKFAST
The popular breakfast for Cambodian People such as :
- Chinese noodle = Kuy Teav
- Fried rice with chicken = Bahy Meon Jian
- Grilled pork with rice = Bahy Sahck Jah Rouk Ahng
- Fried noodle with pork = Mi Chah Sahck Jah Rouk
- Fried noodle with beef = Mi Chah Sahch Ko
- Khmer noodle with Khmer soup = Nom Bahnh Chork Sam Lor Khmer
- Hot coffee with milk = Kah Feh Kah Dav Teuk Dohs Ko
- Black coffee with ice = Kah Feh Kah Mahv Teuk Kork
- Coffee with milk and ice = Kah Feh Teuk Dohs Ko Teuk Kork
- Coffee with ice = Kah Feh Teuk Kork
Will be added it more when I am free
- US Dollars are a widely used currency in Cambodia,but you should get some Cambodian Banknote currency ( Riel ) to make a small purchase. please read it in Cambodia services.
- Moouy dollar ( $1)
- Pi dollar ( $2)
- Bai dollar ( $3) etc.
- Please notice the important phrases that you need. I am thinking that you are headache with my writings.
Sowanna`s email :
@ sowanna012@yahoo.com
Tel. +855 12 768 193

NUMBER
- O - Sohn
- 1 - Moouy
- 2 - Pi
- 3 - Bai
- 4 - Booun
- 5 - Prahm
- 6 - Prahm Moouy
- 7 - Prahm Pi
- 8 - Prahm Bai
- 9 - Prahm Booun
- 10 - Dop
- 11 = Dop Moouy, 12 = Dop Pi , 13 = Dop Bai , 14 = Dop Booun, 15 = Dop Prahm, 16 = Dop Prahm Moouy, 17 = Dop Prahm Pi, 18 = Dop Prahm Bai, 19 = Dop Prahm Booun.
- 20 - Ma Pai
- 21 = Ma Pai Moouy, 22 = Ma Pai Pi, 23 = Ma Pai Bai, 24 = Ma Pai Booun, 25 = Ma Pai Prahm, 26 = Ma Pai Prahm Moouy, 27 = Ma Pai Prahm Pi, 28 = Ma Pai Prahm Bai and 29 = Ma Pai Prahm Booun.
- 30 - Sahm Seup
- 31 - Sahm Seup Moouy etc.
- 40 = Seh Seup. 50 = Hah Seup. 60 = Hohk Seup. 70 = Jeut Seup. 80 = Peht Seup. 90 = Kahv Seup.
- 100 = Moouy Rohy
- 101 = Moouy Rohy Moouy. 102 = Moouy Rohy Pi .etc.
- 110 = Moouy Rohy Dop. 120 = Moouy Rohy Ma Pai. 130 = Moouy Rohy Sahm Seup. etc.
- 200 = Pi Rohy. 300 = Bai Rohy . 400 = Booun Rohy. 500 = Prahm Rohy. 600 = Prahm Moouy Rohy . 700 = Prahm Pi Rohy. 800 = Prahm Bai Rohy . 900 = Prahm Booun Rohy.
- 1.000 = Moouy Poan. 2.000 = Pi Poan. 3.000 = Bai Poan. 4.000 = Booun Poan. 5.000 = Prahm Poan. 6.000 = Prahm Moouy Poan. 7.000 = Prahm Pi Poan. 8.000 = Prahm Bai Poan. 9.000 = Prahm Booun Poan.
- 10.000 = Moouy Meun. 20.000 = Pi Meun. 30.000 = Bai Meun. etc
- 100.000 = Moouy Sehn. 200.000 = Pi Sehn etc.
- Plus + = Lehk Bouk .
- Add = Lehk Bouk
- Subtract = Lehk Dork
- Divide = Lehk Jehk
- Multiply = Lehk Kun
- Equal = Lehk Sah Meu
TIME / DAY / MONTH
- Time - Pehl
- Day - Th`ngai or Thah Ngai
- Night - Yup
- Noon - Th`ngai Trohng or Thah Ngai Trohng
- Midnight - Ah Triat
- Morning - Preuk
- Afternoon - Roh Sial
- Evening - Lah Ngiach
- Dark - Ngor Ngit or Proh Lup
- Dawn - Proh Leum
- O`clock - Mohng or Morng
- Hour - Mohng or Morng
- 1. PM - Morng 1 Tha Ngai or Morng Moouy Tha Ngai
- 2.PM - Morng 2 Tha Ngai or Morng Pi Tha Ngai
- 1. PM - Morng 1 Yup or Morng Moouy Yup
- 2.PM - Morng 2 Yup or Morng Pi Yup
- 3.PM - Morng Bai Tha Ngai ( 3 )
- 3.PM - Morng Bai Yup ( 3 )
- 4.PM - Morng Booun La Ngiach ( 4 )
- 4. PM - Morng Booun Jit P`leuh ( 4 )
- 5. AM - Morng Prahm Preuk ( 5 )
- 5. PM - Morng Prahm La` Ngiach ( 5 )
- 6.AM - Morng 6 Preuk or Morng Prahm Moouy Preuk
- 6.PM - Morng 6 La Ngiach or Morng Prahm Moouy La Ngiach
- 7 AM - Morng 7 Preuk or Morng Prahm Pi Preuk
- 7. PM - Morng 7 La Ngiach or Morng Prahm Pi Lah Ngianch
- 8. AM - Morng 8 Preuk
- 8.PM - Morng 8 Yup
- 9.AM - Morng 9 Preuk
- 9. PM - Morng 9 Yup
- 10. AM - Morng 10 Preuk
- 10. PM - Morng 10 Yup
- 11 . AM - Morng 11 Preuk or Morng Dop Moouy Preuk
- 11 . PM - Morng 11 Yup or Morng Dop Moouy Yup
- 12 . PM - Morng 12 Tha Ngai Trohng or Morng Dop Pi Tha Ngia Trohng
- 12. PM - Morng 12 Yup or Morng Dop Pi Yup.
- 12. PM - Morng Dop Pi Ah Triat
MINUTES
- Minute = Nia Ti
- 1 minute = Moouy Nia Ti
- 2 minutes = Pi Nia Ti , etc
- Half = Kon Lahs Morng
- 1.30 PM = Morng Moouy Kon Lah Tha Ngia
- 2.30 PM = Morng Pi Kon Lah Tha Ngai
- 5.30 AM = Morng Prahm Kon Lah Preuk . Etc
DAY = THA NGAI
- Sunday = Tha Ngai Ah Tuet
- Monday = Tha Ngai Jahn
- Tuesday = Tha Ngai Orng Kia
- Wednesday = Tha Ngai Put
- Thursday = Tha Ngai Pro Hous
- Friday = Tha Ngai Sok
- Saturday = Tha Ngai Sahv
MONTH = KEH
- January = Keh Mahk Kah Rah
- February = Keh Kom Piak
- March = Keh Mi Nah
- April = Keh Meh Sah
- May = Keh Usk Sah Pia
- June = Keh Mi Toh Nah
- July = Keh Kah Kah Dah
- August = Keh Seiy Hah
- September = Keh Kanh Nhah
- October = Keh Toh Lah
- November = Keh Vi Jeh Kah
- December = Keh Tha Nou
DAY AND WEEK
- Today = Tha Ngai Nis
- Yesterday = M`seul Menh
- Tomorrow = Tha Ngai Sah Aehk
- The day before yesterday = Tha Ngai Ma Seul Minh
- The day after tomorrow = Tha Ngai Khahn Sah Aehk
- This week = Ah Teut Nis or Sahp Pah Dah Nis
- Last week = Ah Teut Mun or Sah Pah Dah Mun
- Next week = Ah Teut Bon Tup or Sahp Pah Dah Bon Tup
- This morning = Preuk Nis
- This afternoon = Roh Sia Nis
- This evening = Lah Ngiach Nis
- Tonight = Yup Nis
- Last night = Yup Menh or Yup Mun
- Tomorrow morning = Preuk Sa Aehk or Sa Aehk Preuk
- Tomorrow night = Yup Sa Aehk or Sa Aehk yup
- Late = Yeut
- You come late = Niak Mohk Yeut
- Early = Mun Pehl Kom Noht
- You come early = Niak Mohk Mun Pehl Kom Noht
- Soon = Chhahp Chhahp
- See you soon = Joup Niak Chhahp Chhahp
- Everyday = Roel Tha Ngai
- All day = Pehnh Moouy Tha Ngai
- The next day = Tha Ngai Bon Toeup
- This year = Ch`nahm Nis
- Last year = Ch`nahm Mun
- Next year = Ch`nahm Bon Toeup
- One year ago = Moouy Ch`nahm Kon Lorng Teuv
- Two years ago = Pi Ch`nahm Kon Lorng Teuv. etc
- The beginning of the month = Deum Kheu
- The end of the month = Jung Kheu
- The middle of the month = Kon Dahl Kheu
TRAVELLING AND OTHER SERVICES
- Let us go to Cambodia = Toh Yeung Touv Lehng Kam Puchea
- Let us pick up Sowanna Services = Toh Yeung Yohk Se Vah Kam Sowanna
- Sowanna Services are the best one = Se Vah Kam Sowanna Keu Lah Lor Nahs.
