Planning a trip to Cambodia? Check out our complete, updated calendar of Cambodia Festival Dates & Photography Guide for upcoming event schedules. A three day* festival enjoyed by the whole country, where crowds flock to select destinations & homelands to celebrate with their friends & relatives. Many tourists and ex-pats avoid any travel during…
Located 100km east of the Angkor park, Preah Khan, or Prasat Bakan, with it’s 5km square walls forms the largest of all the Ankorian complexes. For the visitor, this forgotten city offers a scattering of remote temples in mostly derelict states due to looting in recent times. However, in contrast to Angkor park, you…
Kampong Pluk is one of four villages within traveling distance from Siem Reap on the shores of the Tonle Sap , the biggest natural lake in South East Asia. The others are Mechrey, one of our favorite places in Cambodia, the beautiful and biggest village of Kampong Kleang with it’s abundance of local culture. The fourth is Chog Kneas which…
For dates and a full list of festivals in Cambodia click HERE! Chinese new year celebrations, also known as Spring Festival, starts on the evening preceding the new moon of the first lunar month & runs until the full moon, coinciding with Tet, the Vietnamese new year. In Cambodia, this festival is not a public…
Awesome place. A plateau over 30 kilometers long which you can see on a good day from R6 when approaching Siemreap from Phnom Penh. It’s 40k to the check point at the bottom of the hill, the road is good all the way. A further 10k up the hill you will reach the main…
Peung Tanon, an oasis of natural sandstone formations covering less than a square kilometer, located on a hill surrounded by lush green rice paddy’s north west of Angkor Wat. This is a great day trip from Siemreap, but for the photographer, the place comes to life at night – check our time-lapse video…
Travelling on a budget? Heres a few inexpensive gift ideas with a personal touch found around the countryside close to Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Plam Sugar Palm sugar (khmer: skor tnot) comes in various forms, in jars or individual sweets. It is made from the sap or the palm trees, which is boiled, reduced to a…
Mechrey is one of four villages within traveling distance from Siem Reap on shores of the Tonle Sap , the biggest natural lake in South East Asia. The others are Kampong Phluk, fast becoming popular with its Mangrove Forest, the beautiful and biggest village of Kampong Kleang with it’s abundance of local…
The Khmer water festival dates back centuries, each year followed by countless people throughout country. Since starting time-lapse photography (my first attempt was in June 2015) I have wanted to shoot this. It’s a spectacular event full of vibrant colours and people. The event is ideal for the toy look time-lapse, mastered by…
This short clip was captured over two month period during the peak of monsoon season in south east Asia, a total of 6500 images. Inspired by Mike Olbinski’s stunning work from Phoenix, Arizona. Shooting started at the beginning of September, low season in Cambodia. A few clips in the paddy fields, followed by a…