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...landing where court officials bathed. Beyond that, the water cascades another 20 m and creates a pool where the masses once washed. As in the days of Elizabethan theater in London, when the best seats in the house?those closest to the stage?were inexplicably given to peasants, the Khmer commoners enjoyed the most beautiful section of the cascades, where a majestic sunlit waterfall streams through dense jungle growth. Today, Khmer families pass leisurely afternoons here: children frolic, and Buddhist monks crouch along the river downstream to wash their orange robes...
...Mindful of the pillaging of Angkor Wat, the locals in and around this magical Cambodian mountain want to keep the hordes away. Some Siem Reap guesthouse managers warn that Phnom Kulen is riddled with land mines, even though the paths are well worn and thousands of Khmer visit every year without incident. Motorbike drivers, too, routinely discourage travelers by insisting it's too far, too expensive and there's not enough to do for the effort. They're partly right; it's too bum-numbingly far on a motorbike and, at about $150 for a day trip in a four...
...peninsula, named after the revered King, is used primarily by local Khmer families and expatriates living in Phnom Penh. Most foreigners pass through en route to the ferries leading to and from the Thai resorts of Ko Chang, staying here as briefly as possible and sniffing at the less famous beaches. This is misguided arrogance?for which the small club of Sihanoukville fans are grateful...
...bats started making their home under the red roof during Khmer Rouge rule, when the museum was vacant. By the early 1990s, curators were desperate to evict them as droppings?up to a ton a month?coated the artifacts below and threatened to collapse the second-floor ceiling. A putrid stench distracted gallery patrons, and on one memorable occasion, bat lice in the air elicited an allergic reaction from a visiting Thai princess...
...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 and a private wine cellar. Guests?they've included director Oliver Stone, supermodel Kate Moss and Jordan's Queen Noor?are greeted with a decanter of brandy and enjoy the attention of a round-the-clock butler. The exotic outdoor pool area is so doused with pesticides that...