- Let us go = Toh Yeung Touv
- Arrival = Dom Neuh Mohk Dohl
- Departure = Jehn Dom Neuh
- Entrance = Pleuv Johl
- Exit = Pleuv Jenh
- Information = Poe Ra Mian
- No entry = Hahm Johl
- No Smoking = Hahm Joouk Bah Rei
- Left Luggage = Touk Iv Vahn
- Reserved = Bom Rong Touk
- Vacant seat = Kav Aih Tom Neh
- Taxicab = Tahk Si
- Ticket = Som Boht
- Bus ticket = Som Boht Lahn Thom
- Car ticket = Som Boht Lahn Touch
- Train ticket = Som Boht Ro Tehs Pleung
- Air ticket = Som Boht Yun Hohs
- Motorcycle taxi = Moto Dop
- I need to go to bus station = K`nyom Trouv Kah Touv Jom Nort Lahn Krong.
- I need to go to Siem Reap Airport = K`nyom Trouv Kah Touv Pro Lian Yun Horhs Siem Reap.
- I need to go to Phnom Penh airport = K`nyom Trouv Kah Touv Pro Lian Yun Hohs Phnom Penh.
- I need to go to Soriya bus station = K`nyom Touv Kah Trouv Chom Noht Lahn Krong Soriya.
- I need to go to Chong Kao Soou Bus station = K`nyom Trouv Kah Touv Chom Noht Lahn Krong Chong Kao Soou.
- I need to go to ...... = K`nyom Trouv Kah Trouv ......
- I want to go to ....... = K`nyom Jong Trouv .........
- passenger = Niak Dom Neu
- Driver = Niak Beuk Bor
- Bus = Lahn Krong
- Boat = Touk
- Seat = Kav Aih
- Station = Sa Thahn Ni
- Dockyard / Quary = Kom Pong Peh
- Lake = Beoung
- River = Steung
- Siem Reap river = Steung Siem Reap
- River = Ton Leh
- Mekong river = Ton Leh Mekong
- Sea = Sah Mot
- Sea port = Kom Pong Peh Sa Moht
- What time does the bus leave.? = Teuh Mohng Pon Mahn Lahn Jenh.?
- Where can I buy a ticket.? = Teuh Kon Lehng Nah K`nyom Ahch Tinh Som Buht Bahn.?
- Which buses will it go to ...? = Lahn Nah Moouy Touv.?
- What time does it arrive.? = Mohng Pon Mahn Via Mohk Dohl.?
- Would you tell me when do we get to.? = Teuh Niak Prahp K`nyom Bahn Teh Pehl Nah Yeung Touv Dohl.?
- Is it very far.? = Chhah Ngay Nahs Reu.?
- Is it near.? = Jit Reu.?
- I want to buy bus , boat and air ticket = K`nyom Jong Tinh Som Boht , Lahn Krong , Som Boht Touk Neung Som Boht Yun Hohs.
- Sorry, I do not go = Som Tohs K`nyom Meun Touv Teh.
- Do you know ...? = Teuh Niak S`Kul ...?
- Do you know her.? = Teuh Niak S`kul Nieng Teh.?
- Do you know this place.? = Teuh Niak S`kul Kon Lehng Nis Teh.?
- When do we arrive in .. ? = Peh Nah Yeung Touv Dol ..?
- What station is this.? = Nis Jia Sah Thahn Ni Aiy.?
- Stop = Chhup
- How long will we stop at ..? = Bon Mian Tiat Yeung Chhup Neuv Aeh ..?
- Is this seat free.? = Kao Aiy Nis Tum Neh Teh.?
- Could you help me with my luggage,please.? = Joouy Yohk Aiy Vahn Owy K`nyom Bahn Teh.?
- I would like to reserve a seat. = K`nyom Trouv Kah Kohk Kon Lehng.
- How long does it take to get ..? = Teuh Peh Nah Touv Dohl ... ?
- Waiting room = Bon Tup Roong Jahm
- Lost property = Baht Aiy Vahn
- Return ticket = Som Boht Tro lop Vinh
- Reserved seat = Kok Kao Aiy Tuk
- Single ticket = Som Boht Touv
- Ticket office = Kon Lehng Loouk Som Boht
- Get in = Johl K`nohng
- Get out = Jehng Krouv
- Guardsman = Niak Yiam
- How much a single / return ticket to ..,please? = Som Boht Touv Mohk Tha Lai Pon Mahn.?
- Timetable = Kahl Vi Piak
- I would like to rent .. = K`nyom Jong Juol ...
- To rent = Juol
- Bicycle = Kohng
- Motorcycle = Moto
- Car = Lahn Touch
- How long will it take.? = Teuh Via Preuh Pehl Pon Mahn.?
- Where can I park.? = Teuh K`nyom Ahj Jort Aeh Nah Bahn.?
- Can I park here,please.? = Som Jort Ti Nis Bahn Teh.?
- I would like some gasoline = K`nyom Trouv Kah Sahng. ( Moouy Lit or ..)
- I would like some drinks = K`nyom Trouv Kah Peht Tro Jiak.
- I will leave tomorrow = K`nyom Neung Jah Jehng Tha Ngai Ahs Aehk.

HOTELS AND GUESTHOUSES

- Airconditioner = Mah Sin Tro Jiak
- Fan = Kohng Hahl
- Airconditioned room = Bon Tup Mah Sin Tro Jiak
- Hotel = Sohn Thah Kia
- Manager = Niak Krup Krohng
- Guesthouse = P`tahs Som Nahk
- Room = Bon Tup
- Single room = Bon Tup Kreh Moouy
- Twin room = Bon Tup Kreh Pi
- Triple room = Bon Tup Kreh Bai
- Double room = Bon Tup Kreh Thom Moouy
- Breakfast = Ah Hah Pehl Preuk
- Coffee shop = Hahng Kah Feh
- Bedroom = Bon Tup Dehk
- Swimming pool = Ahng Hehl Teuk
- I would like a single room with fan = K`nyom Trouv Kah Bon Tup Moouy Mian Kohng Hahl.
- I would like a single room with airconditioning = K`nyom Trouv Kah Bon Tup Moouy Mian Mah Sin Tro Jiak.
- I have a reservation = K`nyom Bahn Kohk Bon Tup Heuy.
- What is your room rate per night.? = Teuh Thlai Bon Tup Moouy Yup Pon Mahn.?
