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Thinking of going to Cambodia? Look No Further! With over 200 temples and attractions covered, this book is for you.

Want to know what you will be seeing before you get there?

With over 850 pictures, you will know exactly where you want to go and what to expect when you get there. This will save you money and time by not being driven around by Tuk Tuks to temples or places that do not interest you.

˃˃˃ Want to do your own thing and visit temples yourself without a guide?

With the added GPS coordinates, maps and directions, of over 200 temples and attractions in the upper parts of Cambodia; spanning from Siem Reap, though Kulen Mountain, Koh Ker, past Battambang, Bantey Chhmar, Preah Vihear, Anlong Ven, Sambor Preikuk, and down to Phnom Penh; you will know where you want to go and what to expect when you get there, in addition to reaching these places without paying for a guide to show you where they are.

˃˃˃ Lost with the sheer number of temples and places to see?

Use the itinerary for a day by day guide to see the best temples and places in Siem Reap, Battambang and Phnom Penh.

Tired of looking at guidebooks that show one or maybe two pictures that in many case are from the 1970s?

All over 850 pictures were taken by the author during 2014 and 2015.

˃˃˃ Want to see the difference between the wet season and dry season?

Pictures show you the dramatic increase in water level at the West Baray, Neak Pean Temple, Kulen Waterfall and Natural Spring, South and Victory Gate, as well as Kbal Spean.

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Additional books by Anton Swanepoel to enhance your trip to Cambodia

Angkor Wat & Cambodia
Visas, accomodation, transport, common scams, etiquette, shopping, and more, to save you money and time, and make your trip to Angkor Wat & Cambodia go smoother.

Angkor Wat Temples
If your time is limited in Cambodia to up to three days in Siem Reap, or you intend on only seeing the larger temples inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, this smaller book is for you. With over 250 pictures, it covers over 30 temples inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, with GPS coordinates and directions to them.

Motorbiking Cambodia & Vietnam
Common scams when buying and selling a motorbike, suggested routes, accommodation, budget, border crossings, and more.

Kampot, Kep and Sihanoukville
With over 300 pictures of 95 attractions in and around Kampot, Kep, and Shinaoukville; you will know where you want to go and what to expect when you get there.

Vietnam Caves
A highly visual guide to some of the best caves and tourist places in Vietnam along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, with over 350 pictures, and advice from first hand experience of visiting these places.

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"Despite great photographs and useful content, this useful tour guide gets a three sadly - the formatting and occasional spelling errors drop it from a four."

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A photographic tour of Cambodia's temples, including tips and advice for travellers, suggested itineraries and more, as well as links to maps and more than 850 photographs.

The information is up to date, up to and including apps to use to help navigate and the price of elephant travel, and would be extremely useful to anyone visiting. However, I can also see it dating quite quickly as it includes things like phone numbers for local cafes. For anyone travelling to Cambodia or interested in the history of the country, this book would be a gem - and extremely useful if you were looking for places to eat or stop along the way and entertainment that might be off the beaten track. The tips on history and things to look out for are extremely interesting.

He didn't just tour temples: the section on the Killing Fields memorial is heartbreaking, particularly the stark signs that detail exactly what went on. "Killing tree against which executioners beat children" and the mass graves where clothing and occasionally bodies still emerge.It pulls no punches on the scale of the genocide, starkly stating in one location that up to 20,000 people were tortured at one location. When the soldiers liberated the city they found seven alive. The Killing Fields and Genocide Museum both carry warnings that these are not for children or the easily shocked.

There are a few typos and grammar errors, e.g. "pic-ups" not "pick-ups", commas need to be culled, and some of the phrasing is a little awkward. I would have preferred perhaps slightly more text about each location - there are only a few lines - but this is a photo journal and the images are clear and distinct. Unfortunately several have no individual caption, or the captions appear on the following page above another picture, making it harder to tell what I was looking at.

As a travel guide to Cambodia, this would probably be extremely useful for visitors. For anyone interested in the history of the area and what has happened more recently, this could also be a valuable resource. Despite great photographs and useful content, it gets a three sadly - the formatting and occasional spelling errors drop it from a four.

Rating: 3



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