 Rainforest tree roots engulf temple ruins at Ta Prohm / Balustrades approaching the city wall of Angkor Thom |
 by Philip Game
Call it the peace dividend: the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire now teems with tourists. Here are some tips for getting the best from one of Asia’s great monuments - and a different way to get there from Phnom Penh, the capital.
Last night there were several hundred people gathered at the hilltop temple of Phnom Bakheng. The ancient capital of the Khmer Empire now teems with tittering tourists, even in the pre-dawn darkness as we await the sunrise over the namesake ‘mountain temple’ of Angkor Wat.
Licensed by the Cambodian government, the Sokha Hotel Corporation extracts twenty American dollars per day, or forty American dollars for a three-day pass, from each foreign visitor. How then to optimise your time at one of Asia’s great monuments?
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