Some said: come the future, you will regret the things you never done than the things you did.
Them saying: it is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.
One said: I travel not to go anyywhere but to go!
I say: it’s all true. you only live once. and if you do it right, that is enough. go see the world! can’t go far? it is ok, go near, but go…take that step and see what life has in store for you!! start small by discovering the city you live now. no matter how long you have been there, your entire life or just arrived, a place has always something ‘new’ to offer. you would think that Bali island, that swarmed by millions of tourists, not just travelers, every year, has all been discoevered and done. Lo and behold, new destinations are viraling now in all social media channels. so again, I encourage you to take that first step and start your traveling map and wanders!
CAMBODIA
The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula. The official religion is Theravada Buddhism which practiced by over 95% population. The country’s capital city is Phnom Penh, also the center of the country’s political, economic and cultural.
Historically, the country has evidence of human occupation dated back to as far as the Pleistocene era. Some slight archaeological evidence shows communities of hunter-gatherers inhabited the region during Holocene: the most ancient archaeological discovery site in Cambodia is considered to be the cave of L’aang Spean, in Battambang Province, which belongs to the Hoabinhian period. Excavations in its lower layers produced a series of radiocarbon dates around 6000 BC. Upper layers in the same site gave evidence of transition to Neolithic, containing the earliest dated earthenware ceramics in Cambodia.
During the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries, the Indianised states of Funan and its successor, Chenla, coalesced in present-day Cambodia and southwestern Vietnam. For more than 2,000 years, what was to become Cambodia absorbed influences from India, passing them on to other Southeast Asian civilisations that are now Thailand and Laos. Little else is known for certain of these polities, however Chinese chronicles and tribute records do make mention of them. It is believed that the territory of Funan may have held the port known to Alexandrian geographer Claudius Ptolemy as “Kattigara”. The Chinese chronicles suggest that after Jayavarman I of Chenla died around 690, turmoil ensued which resulted in division of the kingdom into Land Chenla and Water Chenla which was loosely ruled by weak princes under the dominion of Java.
The Khmer Empire grew out of these remnants of Chenla, becoming firmly established in 802 when Jayavarman II (reigned c790-850) declared independence from Java and proclaimed himself a Devaraja. He and his followers instituted the cult of the God-king and began a series of conquests that formed an empire which flourished in the area from the 9th to the 15th centuries. During the rule of Jayavarman VIII the Angkor empire was attacked by the Mongol army of Kublai Khan, however the king was able to buy peace. Around the 13th century, monks from Sri Lanka introduced Theravada Buddhism to Southeast Asia. The religion spread and eventually displaced Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism as the popular religion of Angkor; however it was not the official state religion until 1295; when Indravarman III took power.
The Khmer Empire was Southeast Asia’s largest empire during the 12th century. The empire’s centre of power was Angkor, where a series of capitals were constructed during the empire’s zenith. In 2007 an international team of researchers using satellite photographs and other modern techniques concluded that Angkor had been the largest pre-industrial city in the world with an urban sprawl of 2,980 square kilometres (1,151 square miles). The city, which could have supported a population of up to one million people and Angkor Wat, the best known and best-preserved religious temple at the site, still serves as a reminder of Cambodia’s past as a major regional power. The empire, though in decline, remained a significant force in the region until its fall in the 15th century.
(source: Wikipedia)
The open trip of Free-N-Easy 6D5N Cambodia 2019
Siem Reap – Phnom Penh
contact to join the trip coming 21st October 2019
Day 1: Arrive Siem Reap – Transfer to Hotel
Day 2: Siem Reap: Sightseeing: Angkor Wat (B)
Day 3: Free Day (B) Day
4: From Siem Reap to Phnom Penh (B)
Day 5: Phnom Penh (B)
Day 6: Departure
PS: trip is operated by one of SEA largest tour operator, so you know you’re booking your trip on reliable company.
Contact for more details…
It’s rarely you got an offer for flat rate of SGL room on very affordable package price of $200/pax that includes the transfers, tour and hotels on 3* level, don’t you think???
So, don’t wait up. Look for your flights and start exploring.
See you in REP on 21st October 2019.
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