- I would like a room for 3 nights = K`nyom Trouv Kah Bon Tup Moouy Sam Rahp Bai Yup.
- Do you have any vacancy room.? = Teuh Niak Mian Bon Tup Tum Neh Teh.?
- I would like a double room with fan. K`nyom Trouv Kah Bon Tup Kreh Thom Moouy.
- I would like a twin room = K`nyom Trouv Kah Bon Tup Kreh Pi.
- I would like a triple room = K`nyom Trouv Kah Bon Tup Moouy Kreh Bai.
- How long will you stay.? = Teuh Niak S`nahk Nouv Bon Mahn Yup Deh.?
- I do not know yet. = K`nyom Meun Tohn Deung Teh.
- Can I see your room,please.? = Teuh Owy K`nyom Meul Bon Tup Bahn Teh.?
- Please call me at 5 o`clock morning = Som Meh Tah Tu Rah Sahp Mohk K`nyom Nouv Mohng Prahm Preuk.
- To see Sunrise = Touv Meul Tha Ngai Raehs
- To see Sunset = Touv Meul Tha Ngai Lehj
- I will be back at 7 o`clock morning = K`nyom Neung Mohk Vinh Nouv Mohng Prahm Pi Preuk.
- My room number .... = Bon Tup K`nyom Leh ....
- Would you wake me up at ... o`clock,please. = Som Meh Tah Dah k`nyom Nouv Mohng ....
- Could you get me a taxi.? = Som Meh Tah Joouy Hahv Taxi Owy K`nyom Porng.
- I will leave tomorrow = K`nyom Neung Jahk Jehnh Tha Ngai Sah Aehk.
- BANK AND POST OFFICE
- Riel is official currency of Cambodia.
Hotels , Guesthouses and Restaurants accept both US dollar and Riel.
Please note : Money = Luy or Prahk
- Bank = Thia Nia Kia
- Bank note = Thia Nia Kia Bahn
- Change = Pah Doh or P`doh
- Change the money = Pah Doh Luy
- I want to change the money. = K`nyom Som P`doh Luy.
- US dollar to Riel = Pi US dollar Touv Riel.
- I need to change $10. = K`nyom Som Doh Dop Dollars
- Cheque = Saehk
- Counter = Niak Kit Luy
- Count = Rohp
- Count your money,please. = Som Rohp Luy Niak
- please check your cash. = Som Pi Nit Luy Niak
- Please give me a small cash = Som Meh Ta Owy K`nyom Kro Dahs Touch
- It is not enough. = Via Meun Kroup Teh
- Collection = Kah Pro Mohl
- Your cash is torn = Luy Niak Roh Hehk
- May I have another one.? = Som Meh Ta Owy Pa Sehng Tiat Bahn Teh.?
- I have not taken it yet. = K`nyom Meun Touhn Yohk Teh.
- I do not receive yet. = K`nyom Meun Touhn Tou Tuoh Teh.
- Deposit = Pa Nheu Luy
I would like to deposit = K`nyom Som Pa Nheu Luy
- Exchange rate = Ah Trah P`dohl Luy
- What is the exchange rate for US dollar.? = Teuh Aht Trah Pah Dol Luy Pon Mahn Deh Sam Rahp Dollar.
- How much is one dollar to your currency.? = Teuh Moouy Dollar Sa Meu Pon Mahn Touv Luy Niak.?
- Form = Baehp Boht
- I would like you to bring me to change the moneys. K`nyom Som Niak Joun K`nyom Touv Doh Luy.
- Where is the bank.? = Thia Nia Kia Nouv Aeh Nah.?
- Can you bring to ..? = Teuh Niak Nohm K`nyom Touv Bahn Teuh.?
- I have only US dollar. K`nyom Mian Teh Dollar.
- How many US dollar to Riel.? = Luy Dollar Pon Mahn Deh Touv Riel.?
- I need Cambodian Riel. = K`nyom Trouv Kah Prahk Riel
POST OFFICE
- Post office = Prei Sa Ni
- Letter = Sam Boht
- Letter box = Pro Orp Sam Boht
- Postcard = Kaht Pos Sa Kahl
- Postman = Niak Rout Sam Boht
- Package/Parcel = Kahnh Johp
- Stamp = Sah Tehm
- Telegram = Tu Rah Lehk
- I would like 1 stamp = K`nyom Trouv Kah Sah Tehm Moouy.
- I want to send this parcel to .. = K`nyom Som Pa Nheu Kahn Johp Ni Touv ...
- How long does it take to ...? = Teuh Via Preu Pehl Pon Mahn Touv Dohl ...?
COMMUNICATION
TELEPHONE AND INTERNET
- Call = Hahv
- Can you call to Sowanna.? Teuh Niak Hahv Touv Sowanna Bahn Teh.?
- His phone number is 012 768 193.
- Do you know his number.? = Teuh Niak Sah Kul Lehk Koutt Teh.?
- Do you know Sowanna number.? = Teuh Niak Sah Kul Lehk Sowanna Teh.?
- Code = Lehk Koht
- Dial = Juch Lehk
- International call = Hahv Lehk Krahv Pro Tehs.
- Local call = Hahv Lehk K`nong Pro Tehs.
- Mobile phone = Tu Ra Sahp Dai
- Telephone number = Lehk Tu Rah Sahp
- Phone card = Kaht Tu Rah Sahp
- Receiver = Niak Tou Tuol
- Telephone = Tu Rah Sahp
- Wrong number = Khohs Lehk.
HOSPITAL AND CLINIC
HEALTH
- Hospital = Mun Ti Peht
- Clinic = Klin Nik
- Health = Sok Kha Pheap
- Pharmacy = Kohn Lehng Luk Tha Nahm Peit.
- Chemist = Toup Luk Tha Nahm Peit.
- Drug store. = Orv Sout Tha Thahn
- I need to buy medicine = K`nyom Trouv Kah Tinh Tha Nahm Peht.
- Can you bring me to chemist.? = Som Niak Joouy Nohm K`nyom Touv Kon Lehng Luk Tha Nahm Peit Bahn Teh.?
- Where is the chemist.? = Teuh Kon Lehng Luk Tha Nahm Peit Nouv Aeh Nah.?
- Doctor = Krouh Peit
- Hello , Doctor = Jooum Reab Soou Krouh Peit.
- Do you have this medicine.? = Teuh Niak Mean Tha Nahm Nis Teh.?
- I need medicine .... = K`nyom Trouv Kah Tha Nahm ....
- Accident = Krous Tha Nahk
- Ambulance = Lahn Peht
- Bandage = Bong Rum Roh Buos
- Do you have a bandage.? = Teuh Niak Mian Bong Rum Roh Buos teh.?
- Could you find it for me.? = Teuh Niak Joouy Rok Owy K`nyom Bahn Moouy Bahn Teh.?
- Bite = Khahm
- Help me , the dog bite me = Joouy K`nyom Porng Cha Kheh Khahm K`nyom.
- Insect = Saht Ro Eit
- Blood = Chhiam
- Blood donor = Bo Richa Chhiam
- Burn = Roh Liak
- Cancer = Rouk Mo Hah Rik
- Chest = Deum Troung
- Cold = Pah Dah Sahy
- Dizzy = Veul Muk
- I do not go to visit today. K`nyom Meun Bahn Touv Deu Lehng Teh Tha Ngai Nis.
- I am dizzy = K`nyom Veul Muk.
- Fever = Krun Kah Dahv
- Headache = Chheuh Kbal
- I want to go back = K`nyom Trouv Kah Troh Lohp Touv Vinh.
I am headache = K`nyom Chhueh Kbal
- Heart = Behs Doung
- Heart attack = Kiang Behs Doung
- He has heart attack = Koutt Mian Jum Ngeuh Kaing Behs Doung.
