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My English language guide to the Angkor temples, Spotlight Angkor, published in 2011 by Moon Books, has been reviewed by gonna.com.
More news on this title soon.
“Moon Spotlight Angkor Wat is a 60-page compress beam covering the most appropriate of this Cambodian city, together with the superfluous temples of Angkor — Phnom Wat Bakheng, Thomanon, and [...]
Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
I have spent the past few days in the Angkor ruins in Cambodia.
As it is the end of the hot season in South East Asia and as recent turmoil in neighboring Thailand has scared all but the hardiest tourists (Koreans, for the most part) away, the temples that see a couple of million visitors a [...]
Tom Vater’s guide to Cambodia by Moon is out now and available via Amazon. Copies will reach stores across the US in the coming weeks.
Read the publisher’s web page on this brand new title.
Or read an introduction here:
Author, journalist, screenwriter, and researcher Tom Vater leads you on an adventure through Cambodia, from the bustling markets [...]
Tom Vater’s up-coming travel guide to Cambodia, a Moon Handbook, will be published in February 2010. For this first edition title, Tom spent almost six months traveling to every corner of the South East Asian kingdom, covering all major and many minor sites - from Angkor Wat to remote temple ruins lost in the jungle, [...]
Tom Vater’s up-coming travel guide to Cambodia, a Moon Handbook, will be published in February 2010. For this first edition title, Tom spent almost six months traveling to every corner of the South East Asian kingdom, covering all major and many minor sites - from Angkor Wat to remote temple ruins lost in the jungle, [...]
A DVD of this TV (SWR) documentary (Screenplay Marc Eberle/Tom Vater), is out now and can be ordered online. Just click on the picture. Marc Eberle directed.
What do Nawi, a middle-aged Khmer woman living in a dusty village in north-west Cambodia, and Angelina Jolie, who lives in Beverly Hills, have in common? In their own ways they are both diminishing the cultural heritage of Cambodia. And they are both tomb raiders. But the reasons for the two [...]