Eclectic crime fiction & informed, irreverent non-fiction from Asia & beyond
Ich arbeite seit einiger Zeit an einem neuen Reisebuch zu den Ruinen des Angkorreiches in Kambodscha. Der City Trip Angkor und Siem Reap ist kompakt und super informativ – ich war gerade in Siem Reap, habe drei Tage im Angkor Archaeological Park verbracht und eine Woche lang Hotels, Restaurants, Geschäfte und Museen angeschaut- mein vierter […]
Continue ReadingI 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 […]
Continue ReadingTom 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 […]
Continue ReadingTom 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, […]
Continue ReadingTom 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, […]
Continue ReadingJetzt gibt es eine DVD (seit wann weiss ich nicht) des Dokumentarfilms über Kambodscha “Angkor – steinernes Herz der Khmer” von Marc Eberle (Drehbuch Marc Eberle/Tom Vater). Produziert für die SWR-Reihe “Länder-Menschen-Abenteuer” Angkor Wat, der Welt größtes sakrales Bauwerk, ist das Herzstück des tausendjährigen Khmer-Reiches in Kambodscha. Die einstige Herrscherresidenz mit mehr als 1.000 – den […]
Continue ReadingWhat 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 women’s respective actions could […]
Continue Reading