- Ill = Jum Ngeu
- Itch = Rouk Roh Mohs
- Scratch = Roh Mohs
- Malaria = Rouk Krun Chahnh.
- Massage = Tha Veu Sorh Sai.
- I want to go to massage place. = K`nyom Trouv Kah Touv Kohn Lehng Tha Veu Sorh Sai.
- Nurse = Kilian Nup Pah Tah Yikah
- Operation = Kah Vias Kaht
- Pregnant = Mian Pah Tei Puohs.
- Sore throat = Chheu Bom Pung Korh.
- Sprain = Krij
- Sting = Tik
- The bee sting me = Khah Mum Tik K`nyom.
- Stomach = Poous
- Stomach ache = Chheu Poous
- Temperature = Sei Tohn Hahk Pheap
- Toothache = Chheu Tha Mehng
- Traditional doctor = Kru Peht Borahn
- Traditional Medicine = Tha Nahm Borahn.
- Vomit = Kah Uot
- I want to vomit = K`nyom Jong Kah Uot.
- I have a pain in ... = K`nyom Chheu Trorng Kon Lehng ....
- I do not feel well. = K`nyom Meun Sruol Khah Luon.
- I feel sick = K`nyom Mian Ah Rom Tha Chheu.
- I feel dizzy = K`nyom Mian Ah Rom Tha Veul Muk
- It hurts here. = Via Chheu Trong Nis.
- It is a sharp pain. = Via Chhue Khah Laing Nahs.
- It is very painful. = Via Chhue Nahs
- It hurts all the time. = Via Chhue Kroup Pehl Taing Orhs.
- It only hurts now and then. = Via Chhue Ma Dohng Ma Kahl.
- I normally take a medicine ... = K`nyom Jia Tham Ma Dah Leip Tha Nahm ...
- I have a toothache. = K`nyom Chhue Tha Minh.
SHOPPING AND MARKET
- Market. = Psah
- Supermarket. = Psah Thom or Psah Tum Neup
- Bookshop. = Bahn Nah Kia.
- Buy. = Tinh
- Sale = Kah loouk
- Sell = Loouk
- Could you sell it to me a cheap price.? = Teuh Niak Jahch Loouk Owy K`nyom Dom Thlai Tork Bahn Teh.?
- I want to buy ... = K`nyom Trouv Kah Tinh.
- Cheap. = Torhk
- Price = Tha Lai
- It is very cheap. = Via Torhk Nah.
- Department store. = Psah Tum Neup
- Gold = Meas
- Fashion = Mout Dehl
- Ladies`s wear = Sam Leak Bom Piak Sah-trei.
- Menswear = Sam Leak Bom Piak Boh Rohs.
- Receipt = Bahn Kit Luy
- Shoe shop = Toub Loouk Sah Behk Chheung
- Go shopping = Touv Tinh Iy Vahn
- Special offer = Loouk Joun Pi Sehs
- Spend = Jom Nahy
Tailor = Cheang Kaht Sam Liak Bom Piak
- I would like to buy .. = K`nyom Trouv Kah Tinh ..
- Do you have ..? = Teuh Niak Mian ... ?
- How much is this.? = Teuh Tha Lai Pon Mahn.?
- Do you have any more of these. = Teuh Niak Mian Ro Bohs Nis Tiat Teh.?
- I would like to change this,please. = K`nyom Som Douh Ah Nis Vinh.
- Have you anything cheaper.? = Teuh Niak Mian Ro Bohs Thorhk Jiang Nis Teh.?
- Have you anything larger.? = Teuh Niak Mian Ro Bos Thom Jiang Nis Teh.?
- Have you anything smaller.? = Teuh Niak Mian Ro Bos Touch Jiang Nis Teh.?
- Could you wrap it for me.? = Som Joouy Khah Chorhp Owy K`nyom Porhng.
- Can I try it on.? = K`nyom Som Sahk Via Bahn Teh.?
- Where do I pay.? = K`nyom Bong Luy Neuv Aeh Nah.?
- Can I have a refund.? = Som Douh Vinh Bahn Teh.?
- I am just looking. = K`nyom Kreun Teh Meul Teh.
- I will come back later. = K`nyom Neung Troh Lohp Mohk Vinh.
- Could you lower the price.? = Som Jous Tha Lai Bahn Teh.?
BEAUTY SHOP
HAIRDRESSER AND BARBER
- Hairdresser = Jiang Kaht Sohk ( Srei ).
Barber = Jiang Kaht Sohk ( Pros ).
- Beard = Puhk Johng Kah
- I want to shave my beard.= K`nyom Trouv Kah Kow Puhk Mowt.
- Brush = Jah Rahs or Joouk
- Blow dry = Pah Lom Sam Nguot
- Comb = Krahs Seht Sohk
- Hair = Sohk
- Haircut = Kaht Sohk
- Long = Vehng
Short = Kah Lei
- Moustache = Puhk Moht
- Shampoo = Sah Bouh Kok Sohk
- Just a trim, please. = Tom Rem Bahn Heuy
- Not too much off. = Meun Chah Reun Teh.
- I would like a perm.= K`nyom Joul Chet Sohk Uht.
- I would like a cut and blow dry. = Som Kaht Heuy Pah Lom Tiat.
- Please give me a facial.= Som Joouy Tehng Muk Owy K`nyom Phohng.
- Please give me a manicure.= Som Joouy Tha Veu Kro Chohk Owy K`nyom Phohng.
- Wash = Leang
- Wash off = Leang Jehnh.
- Facial massage = Mahs Sah Muk
- I would like a hair cut. = K`nyom Trouv Kah Kaht Sohk.
SOME OF THE WORDS FOR YOU TO MAKE UP THE SENTENCES BY YOURSELF.
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Sowanna Yun
English & Thai Speaking Guide
in Siem Reap - Angkor
Designed and Texts by Sowanna Yun.

