Feature - One teacher's solo immersion in Cambodia

When All Hallows' School English and history teacher Susan Bentley tells her students they can make a difference, they believe her. Susan completed a solo immersion in Cambodia late in 2011 as her own way of giving something back to the world community…. Read more >>

Woodinville Sisters Raising Money for Cambodian Students

Chelsea and Charlotte Reinnoldt and their friends have raised over $450 through Christmas caroling and snow shoveling during the recent storm for impoverished schools in Siem Reap province, Cambodia...Read More >>

Photographing Cambodia’s ancient Ta Prohm Temple, before the tourists arrive
We were using our cellphones as flashlights as we walked toward Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia last November. It was a half-hour before sunrise, and we could hear cicadas and monkeys in the dense jungle....Read more >>

Young Cambodians’ perspective toward the job market

Nowadays, in order to find an appropriate job, people must at least have a basic education plus some knowledge of English and technology. As foreigners who come to work and invest in our country usually already have these qualifications, employers seem to turn their attention toward them... Read more >>

Near Cambodia's Temple Ruins, a Devotion to Learning

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA — Millions of tourists come here every year to visit the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, an influx that has helped transform…. Read more >>

Exploring Cambodia by stayingwith local Khmer families

Kampong Thom, Cambodia - The few established attractions in Cambodia such as the temple in Angkor Wat are generally overrun by tourists.... Read more >>

The secrets of Siem Reap

THE first wonder of Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia can be found about a kilometre from the airport, well before the gates of glorious Angkor Wat….Read more >>

Ancient Cambodian temple stirsto life

BANTEAY CHHMAR, Cambodia — it’s still entwined in mystery and jungle vines, but one of Cambodia's grandest monuments is slowly awakening after eight centuries of isolated slumber, having attracted a crack archaeological team and a trickle of tourists… Read more >>

Tourism Indochina: Cambodia Festive Flotilla

It is colorful competition that engages the large portion of population connected to the country’s water ways. A swirl of color blankets the Tonle Sap River…Read more >>

Cambodian Art Blossoms

Archives of Cambodian impressionist paintings are currently being exhibited in California. Painted by the late You Khin, the artwork is a dedication to the history of Cambodia, as well as the atrocities committed by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge…Read more >>

Mud and madness: The wild history of Cambodian dirt-biking – Part 2

ZEMAN picked up a job at a local English language school and settled into life in the Cambodian capital. “It was pretty easy to get a job and you didn’t even really need any qualifications,” says Zeman. He then began promoting events and parties and soon moved on to managing a local night club…Read more >>

Budget Vacation Guide 2012: SiemReap, Cambodia

Not only is Cambodia still one of the poorest countries in Asia, but it is also one of the cheapest. Much of this has to do with the fact that seeing as it has only been 12 years since the country officially ended what was nearly 25 years….Read more >>

TV, radio shows aim to focus youth on civic participation

Cambodia TV channel CTN looked to the nation’s youth yesterday with the launch of the Loy9 show. Produced by BBC Media Action, the show is aimed at raising the awareness of 15-to-24-year olds for participating in civic life...Read more

Taking a class at Tuol Sleng

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum has reclaimed part of its original status as a high school by co-ordinating free history lectures on the Khmer Rouge regime...Read more

Explore Cambodia and Vietnam and Maybe Build a Footbridge or Two

…On January 16, the first of group of travelers to take part in the new program are headed to Vietnam and Cambodia for a 2-week eco-volunteer trip which will include donating supplies, teaching English, and finishing a footbridge that will help students get to school…Read more

Airdrie coupleset to embark on orphanage volunteer program

For Airdrie residents Kendal Bayda and Jeremy Long, a simple trip is not enough.

This week, the couple will be trekking to Cambodia for four weeks as part of the International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) orphanage/childcare program. The two will be teaching English to students in the country...Read more

Students taste robotic future

Cambodian students at the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia (NPIC) have entered the world of robotics. A group of 20 Cambodian students have been collaborating with 10 South Korean students from the Korea University of Technology and Education (KUT) since January 3 to produce a series of robots and remote-controlled devices using parts supplied from Korea…  

Int'l visitors to Cambodia'sAngkor heritage site up 23 pct in 2011

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Angkor Wat temples, one of the world heritage sites, attracted 1.6 million foreign visitors in 2011, an increase of 23 percent from 1.3 million a year earlier, according to the statistics of Siem Reap provincial tourism department on Tuesday.

