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This month Bangkok Airways is launching its Mekong World Heritage Tour, linking Sukhothai with the unesco-listed sites of Luang Prabang in Laos, the ancient Vietnamese capital of Hue and the Khmer ruins of Angkor in Cambodia. Travelers can visit all four sites in eight days for about $1,000 including hotels. Or they can purchase individual flights for a customized itinerary. Says Prasarttong-Osoth: "Even those traveling for a short time will be able to get an understanding of this area's incredible history." And get a taste of incredible Bangkok Airways...
...fought over dumps. Nepal's countryside, now being made a hell by vicious, marauding Maoists, is simultaneously a picture of bucolic paradise, rivaled perhaps only by Afghanistan's northern mountains in springtime. Cambodia's civil war raged against a backdrop of some of the world's most stunning architecture?Angkor Wat and its surrounding Khmer temples?while the battlefields where 65,000 people have died in two decades in northern Sri Lanka are lush jungles of palms and ponds alive with kingfishers, green parrots and black and yellow longtails. Kashmir in May?as the snow pulls back through the damp...
...Museum director Khun Samen resents the attention the bats receive?he would rather have the public focus on his collections, a centerpiece of which is the original Leper King statue from the Angkor Thom region, rare partly because the ancient sculpture is nude. Still, when travelers trade tips about the National Museum on the Internet, they usually describe how best to view the dusk drama. Which, of course, drives the administration batty...
...LUXURY Even in the low-budget haven that is Southeast Asia, grimy Siem Reap is exceptional in its appeal to backpackers: it's easy to live on the cheap as you explore Angkor Wat. Yet within a five-minute walk from an unpaved alley of $2-a-room guesthouses, the elaborate Grand Hotel d'Angkor offers its top digs for?are you sitting down??$1,900 a night. The hotel has two 400-sq-m villas that come with everything a Hollywood star or head of state might want: two bedrooms with marble bathrooms, linens of Khmer silk...
...LUNCH BREAK Savvy travelers would think themselves wise to eschew the tourist-trap lunch stalls across the street from the entrance to Angkor Wat, opting instead for a packed lunch provided by their hotels. They would be wrong. Chez Sophea is a tiny gem not to be missed. Run by a French-Cambodian couple, the breezy restaurant offers a delicious selection of simple French fare and Cambodian specialties. And for special occasions, there are always a few bottles of chilled champagne on hand...