Word: phnom
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...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...
...difficult to even find an Internet connection, they harrumph?but that is precisely the point. Everything else to do in Cambodia requires hiking and studying and getting up early; Sihanoukville is for the lazy or those suffering from temple overload. The four-hour, $3 bus trip from Phnom Penh is the most strenuous part...
...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...
...museum isn't the art. But many museums around the world show off great art and sculpture; only one hosts a massive colony of rare bats in its attic that stream out by the hundreds of thousands at sundown. Visitors gather on the sidewalks around the National Museum in Phnom Penh on clear evenings to watch the stunning exodus; and it saves them the $2 cost of admission...
CULTURAL RENAISSANCE Classic Khmer dance, as ancient as the stone temples that draw most visitors to the country, is tiptoeing back from the brink of extinction, proof of Cambodia's cultural resurgence. Regular shows are staged in Phnom Penh at the Sovanna Phum cultural arts center, where viewers can enjoy the stylized sweeping hand and finger gestures of dancers outfitted in shiny silk sarongs that really fit: dancers are sewn into them before each performance...