Southeast Asia Travel & Activities - May-June 2002
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- Last Updated: 3 Apr 2003 - Update History
- Latest Tour Itinerary
Overnight Accommodations and Contact Info
- Sat 11-May---Thu 16-May: The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel - Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Phone: 852 2113 0088 Email: hongkong@marcopolohotels.com
- Fri 17-May---Sun 19-May: Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort - Mactan Island, Philippines
- Phone: (63 32) 231 0288 Email: mac@shangri-la.com
- Mon 20-May---Wed 22-May: The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel - Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Phone: 852 2113 0088 Email: hongkong@marcopolohotels.com
- Thu 23-May: Comfort Suites Airport Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand
- Phone: (66) 2 552 8921 9 Email: airport@pinnaclehotels.com
- Fri 24-May---Mon 27-May: Angkor Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Phone: (855 63) 964 301 Email: angkor@bigpond.com.kh
- Tue 28-May---Thu 30-May: Hotel Cambodiana - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Phone: (855 23) 426 288 Email: luxury@hotelcambodiana.com.kh
- Fri 31-May: Krungsri River Hotel - Ayutthaya, Thailand
- Phone: (66 35) 244 333 Ext.1601 E-mail: hotel@krungsririver.com
- Sat 01-Jun---Sun 02-Jun: The Landmark Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand
- Phone: (66) (0)2254 0404 Email:email@landmarkbangkok.com
- Mon 03-Jun--Wed 05-Jun: Tree Tops Jungle Safari Resort, Khao Sok National Park
- Surat Thani, Thailand
- Thu 06-Jun---Fri 07-Jun: Fritto Misto Villa - Krabi, Thailand
- Phone: (66) 75 637 692 Email: info@frittomistovilla.com
- Sat 08-Jun & Tue 11-Jun: Wiang Inn Hotel - Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Phone: (053) 711-533 Email: wianginn@samart.co.th
- Wed 12-Jun: Sukhothai Resort - Amphur Srisamrong, Sukhothai, Thailand
- Thu 13-Jun: Comfort Suites Airport Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand
- Phone: (66) 2 552 8921 9 Email: airport@pinnaclehotels.com
- Thu 14-Jun: Regal Airport Hotel - Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
- Phone: (852) 2286 8888 Email: rah.gm@regalhotel.com
The Basics - Facts for Visitors
- Southeast Asia - Map and Flags
- Weather - Temperature map of Southern Asia (Note time of day below map)
- Weather - Humidity map of Southern Asia
- Weather - Heat Index map of Southern Asia
- Weather - List of current conditions for places in Thailand (click any place for forecast)
- Weather - List of current conditions for places in Cambodia (click any place for forecast)
- Earth View - Day/Night with cloud cover
- Currency - Convert Cambodian Riel (KHR)
- Currency - Convert Thai Bhat (THB)
- Cambodia - Facts for Vistors - includes useful (and corroborative) currency info
- Thailand - Facts for Vistors
- Thailand Airport Information
- Thai Food - Tourism Authority of Thailand
Travel Sites
- Silk Steps
- Chris Johnston, Anita Sach, Tour Managers
Phone: (44) (0)1454 888 850 Email: chris@silksteps.co.uk
- Explore
- Exodus
- BootsnAll.com - The Ultimate Resource for the Independent Traveller
- Australian site with travel guides and first-person accounts in stories, travelogues and discussion boards from around the world. Well organized, lots of opinionated content.