Cambodia and Angkor – what??

We had no idea what to expect from Cambodia.

Well, that is not entirely accurate. We were expecting corruption from the police and touts to rush us as soon as we rolled over the border. As for the ordinary citizen and how they would react to us…there we were at a complete loss...(read more)

Cambodia attracts about 2.8millions foreign visitors in 2011

According to the data from the Ministry of Tourism, Cambodia attracted around 2.8 million inbound tourists to visit the kingdom in 2011 with a 14 percent rise against 2010 as the count was about 2.5 million....

Music, Shopping, Culture in Cambodia

All the way to Cambodia for flute lessons? Yep!
It's been a few days since we brought you a Northpoint Travelers update. While the students have been busy, they've also been able to experience the culture in a variety of ways. As you read, you'll see that music is a large focus of this trip to Cambodia.
But, before we get started, it's great to know that the Northpoint students are ing recognized for their travels and community service. Read this article in the Phnom Pen Post about their experiences:...

 

CAMBODIA: Poor quality drives us abroad – Students

Corruption, funding shortages and an obsession with profit are plaguing the quality of university education in Cambodia, students say, driving them overseas in search of masters and PhD programmes, write Shane Worrell and Chhay Channyda for The Phnom Penh Post....

Cambodia's lost temple, reclaimed from the jungle after 800 years

The haunting monastic complex is so entwined in jungle vines and mystery that it could be the set of an Indiana Jones film. But it is not. It is one of the great historic treasures of south-east Asia, and is slowly awakening after eight centuries of isolated slumber...

Drought Led to Demise of Ancient City of Angkor

...The great city of Angkor in Cambodia, first established in the ninth century, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, the major player in Southeast Asia for nearly five centuries. It stretched over more than 385 square miles (1,000 square kilometers), making it the most extensive urban complex of the preindustrial world. In comparison, Philadelphia covers 135 square miles (350 sq. km), while Phoenix sprawls across more than 500 square miles (1,300 sq. km), not including the huge suburbs....

For many, it’s a matter of degrees  

Corruption, funding shortages and an obsession with profit are plaguing the qualities of university education in Cambodia, students say, driving them overseas in search of master’s and PhD programs.

Student volunteers in Cambodia

FOR education student Peter Macbeth, Christmas in 2011 will involve a lot more giving than usual. He will be using his university holidays to share his teaching skills as a volunteer in Cambodian schools and orphanages…

Nonprofit teaches high-tech skills in the developing world 

Digital Divide Data, a nonprofit, trains disadvantaged workers in the developing world. The program is offered in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya.

When Yon Meakchan isn't converting publications into electronic form for customers such as Stanford University, he pedals his bicycle 10 miles south from his office to the rural edges of this city of 2 million people to help his family, pulling weeds in rice paddies, tending to banana trees and wading into a murky river to bathe oxen...

Nonprofit teaches high-tech skills in the developing world

 

Digital Divide Data, a nonprofit, trains disadvantaged workers in the developing world. The program is offered in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya…

When Yon Meakchan isn't converting publications into electronic form for customers such as Stanford University, he pedals his bicycle 10 miles south from his office to the rural edges of this city of 2 million people to help his family, pulling weeds in rice paddies, tending to banana trees and wading into a murky river to bathe oxen...

We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia: Film Review

This unconventional youth film with a mouthful of a title makes charity look hip and creative, and it gains persuasiveness by being based on a real-life account.  

Tokyo - We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia is a youth motivational film that is a slick piece of infotainment with no problem switching tones from frivolous campus caper to reality-show a la Oprah's Big Give to educational field trip. The story, about four Tokyo university students who raised enough money in just one year to construct a school in Cambodia gains persuasiveness by being based on a real-life account.