MINI POCKET DICTIONARY

A is no article in Khmer languages
A
- accident = Kroous Tha Nak
- adaptor = Pro Dap Bahn Choul Pah Leung
- address = Ah Sei Yah Thahn
- again = Mah Dorng Tiat
- airport = Pro Lean Yun Hors
- alarm clock = Nia Li Kah Rouh
- alcohol = Ah Kol or Kroeung Sro Ving
- all = Taing Ors
- almost = Sah Teu Taeh
- alone = Mah Nak Aehng
- already = Ruoch Reuy
- always = Taeng Taeh or Jia Nik Jia Kahl
- America = Ah Meh Rik
- and = Heu Nueng
- another = Moouy Tiat or Dor Tei moouy Tiat
- apple = Pa Laeh Powm
- arm = Pro Horp Dei
arrive = Mohk Dorl
- at = Nouv Aeh
- ashtray = Chahn Koous Barei
- attractive = Dael Tiak Tianh
aunt = Ming or Mah Dahy Ming
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B
********
- Baby = Koun Ngah
- Back = Kha Norng or Krowy
- On the back = Nouv Khang Krowy
- Back street = Pah Louv Krowy
- Bad = Ah Krok or Meun Lah Lor
- Ball = Bahl
- Bamboo = Rues Sei
- Banana = Pah Laeh Chehk
- Bandage = Bong Rum Ro Buos
- Bandit = Jow Pah Lornn
- Bank = Tia Nea Kia
- Bar = Bah
- Bathroom = Bahn Tup Ngout Teuk
- Battery = Thah Mor
- Beach = Chah Neh Kah Sahch
- Beautiful = Lah lor or Sah Aht
- Because = Pi Proous
- Bed = Kreh or Kreh Dek
- Bedroom = Bon Tup Dek
- Beef = Sach Ko
- Beer = Srah Bia or Bi Yia
- Before = Mun Pel
- Beggar = Niak Som Tian
- Begin = Chahp Pah Deum
- Behind = Nouv Khang Krowy
- Bell = Kon Deung or Juong
- Below = Nouv Khang Krowm
- Belt = Kah Saeh Kro Vaht
- Best = Lah Or Nah
- Better = Lah Or Jiang
- Between = Ro Viang or Jon Lors
- Bicycle = Kong Jis
- Big = Thom
- Bill = Bong Kan Dai
- Birthday = Tha Ngai Khuop Kom Neut
- Biscuit = Nom Bi Skit
- Black = Kha Mav
- Blanket = Phuoy
- Blind = Kha Vak
- Blister = Pong Bek
- Block = Beut or Ka Tup
- Blond = Por Tung Deng
- Blouse = Ahv Srei
- Blue = Por Khiav
- Boat = Touk or Ka Nout
- Body = Kha Luon or Riang Kahy
- Book = Siav Phouv
- Bookshop = Toup Loouk Siav Phouv
- Border = Prum Daehn or Jiay Dehn
- Boring = Orp Sok or Thunh Thorp
- Boss = Chav Vay or Loouk Niay
- Both = Taing Pi
- Bowl = Chahn Kro Loum or Chahn Sam Lor
- Box = Pro Orhp
- Boxer = Niak Pro Dahl
- Boy = Kha Meng Prosh
Boyfriend = Mit Prosh
- Bracelet = Kha Seh Dai
- Bread = Num Pahng
- Breakfast = Ah Ha Peil Preuk
- Bridge = Spean
- Briefcase = Ka Tap
- British = Pro Tehs Ong Kles
- Break = Bek Mahk
- Broken = Bek Mahk or Khouch
- Brooch = Kon Las Kor
- Brother ( Older ) = Bong Prous
- Brother ( Younger ) = Pah Oun Prous
- Brown = Poe Tha Nort
- Brush = Ja Rahs or Juok
- Buddha = Preah Putt
- Building = Ah Kia
- Burn = Dout or Ches
- Bus - Lan Thom or Lan Krong
- Business = Jum Nuonh
- Businessman = Niak Jum Nuonh
- Bus station = Sa Than Ni Lan Krong
- Bus stop = Chom Nort Lan Krong
- Busy = Rou Voul
- But = Pon Teh
- Buy = Tinh or Jeav
- By = Dory or Tahm
- by train / by car/ by bus
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C
**********
- Cake = Num Khek
- Calculator = Ma Sin Kit Lek
- Call = Hav
- Cambodia = Kampuchea
- Camera = Ma Sin Tort Rup
- Can = Ahch
- Canada = Pro Tes Kan Na Da
- Cap = Muok
- Car = Lanh Touch
- Card = Bahn
- Careful = Pro Yat
- Car park = Chom Nort Lahn
- Carpet = Prom or Kom Rahl Prom
- Cash = Prak Soth or Sach Prak
- Center = Kon Dal or Mon Dul
- Chair = Kav Aiy
- Change = Dou or Pa Dou
- Cheap = Towk
- Cheat = Bon Lorm or Luoch Bon Lom
- Cheese = Pro Houk
- Chemist = Hahng Loouk Tha Nam Peit
Cheque = Saehk
- Chess = Ohk , Play chess = Lehng Ohk
- Chest = Deum Troung or Troung
- Chicken = Moen
- Child = Kha`meing
- Children = Kha`meing !!!
- Chili = Ma Tes
- China = Pro Tes Jen
- Chocolate = Sah Kor Soh Ko Lah
- Chop = Puos or Kahp
- Chopstick = Jong Keus
- Church = Preah Vihear Sa snah
- Cigar = Bah Rei Sigah
- Cigarette = Bah Rei
- Cinema = Roung Kon or Roung Pheap Yun
- City = Ti Krong
- Clean = Sah Aht
- Clever = Cha Laht
- Clock = Nia Le Kah
- Closed ( close the door ) = Beut
- Close ( to be close ) = Nouv Jeut
- Clothes = Khow Ahv
- Coast = Cha Neh Sah Moht
Coat = Ahv Thom
- Coconut = Pah Leh Doung
- Coconut juice = Doung Kror Louk
- Coffee = Kah Feh
- Cold = Tro Jiak
- Collar = Kor Ahv
- Color = Poe
- Comb ( n) = Kras Seut Sork
- Come = Mork
- Company = Krom Hun
- Complicated = Smouk Smahnh
- Computer = Kom Pyoo Teur
- Concert = Dou Don Trei
- Condom = Srorm Ah Nah Mai
- Consul = Kong Sul
- cool = Trou Jiak
- Corner = Jah`rung
- Cost = Tha Lai
- Cotton = Kah Bahs
- Cotton wool = Som Lei
- Cough = Kah Ork
- Country = Pro Tes
- Cousin = Ji Doun Muoy
- Cow = Ko
- Crab = Saht Kdahm
- Cream = Kraem
- Credit Card = Bahn En Nah Tian
- Crocodile = Saht Kro Peu
- Crowd = Foung
- Cup = Peing
- Curtain = Vaing Noun
- Customs = Kouy
- Cut = Kaht
******
D
- Dangerous = Kruos Tha Nahk
- Dark = Ngou Ngeut
- Daughter = Koun Srei
- Day = Tha Ngai
- Dead = Sah Lahp or Ngorp
- Deaf = Tha Lohng or Th`lohng
- Dear = Chea Ti Sroh Lanh
- Deep = Jah Rouv or J`rouv
- Delicious = Chah Nganh
- Dentist = Peit Tha Minh
- Departure = Jenh Dom Neu
- Develop = Leang ( Film )
- Diary = Kom Nort Haet Pro Cham Tha Ngai
- Dictionary = Vech Cha Nah Nu Krom
- Die = Slahp or Ngorp
- Different = Khous kha nia or Plaek Kha Nia
- Difficult = Pik Bahk
- Dinner = Peil Bahy Lah Ngiach
- Dirty = Kro Khvork
- Disabled = Pi Kah
- Divorced = Leing Lahs Kha Nia
- Do = Tha Veur
- Doctor = Krou Peit
- Dog = Chah Kaeh
- Dollar = Prahk Dou Lah
- Door = Tha Via
- Down = Jous Krowm
- Drink = Pheuk
- Driving license = Bahn Beuk Bor
- Drunk = Sroh Veung
- Durian = Pha Laeh Tou Ren
