Archive for the ‘Culture & History’ Category
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Microbreweries and beer gardens are making inroads in Phnom Penh as the taste for hops keeps growing.
Cambodia might not rank among the world's brewery or beer garden capitals, but change is coming.
From its setting on the banks of the Tonle Sap river, Kingdom Breweries, Phnom Penh's newest boutique producer, opened ...
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
The Philippines Department of Agriculture is putting in 30 million Piso to restore the 2,000-year old Ifugao Rice Terraces, often described as the 8th Wonder of the World, to their former glory.
[caption id="attachment_2221" align="alignleft" width="660" caption="Batad Village & Rice Terraces in 1990 before typhoons and neglect destroyed sections of them. ...
Posted in Conservation, Culture & History, Development, News, Philippines, Travel & Tourism | 3 Comments »
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Sen, yesterday announced that the Water Festival festivities scheduled for November 9 to 13 will be cancelled to preserve fund for the cleanup effort after this summer's record floods.
The highlight of the annual Water Festival is the boat races that take place on the Tonle Sap ...
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The 7th Angkor Photo Festival will take place in Siem Reap from 19 to 26 November 2011.
Created in 2005, the Angkor Photo Festival is the first photography festival to be held in Southeast Asia. Each year the weeklong event features exhibitions and outdoor slideshows by celebrated and emerging photographers in ...
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
This short report from the BBC's Fast:Track programme highlights how much more there is to see on the archaeological front in Cambodia than just Angkor Wat. The country is simply riddled with ancient monuments and at most of them you will not find other tourists clambering over the broken stones, ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Bring your friend aboard the lovely Mekhala converted rice barge for FREE!
Cruise in luxury up the River of Kings from Bangkok to the former Siamese capital of Ayutthaya (or vice versa), and overnight trip, sleeping aboard in the Mekhala's deluxe, air-conditioned cabins.
Dates:
28/29 June (upstream)
4/5, 6/7, 18/19 & 27/29 July (upstream)
5/6, ...
Posted in Culture & History, River Cruises, River Cruising, Special Offers, Symbiosis Custom Travel, Thailand | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Thanks to Mark Ord of All Points East for this:
The tiny, but well preserved Prasart Phnom Ngok or Chnork in Kampot Province is probably the best candidate for Cambodia’s oldest, (still standing), temple. It clocks in at some 1,600 – 1,700 years (estimates do vary). That’s nearly twice as old ...
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
Calling filmmakers, photographers & journalists to the biggest underwater imagery festival in the Asia Pacific!
Dust off your cameras and take to the water with 5 Star IDC Centre Thalassa, located in the heart of Bunaken National Park. CTS participants get a head start in the Shoot Out competition with our ...
Posted in Deals for Divers, Diving, Festivals & Festivities, Indonesia, Photography, Scuba Diving, Special Offers | No Comments »
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
How about celebrating Valentine's Day (or a few days afterwards) with a romantic hot air balloon flight in Southern Thailand?
The 2011 Hua Hin Ballooning Festival will be taking place from 12 February to 6 March and you can join in if you wish. Flights will float off just ...
Posted in Festivals & Festivities, News, Southeast Asia, Thailand | 3 Comments »
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Feeding the Ancestors: The Cambodian Pchum Ben Festival
The fifteenth day, of the tenth month, of the Khmer calendar marks the Pchum Ben festival. This is a time when the spirits of the dead ancestors walk the Earth. And the living can ease their suffering by offering them food to eat.
At ...
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
Borneo has amazing birdlife, and the inaugural Sabah Birdwatching Festival would be a great opportunity to learn something about them.
Contact Symbiosis Expedition Planning about making a trip to attend the show next month and perhaps trekking into the forests to look for some birds yourself!
See poster below:
Posted in Borneo, Conservation, Festivals & Festivities, Indonesia, Malaysia, Photography, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Letter from Jennifer Lee 05:55 AM Aug 10, 2010
ABOUT two weeks ago, a concerned Hong Kong citizen saw a Citibank (Hong Kong) promotion advertising discounted shark's fins.
Read the full article in today's Today Online.
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
will take place the weekend of 21 and 22 May 2010 at the Nirwana Gardens on Bintan Island in Indonesia's Riau Islands, just south of Singapore. Triathletes of all levels and countries can join the weekend of fun-filled activities and participate in one of the region’s most festive and vibrant ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
We have had some additional places open up on some of our tours for the 2010 Mount Hagen Cultural Festival in August this year.
This is a highly sought after Papua New Guinea experience - the famous Mount Hagen Cultural festival. A must for people interested in photographing people.
In addition to ...
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
Anyone planning a visit to Vietnam must attend a performance of the famous Thang Long water puppetry in Hanoi. Thang Long water puppetry is a traditional art form with distinctive culture identity of Vietnam. it came to existence, developed and diversified over a thousand years ago in the Red River ...
Posted in Cultural Events, News, Southeast Asia, Vietnam | 2 Comments »
