Moon Angkor Wat Including Siem Reap & Phnom Penh

by Vater, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781631211416
• ISBN10: 1631211412
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-09-22
• Publisher: Moon Travel

Summary

With advice you can trust and the unique perspective of writer and world traveler Tom Vater, Moon Angkor Wat has everything you need to know to have an unforgettable experience.

From the unparalleled beauty of its temples to the bustling growth and culture of the nearby cities, Angkor Wat has it all. Explore Angkor Wat and its surroundings with confidence using Moon’s strategic itineraries and top activities, such as the best way to tour the Temples of Angkor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, participate in community-supported tourism, and dig deep into Khmer art and history.

With expertly crafted maps and gorgeous photos, this full-color guidebook gives you the tools you need to have an immersive and unique experience.

Moon Angkor Wat includes areas such as:
Siem Reap
Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom
Anteay Chhmar
Sambor Prei Kuk
Preah Khan, Koh Ker, and Preah Vihear
Battambang
Phnom Penh

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Author Biography

Tom Vater is a writer working and traveling in South Asia since 1993. He is the author of numerous books – non-fiction titles, guide-books and a novel - and has co-written several documentary screenplays for television and cinema. Tom’s feature articles, mostly on Asian subjects and destinations, have been published around the world, by the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Times, Marie Claire, and many others. He is the Daily Telegraph’s Bangkok expert. His non-fiction book, Sacred Skin, published with award-winning photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat - who took many of the pictures for Moon Angkor Wat - is an international bestseller and has garnered some 30 reviews, including features in TIME magazine and on CNN. Tom is also the co-owner of Hong Kong based crime fiction imprint Crime Wave Press.’

Tom first visited Cambodia in 2001 to document the indigenous minorities in Mondulkiri for the British Library’s International Sound Archive, and instantly fell in love with the country. A year later, Tom co-wrote and production-managed a documentary on Angkor for German-French television, which gave him the opportunity to spend several weeks amongst them temples. Since then, he has been back in Cambodia several times a year to cover the country’s politics and culture for many different publications. On his journeys around the country, he has joined kings, pilgrims and soldiers, secret agents, pirates, hippies, police men and prophets. Most recently he published Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer with renowned Lonely Planet photographer Kraig Lieb. Visit his website at tomvater.com