- Dry = Sah Nguot
******
E
******
- Each = Ni Moouy Ni Moouy
- Ear = Tro Jiak
- Early = Mun Peil or Ro Has
- Earring = Kro Veul
- East = Teus Khang Keut
- Easy = Ngiay Sruol
- Eat = Pisah or Nham
- Egg = Poung or Sout
- Electric = Ah Kis sah Ni
- Electricity = Ah Kis Sah Ni
- Elephant = Saht Dom Rei
- Else = Aeh Teat
- Email = Emeil
Embassy = S`tahn Tout
- Emergency = Ah Sorn or Bon Toen
- Empty = Tum Nei or Tor Teh
End = Jorp or Chong
- England = Pro Tes Ong Kles
- English = Pea Sah Ong Kles
- Enough = Krup Koen or Lah Moum
- Entrance = Chrouk Joul or Tha Via Joul
- Envelope = Srorm Som Boutt
- Evening = Peil La Ngiach
- Everyone = Niak Kroup Kha Nia Niak Rorl Kha Nia
- Everything = Rou Bous Kroup Yahng
- Everywhere = Kroup Ti Kon Laehng
- Excellent = Pro Seu Nah or Lah Or Nah
- Excuse me = Soum Tous
- Exit = Jrouk Cheing or Tha Via Jehng
- Expensive = Tha Lai
- Eye = Pha Neik
******
F
*****
- Face = Muk
- False teeth = Tha Minh Dak
- Family = Kroou Sah
- Fan = Kong Hah , Pleut Bork
- Far = Chah Ngay
- Farmer = Kah Seh Kor
- Fashion = Moud or Baehk
- Fast = Loeun or Chhap
- Fat = Thoet
- Father = Euv Puk
- Feel = Deung , Stiap or Ah Rom
- Ferry = Sah Lahng
- Fever = Krun
- Few = Pi Bai or Tech Tuoch
- Fiance = Ku Dorn Deung Pros
- Fiancee = Ku Deung Srei
- Field = Ti Vial
- Film = Sah Vil or Pheap Yun
- Find = Rouk
- Finger = Mah Ream Dai
- Fire = Pleung
- First = Ti Moouy , Mun Keh
- Fish = Saht Trei
- Fisherman = Niak Neh Saht Trei
- Fishing = Neh Saht Trei
- Fishing boat = Touk Neh Saht Trei
- Fizzy = Srou Pon Jeung
- Flat = ( Adj.) Sam Pheht or Reap Smeu
- Flavour = Roous Jiat
- Flea = Jay Chakeh
- Flight = Jeung Youn Hohs
- Floor = ( for room ) = Jeoun
- Flower = Pha Kah , Bou Phah
- Fly = Hors , Heu
- Food = Ah Ha or Mah Houp
- Foot = Jeung
- Football = Bahl Teut
- For = Som Rahp
- Foreigner = Jooun Boro Tehs
- Forest = Prei Chheu
- Fortnight = Kon Lahs Kheh
- Free = Eut Bong Thalai, Tum Neh
- Friend = Meut Som Lanh
- Friendly = Riak Tiak
- Friendship = Meut Tapheap
- Frog = Sat Kong Kep
- From = Pi or Ompi
- Front - Khang Muk
- Fruit = Pha Le Chheu
- Fry = Chha or Jian
- Full = Penh
- Funny = Kom Phleng
G
- Garden = Suon Jbah
- Garlic = Kha Teum Sor
- Get = Tou Tuol or Bahn or Youk
- get in = Joul Khanong
- get off = Jous Pi
- get on = Leung Jis
- get out = Youk Jeng
- get up = Leung or Krouk
- Girl = Kha Meing Srei
- Girlfriend = Meut Srei
- Give = Owy
- Glad = Reach Riey
- Glass = Keo or Khanh Jork
- Glasses ( spectacles ) = Ven Tah
- Glue = Kao
- Go = Teuv
- go down = Jous Krom
- go on = Bon Toh
- go out = Jenh Krow
- go up = Leung
- Gold = Meas
- Goldsmith = Jeang Meas
- Good = Lalor
- Goodbye = Lia Seun Heuy
- Government = Roet Thapi Bal
- Grandchild = Chav
- Granddaughter = Chav Srei
- Grandfather = Ji Tah or Louk Tah
- Grandmother = Ji Doun or Louk Yeay
- Grandson = Chav Pros
- Grapes = Pha Leh Tum Paing Bay Chou
- Grass = Smav
- Great = Thom or Os Cha
- Great Britain = Chak Kropup Ong Kles
- Green = Poe Bay Tong
- Grey = Poe Pro Pes
- Guide = Niak Nam Pleuv
- Guidebook = Siav Peuv Nam Pleuv
- Gun = Kam Pleung
H
- Hair = Sork
- Half = Piak Kon Dal or Moouy Jom Heang
- Ham = Sach Pleuv or Sach Sam-bong
- Hamburger = Hemberger
- Hammer = Nhou Nhuo
- Hand = Dai
- Handbag = Kah Boub
- Handle = Kahn or Dorng
- Handsome = Sa At or Sorng Ha
- Hangover = Thing Toung Chheu Kbal
- Happy = Sa Bay
- Hard = Rueng or Pi Bak
- Hat = Moouk
- Have (v) = Mian
- He = Keutt
- Head = Kbal
- Headache = Chheu Kbal
- Headlight = Pleung Fah Muk Lahn
- Hear = Leu or Sdap
- Heart = Bes Doung
- Heat = Kom Dav
- Heavy = Tha Ngooun
- Heel = Kueng Jeung
- Hello = Joom Reab Soou
- Help = Joouy
- Hepatitis = Rouk Thaleum
- Her = Neang
- Here = Ti Nis
- Hers = Rou Bos Neang
- Hi = Soou Sdei
- High = Kha poous
- Hill = Tuol or Ti Tuol
- Him = Kutt
- Hire = Jooul
- His = Rou Bos Kutt
- Holiday = Tha Ngai Chhoup Sam Rak
- Horrible = Koou Owy Roun Thout
- Hostess = Niak Tou Tuol Phanhiav Srei
- Hot = Khadav
- Hotel = Sorn Tha Kia
- House = Pha Tias or Lum Nouv Than
- How = Rou Biap or Douch M`dach
- Hungry = Khalian
- Hurry = Pro Nhap
- Husband = Sva Mei or Phadei
I
- Ice = Teuk Kok
- Ice-cream = Kah Rem
- If = Pro Seun Beu
- Ill = Chhue
- Immediately = Bon Toen
- Impossible = Muen Ahj Tou Roouch
- In = Nouv Khanong
- India = Pro Tes India
- Infection = Chhalong Rouk
- Information = Por Ramian
- Insurance = Tia Nia Rap Roung
- Interesting = Koou Owy Chap Ah Rom
- Internet = Internet
- Interpret = Prae Pia Sah or Bork Prae Pia Sah
- Interpreter = Niak Bork Prae Pia Sah
- Iron = Chhanang Uth
- Island = Kos
- It = Via
J
- Jacket = Ahv Thom Klei
- Jean = Khow Khabouy
- Jewelry = Kroeung Ah Laing Kah
- Job = Kah Ngia
- Journey = Kha Tha Veu Dom Neu
- Jug = Thou
- Jumper = Ahv Piak Pi Leu
- Jungle = Prei
- Just = Krun Teh or Teup Tae
K
- Key = Koun Sow
- Kilogram = Kilogram
- Kilometer = Kilomaet
- Kitchen = Phatias Bay
- Knee = Jung Kooung
- Knife = Kam Beut
- Know = Deung or Youl or Sakul
L
- Lady = Niak Srei
- Lake = Beong or Tonle
- Laos = Pro Tes Lao
- Large = Thom or Thom Tuliay
- Last = Mun
- Last year = Chhnam Mun
- Late = Yeut
- Later = Krowy Tiat
- Left = Khang Chaveng
- Leg = Jeung
- Lemon = Krouch Chhma
- Letter = Som Bot
- Letterbox = Pro Ohp Som Bot
- Library = Ban Nalay
- Life = Ji Vuet
- Light = Phaleung
- Lighter = Daek Kes
- Like = Choul Jet
- Lipstick = Kraem Liap Mutt
- Liter = Lit
- Little = Touch
- Liver = Thaleum
- Lobster = Sat Bong Kong
- Long = Veng
