Exploring Cambodia and more!

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Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well.

By this time, I have been almost a year on Connect. The anniversary will be on 31 Mar 2021. I guess many friends and fellow Local Guides here already knew quite well that I am from Cambodia and you enjoyed quite many articles I have written. I have to say I am very happy here so far, contributing and bring new knowledge to all.

These articles can be the answers to where do you recommend me visiting in Cambodia?

Well, it depends on your time and preferences. The longer the better to explore most of the things!

  • If you are into beaches and islands, I suggest you spend few days on Koh Rong Sanleum which I featured in this post under “Islands and Beaches session”
  • Add few days for temple tours at Angkor Wat and Taprum temple, which I featured in this post under “Temple tours” Here is Temple Grand Tours with all beautiful temples around Cambodia
  • If you are into ecotourism, then take another few days for camping at Koh Kong province, which I featured in this post under “Camping, and Ecotourism sites”
  • If you are foodie fan, spend few days in Battambang province, Kompot province and Phnom Penh. My articles here in “Food & Drinks” answered your questions which dishes are best to have!
  • Overall, combine temple tours, beach tours and ecotourism activities into your package. The average time to explore top of the things are 10-14days.

And that’s why I came up with many articles to support above questions and also to share the beauty of Cambodia.

For easier access to those articles, I would like to update them here. I posted various articles from every aspect! Each article falls under categories including ecotourism sites, temple tours, cultural aspects, food and drinks, tips for travels and many more! This will be helpful for those who are looking for things to do or where to go while in Cambodia. Keep them as your reference for the future travel!

Me and the sunflower field!
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Ecotourism sites
1. Chi Phat (Koh Kong),
1. Betreed Ecotourism and treehouse - Betreed Homestay, (Preah Vihear)
1. Koh Kong province,
1. Areng (Koh Kong),
1. Largest wildlife center, (Takeo province)
1. Tatai village (Koh Kong),
1. Mountain caves around Cambodia
1. Phnom Thbeng Meanchey, the camper dream (Preah Vihear)
1. #### Enjoy the uniqueness of the Mekong river in dry season


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 Floating villages
1. Kompong Khleang floating village (I), (Siem Reap)
1. Kompong Pluk floating village (II), (Siem Reap)
1. Phat Sanday floating village (III), Kompong Thom
1. Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary (Floating village IV), Battambang
1. Life on water, Floating Village, Siem Reap
1. Most beautiful sunset on Tonle Sap, Kompong Thom
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Temple tours
1. Cambodia’ temples Grand Tours, Siem Reap
1. Temples: 1.5days, Siem Reap
1. Equinox at Angkor, Siem Reap
1. Srah Damrei, Siem Reap
1. Kulen Mountain, Siem Reap
1. Banteay Chhmar temple, Banteay Meanchey
1. 14 days in 6 provinces, big temples are included! Tour itinerary for a friend to visit Cambodia!
1. Angkor Wat temple of Cambodia
1. Visiting Koh Ker temple, the Pyramid in Cambodia
1. Visiting Preah Vihear, the temple above cloud
1. Visiting Jungle temple of Preah Khan Kompong Svay
1. Bayon temple, giant 4 smiling faces temple
1. Visiting Tomb Raider or Angelina Jolie temple in Cambodia


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Sea, Islands and beaches
1. Koh Rong Sanleoum Beach, Sihanouk Ville
1. Koh Songsaa (I) , Sihanouk Ville
1. Koh Songsaa (II) , Sihanouk Ville
1. Koh Tonsai, Kep
1. Top islands to visit in Cambodia
1. Koh Thansour & Koh Rong
1. Bamboo island
1. Sihanouk Ville: beach town
1. Fishing beach or Chrouy Svay at Koh Kong
1. Scuba diving spots in Cambodia


