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Lonely Planet Cambodia
Lonely Planet's Cambodia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Khmer history at the National Museum of Cambodia, marvel at the Cambodian Circus, and explore majestic temples in Angkor; all with your trusted travel companion. Begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Cambodia Travel
Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak
NEW pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with wi-fi, ATM and transport info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel
Improved planning tools for family travellers - where to go, how to save money, plus fun stuff just for kids
What's New feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas our writers have uncovered
NEW Accommodation feature gathers all the information you need to plan your accommodation
Colour maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics
Over 55 maps
Covers Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Temples of Angkor, South Coast, Northwestern Cambodia, Eastern Cambodia and more
The Perfect Lonely Planet's Cambodia, our most comprehensive guide to Cambodia, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
Looking for just the highlights? Check out Pocket Siem Reap & the Temples of Angkor, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.
About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet.
Inside Lonely Planet's Cambodia Travel
Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak
NEW pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with wi-fi, ATM and transport info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel
Improved planning tools for family travellers - where to go, how to save money, plus fun stuff just for kids
What's New feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas our writers have uncovered
NEW Accommodation feature gathers all the information you need to plan your accommodation
Colour maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics
Over 55 maps
Covers Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Temples of Angkor, South Coast, Northwestern Cambodia, Eastern Cambodia and more
The Perfect Lonely Planet's Cambodia, our most comprehensive guide to Cambodia, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
Looking for just the highlights? Check out Pocket Siem Reap & the Temples of Angkor, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.
About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet.
969 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2022
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October 25, 2019
The Lonely Planet books are always wonderful travel guides. They are informative and interesting and enjoy a sensitivity to the area they are describing. I have never been to Cambodia but this book made me visualise its rice paddies, its sugar palms, its south coast fringed by tropical islands and the occasional fishing village, the Cardamom mountains and the huge Mekong River.
The temples of Angkor, in particular that of Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious building, is described as the 8th wonder of the world, only matched by Petra or Machu Picchu. To quote the book:' the Khmers packed the equivalent of all Europe's cathedrals into an area the size of Los Angeles.'
The architecture is often French particularly in the province of Kampot Battambang; whilst the languages found there are Khmer, English, Chinese and French. The street snacks comprise such delights as deep-fried tarantulas and roasted crickets. I could probably manage a roasted cricket, but not too sure about the tarantula. Is it whole? Does it have hairy legs and little beady eyes? Something visually unappealing is not necessarily not tasty.
I found the politics section of the book difficult to read. So much sadness and suffering. On April 30th, 1970, American and Vietnamese forces invaded the country to attack Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops. For the next 4 years US B52s carpet-bombed large areas in the east. Thousands were killed and many more became refugees. Then followed civil war. On April 17th, 2 weeks before the fall of Saigon,the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh surrendered to the Khmer Rouge who attempted to turn the country into 'a peasant-dominated agrarian cooperative. Year Zero was proclaimed. Currency was abolished and there were practically no postal services.' Many died.
On December 25th, 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia. 2 weeks later the Pol Pot government fell. In 1984 the Vietnamese 'overran the rebel camps and the Khmer Rouge retreated to Thailand.'
All you need to know to travel Cambodia is here in this small book. For the moment my journey is literary, but perhaps.......
The temples of Angkor, in particular that of Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious building, is described as the 8th wonder of the world, only matched by Petra or Machu Picchu. To quote the book:' the Khmers packed the equivalent of all Europe's cathedrals into an area the size of Los Angeles.'
The architecture is often French particularly in the province of Kampot Battambang; whilst the languages found there are Khmer, English, Chinese and French. The street snacks comprise such delights as deep-fried tarantulas and roasted crickets. I could probably manage a roasted cricket, but not too sure about the tarantula. Is it whole? Does it have hairy legs and little beady eyes? Something visually unappealing is not necessarily not tasty.
I found the politics section of the book difficult to read. So much sadness and suffering. On April 30th, 1970, American and Vietnamese forces invaded the country to attack Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops. For the next 4 years US B52s carpet-bombed large areas in the east. Thousands were killed and many more became refugees. Then followed civil war. On April 17th, 2 weeks before the fall of Saigon,the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh surrendered to the Khmer Rouge who attempted to turn the country into 'a peasant-dominated agrarian cooperative. Year Zero was proclaimed. Currency was abolished and there were practically no postal services.' Many died.
On December 25th, 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia. 2 weeks later the Pol Pot government fell. In 1984 the Vietnamese 'overran the rebel camps and the Khmer Rouge retreated to Thailand.'
All you need to know to travel Cambodia is here in this small book. For the moment my journey is literary, but perhaps.......
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