- Lose = Bat
- Lot ( a lot ) = Chreun
- Loud = Sam Leng Khlaing
- Love = Srou Lanh
- Lovely = Jia Ti Srou Lanh
- Low = Tiap
- Luck = Sam Nang
- Luggage = Aiv Vann
- Lunch = Ah Ha Pel Tha Ngai Trong
M
- Mail = Rou Bos Pha Nheu Tam Post
- Make = Tha Veu
- Man = Bous Ros or Pros
- Manager = Niak Krup Kroung or Niak Chat Cheng
- Mango = Plaeh Svay
- Mango tree = Deum Svay
- Map = Paen Ti
- Market = Psah
- Marry = Reap Ka
- Married = Ban Reap Ka
- Massage = Tha Veu So Sai
- Matches = Chheu Kus
- Material = Sam Pea Riak
- Mayor = Chav Vay Krung
- Me = Kh`nhom = I
- Men = Bus Ros
- Medicine = Tha Nham Pet
- Meeting = Pro Jum
- Meter = Maet
- Midday = Tha Ngai Trong
- Middle = Kon Dal
- Midnight = Arh Treat or Kon Dal Yup
- Milk = Teuk Dors Kou
- Mine = Ro Bos K`nhom
- Mirror = Kanh Chork
- Miss = Kanh Ngah
- Mistake = Kom Hous
- Mobile phone = Tura Sap Dai
- Monastery = Vat , Wat
- Money = Luy or Prak
- Monk = Louk Song
- Monsoon = Ka Yol Mous Sung
- Month = Kae
- Moon = Louk Kae
- More = Thaem Tiat
- Morning = Pel Preok
- Mosquito = Sat Mus
- Mosquito net = Mung
- Mother = Madai or Mae
- Motorbike = Moto
- Mountain = Phnom
- Moustache = Puk Moet
- Mouth = Moet
- Mr. = Louk Pros
- Mrs. = Niak Srei
- Much = Chareun
- Museum = Sara Mun Ti
- Mushroom = Pha Seut
- Music = Pleng or Don Trei
- Must = Trouv Teh
- My = Rou Bos K`nhom
N
- Narrow = Chorng Iat
- Near = Nouv Juet
- Necessary = Cham Bach or Sam Khan
- Necklace = Kha Sae Kor
- Need = Trouv Kah
- Needle = Ma Jul
- Nephew = Khamuoy Pros
- Never = Muen Dael
- New = Thmei
- News = Pora Mean or Dom Neung
- Newspaper = Kah Saet
- New Zealsnd = Pro Tes New Zealand
- Next = Bon Toep
- Nice = Lah Lor
- Niece = Kha Muoy Srei
- Night = Yup
- No = Teh
- Noisy = Oou Aeh
- Noodle = Kuy Tiav or Mi
- North = Tues Khang Jeung
- Nose = Chro-mous
- Not = Muen or Muen Teh
- Nothing = Toh Teh
- Now = Ai Louv
- Number = Lek
O
- Of = Nei , Rou Bos
- Office = Kari Yalay
- Often = Nhuek Nhoep
- Oil = Preng
- OK = Oh Keh
- Old = Chas
- On = Leu , Nouv Leu
- Once = Ma Dorng
- One = Moouy
- Oneself = Khlooun Aeng
- Onion = Khatuem Barang
- Only = Moouy Kutt , Kreon Teh , Pun Nous
- Open = Beuk
- Opposite = Tul Muk or Phatul
- Or = Reu
- Orange = Plaeh Krouch
- Orange juice = Teuk Krouch
- Other = Dor Tai or Aeh Tiat
- Our = Rou Bos Yeung
- Out = Nouv Khang Krav
- Outside = Nouv Khang Krav
- Over = Nouv Leu
- Oyster = Sat Ngiav
P
- Packet = Sam Num
- Paddy field = Vial Sraeh
- Page = Tom Poe
- Pair = Ku or Moouy Ku
- Paper = Kro Das
- Parcel = Kanh Chorp
- Pardon = Sam Tous
- Parents = Euv Puk Maday
- Park = Ut Tha Yean or Suon
- Party = Jup Liang
- Passport = Li Khuet Chlong Den
- Path = Pleuv Lum
- Pavement = Tray Pleuv
- Pay = Bong Thalay or Chom Nay
- Pen = Bich
- Pencil = Khamao Dai
- Penkinfe = Kan Buet Bot
- People = Pro Jia Jun or Mor Nus
- Pepper = Ma Rej
- Perfume = Tuek Orp
- Perhaps = Pro Hael
- Perm = Sork Uth
- Person = Manus
- Petrol = Preng Saing
- Petrol station = Stan Ni Preng
- Phone card = Kat Tu Rasap
- Photograph = Rup Tort
- Photographer = Jiang Tort Rup
- Phrasebook = Siav Pheuv Pro Youk
- Pickpocket = Chow Cjork
- Picture = Rup Pheap
- Piece = Dom or Bom Nek
- Pillow = Kha Neuy
- Pin = Ma Jul Kha Toes
- Pipe = Kha Sia
- Place = Kon Laeng
- Plane = Yun Hors
- Plant = Roung Jak
- Plastic bag = Tong Plastic
- Plate = Chahn
- Play = Leing
- Please = Soum Meta
- Plug = Duy Dowt Pleung
- Pocket = Hor Paov
- Poison = Pues or Pul
- Poisnous = Dael Pul
- Police = Nou Kou Bal
- Police officer = Mun Trei Nou Kou Bal
- Polite = Koou Sam
- Pool = Ang Hel Teuk
- Poor = Kro or Krei Kro
- Pork = Sach Jrouk
- Porter = Kam Ma Kor
- Possible = Ahch Tha Veu Ban
- Post = Dom Deng or Prei Sani
- Postbox = Pro Orp Sam Butt
- Postcard = Kat Rup Thort
- Post office = Kariya Lay Prei Sani
- Potato = Dom Loung
- Prawn = Sat Bong Korng , Proun
- Pregnant = Mian Phatei Poous
- Present = Om Nowy
- Pretty = La Lor
- Price = Dom Lai
- Priest = Boup Pajit
- Problem = Panh Ha
- Prostitute = Srei Born or Srei Khouch or Srei Rouk Si
- Pull = Tian
- Puncture = Tum Lus
- Purse = Kaboup Dak Luy
- Push = Runh
Q
- Question = Sam Noou
- Queue = Chea Joou
- Quick = Rou Has , Chhap
- Quiet = Sngat Sngiam
- Quite = Taing Srung
- Quotation = Dork Srong Jenh
R
- Radio = Vit Tha Yuk
- Railway = Pleuv Routh Pleung
- Rain = Pliang
- Raincoat = Ahv Pliang
- Rainy season = Rou Douv Pliang
- Rat = Sat Kon Dul
- Razor = Kam Beutt Kow , Lam Kow
- Razor blade = Plaeh Lam
- Read = An
- Ready = Roouch Srach
-Receipt = Bong Kan Dai
- Red = Poe Kro Hom
- Religion = Sas Sna
- Rent = Jooul
- Repair = Joous Jul
- Reserve = Rak Satuk , Bong Rung Tuk
- Restaurant = Phouch Chani Yathan , Hang Ah Ha
- Return = Trolop Vinh
- Rice = Bay
- Rice field = Vial Sraeh
- Rich = Mian
- Right = Truem Trouv
- Ring = Junh Jian
- River = Steung
- Road = Pleuv
- Roof = Dom Boul
- Room = Bon Tup
- Rope = Kha Saeh Poou
- Round = Mul
- Rubber = Kao Sou
- Rubbist = Sam Ram
- Ruin = Bak Baek
- Run = Rout
S
- Sad = Proouy
- Safe = Phutt Kroous Tha Nak
- Safety = Sou Vatha Pheap
- Salad = Bon Laeh Salad
- Salt = Om Bil
- Same = Douch Knia
- Sand = Dei Ksach
- Sandwich = Num Paing Sach
- Sauce = Teuk Chrou Luok
- Sausage = Sach Krok
- Say = Niyay
- School = Sala Rian
- Scissor = Kon Trai
- Scotland = Pro Tes Scotland
- Screwdriver = Tul Rou Vis
- Sea = Samuth
- Seafood = Mahoup Samut
- Seat = Kon Leng Ang Kuy
- Second = Tipi
- See = Kheunh
- Sell = Loouk
- Separately = Dowy Lek
- Sew = Dei , Pak