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Food and drink
1. Ambok or rice flakes, snack
1. Banana flower soup, Soup
1. Dip sauce , Food
1. Mango, Fruit
1. Java Plum, Seasonal fruit
1. Durian, Seasonal Fruit
1. Cambodian rice noodle recipe,
1. Curry, Soup
1. Khmer Cakes
1. Ansom, Cake
1. Teouk Kreoung, Dip sauce
1. Special dishes around Cambodia (featured on Friday Favorite here),
1. Bamboo shoot soup**, Soup**
1. How to preserve food,
1. Kokor soup, Soup
1. Fresh and organic fruits around Cambodia,
1. Common snacks found around Cambodia (featured on Friday Favorite here),
1. Red Banana, Fruit
1. 4 dishes with same sauce
1. How to make Palm Sugar
1. Stuffed winter gourd cooking recipe
1. Stir fried lotus sterm
1. Pickle bamboo shoot soup, the quickest food to make
1. Making salted eggs
1. Stuffed frog recipe
1. Making Fish Amok
1. Crab sour soup
1. A vegetarian restaurant for good breakfast #monthlytopic of May
1. Palm fruit dessert
1. Longan fruit
1. Dragon fruit
1. Shave ice in Cambodia
1. Sizzling Pancake - Banh Chev
1. Plants to add sour taste to food
1. Num Ansom making process in photos


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 Edible plants / gardens
1. Edible plants and flowers (I) in Cambodia,
1. Home garden, Prey Veng
1. Edible plants (II),
1. Aquatic edible plants (III)
1. Cambodian medical plants (I)
1. Edible wild plant on Phnom Tbaeng Meanchey
1. Edible mushrooms in the wild
1. Wildflowers I saw during my trip to northern part of Cambodia
1. #### The beauty of Spring in countryside of Cambodia
1. #### Phnom Penh is Blooming in Spring (III)
1. Pepper elder - edible plant


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Camping
1. Friendly camping site at Kirirom, Kompong Speu
1. Cardamom Tented Camp, Koh Kong
1. Food for camping, Koh Kong
1. Best camping spots around Cambodia
1. Tips for camping beginners
1. Off to the Mekong, camping off the Google Map (Featured on Friday Favorite here)
1. Camping on Phnom Thbeng Meanchey
1. A calm reflection on Phnom Thbaeng Meanchey
1. War veteran who runs ecotourism


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Travel tips
1. 5 Best places to see sunrise in Cambodia, (I), Prey Veng
1. Phnom Krom Sunset (III), Siem Reap
1. Sunrise at paddy field (II), Prey Veng
1. Travel during Covid19,
1. Leisure Activities in Siem Reap,
1. Ziplining at Angkor, Siem Reap
1. Road trip to northernmost of Cambodia, Stung Treng
1. Milky Way in Cambodia,
1. Hidden waterfall at Phnom Thbeng, Preah Vihear
1. Advertise Waterfall at Phnom Thbeng, Preah Vihear
1. Top 5 waterfalls in Cambodia (featured in Friday Favorite here)
1. Where to see elephants in Cambodia
1. Busra Waterfall in Mondulkiri province
1. Visiting Oddar Meanchey province
1. Visiting Kompot, home to world’s pepper and French retirement heaven
1. Honeymoon destinations around Cambodia
1. A collection of sunrise and sunset photos
1. Why never travel in rainy season?
1. Visiting Sihanouk Ville and surrounding
1. Lotus Lake at Banteay Srei
1. Scuba diving sites in Cambodia
1. Visiting Preah Vihear province and surroundings
1. Phnom Penh (I)
1. Visiting Phnom Penh (II)
1. Wat Phnom
1. Visiting Kratie province and the Mekong Irrawaddy Dolphins


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Culture
1. Cambodian Wedding,
1. Souvenirs from Cambodia,
1. Royal Ballet Dance,
1. Archery, Siem Reap
1. Phare Circus Show, Siem Reap
1. Pjum Ben at home, Prey Veng
1. Silk Village, Phnom Penh
1. List of museums to visit in Cambodia
1. 100 years old house in Battambong (featured in Friday Favorite here)
1. Local way of life along the border
1. Phnom Penh in a glimpse: Photo story
1. Photo story of farmers in my village
1. Silk weaving by handicapped people
1. New Year celebration in April
1. #### Love country challenge - Cambodia
1. Joy of walking in paddy field in rainy season






