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Angkor Wat at sunrise

Cambodia Journal

Angkor, the capital, the coast and the add-on routes — the questions before you book.

The Cambodia journal is where the planning starts: how many days at Angkor, how to do Phnom Penh, and how the country joins Thailand or Vietnam. Read here, then move to the things-to-do and tours pages.

Articles

Cambodia travel guide

The practical foundation: Angkor in three days, Phnom Penh, the coast, the e-visa, the money (dollars and riel), the season and the routes.

  • Start here
  • 10,000 words
  • Angkor day by day
  • Updated 2026

Asia temples and heritage

Angkor ranked first among the twenty great sites of the continent, with the hour, the pass, the guide and the dress rules.

  • The 5.15 am start
  • Three-day pass
  • Guide worth it
  • Dress code

South-East Asia travel guide

Cambodia against its neighbours: how it joins Thailand and Vietnam, what it costs, the two monsoons and the Indochina loop.

  • Add-on logic
  • Costs in AUD
  • Vietnam + Cambodia
  • Health honestly

Asia itineraries

Thailand and Cambodia in 14 days, Vietnam and Cambodia in 16, Cambodia and Laos in 10, and the Indochina loop in 21, with night-counts.

  • Night-counts
  • Angkor 3 nights
  • Koh Rong finish
  • Laos pairing
The Bayon temple faces at Angkor Thom
Angkor beyond Angkor Wat: the article most people need before they book three days.

Why a Cambodia journal

Cambodia is booked for Angkor and remembered for the rest — the Phare circus, the bat flight at Battambang, the pepper at Kampot, a beach with nobody on it — and the questions before booking are about how much of it to add to a Thailand or Vietnam trip and how to do the hard history in Phnom Penh with children or without. The journal answers those, then sends you to the things to do page to choose and the tours page to book. The Cambodia-specific articles are being written; the four above are the Asia-level guides with the Cambodia sections and are the foundation.

Royal Palace in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh: how to see the hard sites and why.

What we are writing next

Angkor in three days, temple by temple · Angkor beyond Angkor Wat: Beng Mealea, Koh Ker, Preah Vihear · How to see Tuol Sleng and the Killing Fields · Cambodia with children · Kampot, Kep and the pepper · Koh Rong vs Koh Rong Samloem · The Mekong boat from Vietnam · Battambang, the gentle city · Cambodia’s wet season, honestly · What ten days in Cambodia costs.

Kampot river town with French colonial buildings
Kampot and Kep: the south coast that most Angkor trips miss.
Beach on Koh Rong island
Koh Rong: cheap, undeveloped, and four days after the temples.

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