New paint and old prayers in preparation for big race
Photo by: Roth Meas
Uch Bonly repaints the championship boat at Prek Takong with colourful motifs.
Like a thoroughbred horse, a winning Water Festival boat is a prized possession.
Mangkal Sanchey Serey Mean Rith, the boat that will represent Russey Keo’s Prek Takong commune in the Water Festival, has a shiny new paint job for the races this [...]
Temple bike ride just the ticket for a fun day out
Phnom Penh Post on Friday, 30 October 2009
By POST STAFF
Riders at last year’s Angkor Wat Bike Race on the temple course.
Participants in this year’s fourth annual Angkor Wat Bike Race and Fun Ride on Saturday December 5 will have a choice of completing one or three laps of a course which winds around temples including [...]
Villagers carve out a niche with traditional set of skills
Photo by: ROTH MEAS
Coppersmith Pin Vuthy at work creating Khmer ceremonial swords in his Chinese Island village.
As you enter the village of Koh Chen (Chinese Island) on the Tonle Sap you hear the dull thud, thud of metal being hammered into shape.
This is the sound of the villagers practising their craft. For inhabitants of Koh [...]
Standing ovation for talented kids
Photo by: TRACEY SHELTON
Srey Lin from Sunrise Children’s Village performing the coconut dance in Sydney during their fundraising tour last week.
THERE was hardly a dry eye in the room at the Sydney Opera House last week after children from the Sunshine Children’s Village in Takeo presented their moving performances.
The 29 ecstatic but exhausted children arrived [...]
Regional tourism alliance holds inaugural awards
A poolside view of The Pavilion, awarded Cambodia’s Resort Hotel of the Year at TAA 2009. PHOTO SUPPLIED
AIMING to highlight the commitment of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to strive for service excellence in their tourism and hospitality industries, the first Tourism Alliance Awards (TAA 2009) took place on October 1 at the Phu Tho Exhibition [...]
Former sex slave wins 2009 Freedom Award
Friday, 16 October 2009, By Jude Mak
Photo by: AFP
Former Cambodian sex slave Sina Vann arrives for the 2009 Freedom Awards, where she received the Frederick Douglass Award in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
SEX slave-turned-activist Sina Vann received the Frederick Douglass Award at the 2009 Freedom Awards in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Awarded to those who have survived [...]
Cool refreshment in our southern forests
Photo by: Prum Seila
A tourist walks a pathway at the Mangrove Forest Resort in Koh Kong on Cambodia’s south coast.
The unforgettable landscape impresses before you even reach the town.
Tall, lush forests sigh under a light drizzle, while fluffy mist cools the air of Botum Sakor national park in Koh Kong province.
The scenery encountered on the [...]
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