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Trees/plants
1. Palm Tree, national tree of Cambodia
1. Rain Tree
1. Rumduol flower, national flower of Cambodia
1. Java Cotton tree
1. Manila tamarind tree, childhood snacks
1. Banyan trees over temples (being featured on Friday Favorite here),
1. Mangrove forest in Cambodia
1. Tropical pitcher plant
1. Mango of Cambodia
1. The world’s oldest flowers
1. Exploring the wild after few raindrops
1. Santol Vs. Mangosteen
1. Cannonball tree
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Birds / wildlife
1. Sarus Cranes, the world’s tallest flying birds
1. Giant Ibis, the critically endangered species, only exist in Cambodia
1. Prek Toal the biggest bird sanctuary in Cambodia
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City tours
1. Siem Reap, Cambodia
1. Sihanouk Ville, Cambodia
1. Phnom Penh (I)
1. Visiting Phnom Penh (II)
1. Wat Phnom
1. Olympic stadium


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Many others - unspecified
1. Flowers season in Cambodia,
1. Street Flowers,
1. Dark Sky,
1. Rice
1. Dark tourism sites,
1. Man who collects antiques, Siem Reap
1. Ato resort, Oddar Meanchey
1. Childhood memory,
1. Sunday market at Siem Reap,
1. Flowers in Cambodia,
1. Kaarvan the loneliest elephant, Siem Reap
1. The elephant and me, Takeo
1. Hot air balloon over Angkor Wat
1. My first Connect post
1. Travel experience


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Support local business
1. Support Local Business: local and rural women joined Cooking & Food-Beverage training
1. #### My story of helping a local business to increase their sales: local restaurants
1. #### Charity to support children hospital, 10 years in the process and more!
1. #### Supporting local businesses: information boards installation
1. Supporting less fortunate for skills development
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@Reallylucky I would like to invite you to visit this post for more articles about Cambodia. Please feel free to check them out one by one. Have a great day!

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Big thanks sis @Sophia_Cambodia :pray: :pray: :pray: for your nice articles about our country, #Cambodia :cambodia: .

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Very nice post indeed @Sophia_Cambodia I will save this post as an index of your posts. Thanks for sharing. Regards.

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Thank you and I am glad you enjoyed it @MukulR

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Thank you bro @ChamnanMuon

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@Sophia_Cambodia Wow that is a long list of nice articles. Very well done.

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Thank you dear @jayasimha78 , I believe you have read many of them. I just wanna brief it for easy access.

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You have written a pretty long post which is equally valuable too.

As righty mentioned by our @Erna_LaBeau to me that these posts are worth publishing as a Book…

Kindly do analyse the possibility, @Sophia_Cambodia …

Thanks - surely I shall keep this as a reference manual.

Warm regards.

PS:

  1. I have published your post in our Global Cafe WhatsApp Group - hope it is fine with you…

  2. When time permits, kindly have a look (Here) - 5 mins post.

Regards

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Hello @Sophia_Cambodia Happy anniversary. You have been inspirational. You are a wonderful prolific writer with such a long list of posts. I admire you efforts so much. I will we surely save this post. I enjoy reading posts about Cambodia .

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Thank you @TravellerG that’s really a good point about publishing! I will take that into account! Thanks for the suggestion!

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Thank you a lot dear @Emmik20 glad you found them interesting. I believe you have read them several times, this is the full list where you just go through each category!

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Hey @Sophia_Cambodia ,

Happy Anniversary!!! Hope all good at your side as well. What a fun photo, seems you are falling into the sunflowers :blush: .

Thank you for your contributions so far, always interesting articles. I would like also to remind also How do I search on Connect to search for example for Cambodia and find those great contributions.

Keep guiding and see you around!

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Hello, @Sophia_Cambodia - the credit of the idea goes to our friend @Erna_LaBeau …

After all we have done the major job… I too am thinking in that line.

Thanks to you both

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Thank you dear @LuigiZ yah… haha the photo was taken about 4-5 years when I visited the local orchard that plant flowers for sale.

Yeah, I am aware about the search but I just wanted to organize them and for easy access. When looking at these articles, I just feel proud of myself how far I have came. Connect always bring me joy - feel connected with friends all over the world!

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I got it @TravellerG I was wondering what title I should put - my travel diary? I think I should do that! It is very interesting!

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Sure, I am happy for that @TravellerG as long as there are no more big work from me as I am very busy too!

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Wonderful Pics I loved it!

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Thank you so much for organizing everything @Sophia_Cambodia

Now I’ll save this post, so that I can read all your posts one by one, not missing any. As I’m new to the community, I’m trying to catch up

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@Sophia_Cambodia Yes I have. Great idea to create index for your posts

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