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Entries for June, 2008

Visit Vihear Sour Pagoda

On Saturday 28 June 2008, I went to Vihear Sour pagoda, located in Vihear Sour commune, Khsach Kandal district, Kandal province. People can go there by motor or car and it does take about one to two hours from Phnom Penh. Road condition is better off and if Prek Tamak bridge is fully built, then […]

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Politics of Preah Vihear Temple

That is very amazing in recent days with regards to Preah Vihear Temple, known as the temple of Cambodia worldwide. Many years since 1960s, the temple is widely under the territory of Cambodia and belongs to Cambodia. In the 1960s, problems had been made as the Thais also claimed as the owner of the temple. […]

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Election Campaign Starts at the First Day

Cambodia is to run a national election for the fourth mandate of the national assembly. Today, 26 June 2008, is the first day of election campaign, scheduled 30 days until 25 July 2008. The election day is Sunday 27 July 2008.

In the first day, main political parties organize election campaign and along the roads and […]

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Singatures of Political Parties in Cambodia

There are many signatures of political parties along the national and rural roads at public places and at house of political activists. The way each political party does is different from one to another. Here please enjoy with some pictures I shot while I traveled to province.

It is almost normal or simple which political parties […]

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Inscription of Preah Vihear Temple as World Heritage

Preah Vihear Temple is widely known as an asset of Kingdom of Cambodia and is now under process to put as world heritage. The inscription process has made problems among Thais, but not among Cambodians. Some Thai nationalists demonstrated to express their opposition points of views. However, the demonstration of some Thais will not change […]

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Promoting anti-corruption at commune levels

I see many signatures posted at commune offices and other public places at provinces. I noticed this as I traveled many times to provinces and communes of Cambodia. The signatures as you can see in the picture is the signature regarding price list of land registration produced by Pact Cambodia for its anti-corruption program.
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Exploring more tourist destinations

It is very good ideas to explore more tourist destinations within Cambodia boundaries as Cambodia gains peace and stability and infrastructure has linked its all parts of provinces and rural areas. Luyna commented in my blog saying that I think tourism industry is naive (crude), it requires more investment and innovation. It is not very […]

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A Few Tourists Still At Some Temples in Siem Reap

I traveled to Siem Reap in April 2008 and visited some temples. While Angkor temples and others nearby are welcoming hundreds of tourists everyday, other temples in Siem Reap province have a few tourists. As example, Phnom Krom temple just about two kilometers from provincial town has a very few tourists there.

Some parts of the […]

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I like planting, but not specialize

Planting trees in a big scale and making it from agro-business to agro-industry is my ambition. But, I am not sure whether I could reach my objective or not. I am just thinking about it, but no plan nor specialization in agricultural production.
While I travel to provinces I see that increasing land areas are diverted […]

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Plant Srakaneak and Mangoes

Several times I went to Siem Reap by Capitol bus, the bus always took a rest for passengers to eat or drink along the national road 6 of Kampong Cham province. While taking a rest at a restaurant, I took a picture as shown below of a plantation area. That is because I like plantation, […]

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