Tag: Angkor
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Getting in love with the Khmer soul
On September 2007 I did my first guides at the temples after studying their history, architectural settings and meanings, something without ending. I compare the Angkorean temples to the Egyptian archeology. I dream Cambodia and its donors would invest more in Angkorean research to create an authentic science like the Egyptology. The issue is that,…
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Waiting the International Student Identity Card in Cambodia
When I visited museums in Italy, Holy Land, Egypt and Ireland, I could get in using my then International Student Identity Card. I find it very modern and civilized, plus a right of education. If a Cambodian young person happens to visit the National Museum of El Cairo, it is enough to apply for the ISIC…
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Indian replica of Angkor Wat
India is building a replica of Angor Wat. There’s nothing to fear for our original Cambodian Angkor Wat at all. Even if the replica is set to be biggest than ours, the Patna Angkor Naga will be, surely, so anonymous to many as the 30 replicas of the Tower Eiffel or the numberless replicas of the Statue…
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Angkor National Museum
A quick tour through the Khmer Civilization According to Mr.Wichai Poolprasert, Sales and Marketing Manager, you can do the tour through the Museum in minimum one hour. However, I consider that one hour will be just the appetizer.