- Shade = Maloup
- Shark = Sat Trei Chalam
- Shave = Kow
- She = Niang
- Ship = Kapal
- Shirt = Aov
- Shoe = Sbaek Jeung
- Shop = Hang
- Short = Klai
- Shoulder = Sma
- Shower = Teuk Phaka Chhuk
- Shut = Beut
- Sick = Chheu
- Sightseeing = Deu Meul Tikrong
- Silk = South
- Silver = Prak
- Sing = Charieng
- Single = Nouv Liv
- Sister = Old sisiter = Bong Srei
Young sister = Pha Oun Srei
- Sit = Ong Kuy
- Skirt = Sam Poout Srei
- Sky = Meik
- Sleep = Dek , Keng
- Slow = Yeutt
- Small = Touch
- Smell = Khleun
- Smile = Nhou Nheum
- Smoke = Joouk
- Snake = Sat Poous
- So = Douch Chanes
- Soap = Sabou
- Sock = Srowm Jeung
- Soft = Srou Toun
- Sole = Tae Moouy
- Somebody = Niak Namoouy
- Something = Reoung Khlas
- Sometimes = Jooun Kal
- Somewhere = Kon Laeng Namoouy
- Son = Koun Pros
- Song = Jom Rieng
- Soon = Chhap Chhap
- Sorry = Som Tous
- Soup = Sam Lor Sup
- South = Teus Khang Thaboung
- Souvenir = Ah Nusavari
- Soy sauce = Teuk Si Iv
- Speak = Ni Yiay
- Spider = Sat Ah Ping
- Spoon = Slap Pria
- Stairs = Jooun Deu
- Stamp = Stem , Tra
- Start = Chap Phadeum
- Station = Sathan Ni
- Steak = Sach Bon Tias
- Steal = Loouch
- Sticky rice = Bay Dom Neup
- Stomach = Kro Pias
- Stop = Chhoup
- Storm = Khachul Pha Yus
- Straight = Trong
- Street = Pleuv or Vithei
- String = Khasaeh
- Student = Koun Sues or Nisuet
- Stupid = Pleu or Lou Ngi Lor Ngeu
- Sugar = Skor Sar or Skor
- Suit = Sam Leak Bompak
- Suitcase = Vali
- Sun = Preah Ah Tuet
- Sunburn = Rou Liak Kom Dao
- Sunglasses = Venta
- Supermarket = Psa Tumneup or Psa Thom
- Sure = Puet Prakort
- Surname = Niam Trokoul
- Sweat = Nheus
- Sweet = Pha aem
- Sweetheart = Ku Song Sa
- Swim = Hael
- Swimming pool = Ang Hael Teuk
- Swollen = Heum
T
- Table = Tok
- Take = Youk
- Talk = Jou Jaek, Niyeay
- Tall = Khapoous
- Tape = Khasaeh Aht
- Taxi = Taksi or Lan Snooul
- Tea = Tuek Tae
- Telegram = Turalek
- Telephone = Tura Sap
- Television = Tura Toous
- Temperature = Sei Tunhak Pheap
- Temple = Prasat , Vihear
- Tent = Tueng
- Terrible = Koou Owy Khlach
- Thai = Pro Chea Jun Thai
- Thailand = Pro Tes Thai
- Than = Jiang or Jreun Jiang
- Thank = Or-kun
- That = Nus
- Theater = Roung Lakhown
- Their = Rou Bos Poouk Keh
- Them = Poouk Keh
- Then = Ban Toup Mok
- There = Tinus
- These = Tiang Nis
- They = Keh or Poouk Keh
- Thick = Krah
- Thin = Sdeung
- Thing = Robos or Voet Thuk
- Think = Kit
- Thirsty = Srek Tuek
- This = Nis
- Those = Tiang Nis
- Throat = Bom Pongkor
- Through = Tam Royiak
- Thunderstorm = Phakou Lorn or Phako RoTiak Plaing
- Ticket = Sam Bot
- Tie = Chorng
- Tight = Tueng
- Time = Pel or Pel Veh Lia
- Timetable = Kal Vipiak
- Tip = Prak Tips or Luy Owy Krav
- Tired = Ous Kam Laing
- Tissue = Kro Das
- Toast = Aing or Doutt
- Today = Tha Ngai Nis
- Together = Jia Moouy Knia, Ruom Knia
- Toilet = Bon Tup Tuek
- Tomato = Peng Pos
- Tomato juice = Tuek Peng Pos
- Tomorrow = Tha Ngai Sa Aek
- Tonight = Yup Nis
- Too = Nas or Deh
- Tooth = Tha Menh
- Toothbrush = Chras Dous Tha Menh
- Toothpaste = Tha Nam Dous Tha menh
- Torch = Chorn Lous , Pleung
- Tour = Dom Neu Tes Chor, Dam Neu Kam San
- Tourist = Tes sachor
- Tourist office = Kari Yalay Tes Chor
- Towel = Kon Saeng
- Town = Tikrong
- Traffice = Chara Chor
- Traffice light = Pleung Chara chor
- Train = Rotes Pleung
- Translate = Bok Preh
- Travel agent = Phaniak Nga Teschor
- Tree = Deum Chheu
- Trouser = Kow Jeung Veng
- Try = Pha Jia Yiam
- T-shirt = Ahv Yeutt
- Tyre = Koa Sou Kong ( Lan or Moto )
U
- Umbrellar = Chhat
- Uncle = Pho or Om Pros
- Under = Khang Krowm
V
- Vaccination = Vak Sang Kah Pia
- Vegetable = Bon Lae
- Very = Nahs
- Village = Phoum
- Visa = Tuet Thaka
- Visit = Toous Sana
- Voice = Sam Leng
- Voltage = Kam Laing Vol Pleung
W
- Wait = Roung Cham
- Waiter = Niak Bomraeu Pros
- Waitress = Niak Bom Raeu Srei
- Wall = Junh Jaing
- Wallet = Kaboup
- Warm = Kdao Un Un or Kdao Lamoum
- Watch = Nia Lek Kadai
- Water = Tuek
- We = Yeung
- Weather = Thiat Ah Kas
- Website = Keh Hak Tom Poe
- Wedding = Reap Ka or Ah Pia Pipia
- Week = Ah Tuet or Sapada
- Welcome = Sva Kom
- West = Tues Khang Lech
- Wet = Tou Tuek or Seum
- What = Ah Vei or Sa Ei
- Wheel = Rung Vong Mooul or Kong Mooul
- When = Peil Na
- Where = Aeh Na
- Which = Namoouy
- Whisky = Sra Viski
- White = Poe sor
- Who = Niak Na or Nou Na
- Why = Haet Eiy
- Wide = Tou Tueng
- Wife = Pro Poun or Piak Riyia
- Wind = Kha Chol
- Window = Bong oouch
- Wine = Sra Toum Paing Bay Jou
- With = Jia Moouy
- Without = Kha Mian
- Woman = Srei or Satrei
- Wood = Chheu
- Wool = Roum Jiam
- Word = Piak or Piak sap
- Work = Ka Ngia
- Wrist = Ko Dai
- Wrong = Khous
Y
- Year = Chha Nam or Chhnam
- Yellow = Poe Loeung
- Yes = Batt ( for men ) in answering
- Yesterday = Pima Suel Minh
- Yet = Nouv Leuy or Muen Teon
- You = Niak
- Young = Khmeng or Khameng
- Your = Robos Niak
- Zone = Dom Bon
- Zoo = Sooun Sat

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http://www.jimuisss.blogspot.com ( Malaysia website )
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http://wwwcambodianguide.blogspot.com
www.angkorcambodiaguide.com
www.ki-media.blogspot.com Fresh News inside Cambodia
- http://www.ki-media.blogspot.com/2008/12/need-guide-for-angkor-wat-and-siem-reap.html
http://www.asiacambodia.blogspot.com/
http://www.tourguide365.com/tourguide/924/
- http://http://www.beoglobe.com/p/guide-en-340-cambodia-Angkor-English.html
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