Author: wheninphnompenh


  • Artease teases your taste buds

    Last week, I decided to go to a cafe shop, which I have routinely seen on my way to Boeng Keng Kang neighbourhood. This one Artease Cafe is located on Street 310 in Beong Keng Kong. I think that Artease has been there for quite a long time; it’s just that I did not get

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  • Guest Post: Hiking Mount Bromo, East Java | Indonesia

    Note: This is a guest post by Nitin Pradeep Kumar who is based in Singapore. He hiked to Mount Bromo, an active volcano located in East Java, Indonesia in September 2016, and would like to share his world travel experiences with our readers on WheninPhnomPenh. ========================= Blaming myself for not bringing along woolen gloves did not

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  • Lessons I learnt from peace journalism training in Myanmar

    (Note: The first question that might arise in your mind is “Is it really safe for a 19-year-old female Khmer to travel with a stranger she doesn’t personally know outside Cambodia and stay abroad for a week? Well, I am still alive and kicking, so I bet I am far more qualified to answer this question. 🙂 Also,

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  • Does a solo trip have to be outside your own country?

    Imagine a 19-year-old girl who always sticks with her family decides to go on a solo travel trip inside her own or to a foreign country. What difference do you think it makes for the girl? It is not that her parents limit her freedom to move around at her will. But she gets used

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  • CamboFarm: The Only Rabbit Farm in Cambodia

    We warn you, it’s #cutenessoverload. We took photographs of these very adorable rabbits earlier, there will not be much of description by the way, but merely photos of them we took with Canon 70D. This one is called Mini-rex. Yes, he stuck out his tongue. We are not sure why, but perhaps, it happened after we ran around the table

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  • Ecotourism in Areng Valley to be spared from damming

    BY Rady MEY & Nayheak KHUN Areng valley is a very beautiful place located in Koh Kong province in the southwest Cambodia. Home to approximately 1,300 indigenous people, rich in biodiversity, inhabited by 31 endangered rare (endangered) wildlife species such as Dragon fish and one of the last places left in Cambodia, it is a place where

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  • Empowered Chong Community: Cultural Preservation and Areng Development

    By Kakada Kuy Areng Valley (Cambodia): Called by the Prime Minister Hun Sen the ‘Battery Province,’ Koh Kong has potential for hydropower dam construction projects. Areng dam is one of the plans. However, there have been conflicts caused by its immense natural and cultural impacts to the local indigenous community. Once the dam is constructed, 1,500

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  • Areng Valley: Harmonious Ways of Living and Hydropower Impacts

    By Nou Serey Vathna, Cambodia Peace Fellow of PIC About 250 Kilometers away from Phnom Penh, Areng Valley is located in the Southwestern part of Koh Kong province at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains. The Valley is believed to be the largest forest in Asia. It is home to 277 species, 39 of which

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  • Swimming at Patio on Street 51

    Before I came to Patio, I had always wanted to find a place quiet enough to swim with my friends. I was not worried about the size of the pool at all. I asked friends around for their favourite swimming pools. Some said the Phnom Penh Sport Club, the Olympic Stadium’s swimming pool but what

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  • Cambodia among 20 countries with 4DX

    In the last few years, if I want to watch 3D movie, I will go to either Legend Cinema or Platinum Cineplex, where you can enjoy wearing 3D glasses and having popcorn. However, if you want to enjoy more than just 3D movie, come to Major Cineplex. Situated on 2nd advanced technology movie which is called 4DX movie.

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