Chinese new year 2025, the year of the snake, Jan 29th Chinese new year 2024, the year of the dragon, Feb 10th 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…
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…
2025 Nov 4th-6th Water Festival. Over the years, many reasons have been used to cancel this event. If the main races in Phnom Penh do not go ahead, I expect many smaller races throughout the provinces of Cambodia, including Siem Reap. The dates are public holidays so expect roads / transportation to be busy. I…
Kampong Khleang 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 village of Mechrey that moves with the water levels. The fourth is Chog Kneas…
Vassa, three month Buddhist rains retreat. The main days for Pchum Ben 2025 – Sep 21st – 23rd Vassa, sometimes called rains retreat, is a three month retreat beginning on the first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, normally around the end of July. For the three months, the…