Siem Reap: Divine Dance
Keith Mundy traces the origins of the apsara in Cambodian culture, and finds that these celestial nymphs are still dancing a thousand years on
When you cross the 190-metre wide moat to the majestic monument of Angkor Wat, you see it in all its splendour: a temple whose outer walls run for almost four kilometres, whose enormous central sanctuary climbs skyward to imitate the sacred Mount Meru, and whose pinecone-like middle tower soars 65 [ read more ]
Round the Bend but on the Mend
Graham Bond ventures cautiously into Cambodia and finds it's not as mind-bending as he had feared. Or hoped
In the heart of Phnom Penh, at the confluence of the Mekong and the Tonle Sap, there is a small sand island. A woman is walking along its edge, where tall reeds sway in the river breeze. She carries a basket and strides purposefully into the wind, her long black [ read more ]