- Asian Travel Stories - BootsnAll.com
- Asian Travelogues - BootsnAll.com
- Travel-Images_Asia
Guidebooks
- Lonely Planet
- Lonely Planet Upgrades - the latest info in pdf format slips into back of guidebook
- Rough Guide
- Moon
- Footprint
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Cambodia: the Bradt Travel Guide - Anita Sach
First-person Accounts - Marie Javins
- BootsnAll.com - South East Asia on a Hamstring - 2000 - Marie Javins
- Marie Javins - Southeast Asia 2000 - text as above, but with photos (click to enlarge)
- mariejavins.com - More travelogues from Marie Javins
Cambodia
The Royal House and Kingdom of Cambodia
- Pekina Norodom and Marc Coumeri - New York Times - 16 June 2002
- Cambodian Princess Weds '97 Alumnus - Johns Hopkins Newsletter - 6 Sept 2002
- TV Listings - A Wedding Story - Pekina & Mark -- The Learning Channel
- The Royal Palace - Phnom Penh Daily
- The King and Queen of Cambodia - Phnom Penh Daily
- Their Majesties the King and Queen of Cambodia
- HM Norodom Sihanouk King of Cambodia
- Royalty in Cambodia - News and Information - royalty.nu
- The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia
- Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Washington, D.C. - Government
The Royal House of Cambodia - Geneology
- NorodomFamily.com
- The Royal Ark - Royal and Ruling Houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
- The Royal Ark - The Royal House of Cambodia - A Brief History
- The Royal Ark - The Royal House of Cambodia - The Varman Dynasty - Geneology - Princess Pekina
- Genealogical Gleanings - Royal And Noble Lineages
- Genealogical Gleanings - Royal And Noble Lineages - Norodom Pekina - Neak Ang Mechas (7 Jul 1970 - )
Cambodia - Information and Tourism
- Lonely Planet - Cambodia
- CIA World Factbook -- Cambodia
- Canby - Cambodian Visitors Guides - focus on PP and SR - v. good for loc. srvcs, restrnts, etc. Very good color maps
- Cambodian Information Center
- Tourism of Cambodia
- Visit-Mekong - Cambodia - official website for tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion
- Cambodia-Web - official tourism, business and investment portal site of the Kingdom of Cambodia (site currently down?)
- Travel-Images_Cambodia - Numerous photos of cambodia including Royal Palace
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies - Picture Archive - Cambodia (many excellent quality images)
- Asiatour / Photo Gallery / Cambodia - pictures include tourture painting at Tuol Sleng Museum by survivor Vann Nath
- Asiatour / Photo Gallery / Cambodia - Choeung Ek Execution Area
- Asiatour / Photo Gallery / Cambodia - directory of all photos
- Lonely Planet - Cambodia travel news - including water pistol ban
- Cambodia - Angkor Wat Travel Professional
- CambodiaEtop
- h2g2 - Cambodia - A Brief Guide - A Short History Of Cambodia
- 90 Days in Cambodia as a travel writer and international election observer
- The Travel Library - Cambodia - travel and tourism information, travelogues, travel stories, trip reports
- PaddleAsia - Cambodia
- Travel to Cambodia: Phnompenh / Tuol Sleng Museum / Choeung Ek Killing Field
- Bernhard Heiser - Cambodia Pages - photos and information from his 1999 holiday
- Khmer Crafts - including basketry and silk production at Les Artisans d’Angkor - Chantier Ecole in Siem Reap
- Les Chantier écoles de Siem Reap - Camnet.com.kh
- Around the World with Wes and Masami - Illustrated journal - in Southeast Asia during Spring 2002
- HinduNet - Hindu Mythology - Ambrosia - churning the ocean of milk
- The Spirit of Cambodia
- Cambodia - Land of Wandering Souls - Globalization: Between Fairness and Exploitation
- Cambodian News Links - IFC (Cambodian Christian organization)
Siem Reap - Angkor Wat and Tonle Sap
- Canby - The Siem Reap Angkor Visitors Guide
- Canby - Things to Do in Siem Reap - restrnts, bird wtchng, btrfly garden, trad. silk production at Chantier Ecole's Puork Silk Center, etc
- Asia-Hotels - Angkor and Siem Reap Visitor's Guide (w/ printer-friendly link)
- Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve - asianexp.net
- Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve - mekonginfo.org
- Life on the Tonle Sap - the people of the floating village
- Discover The Floating World Of The Tonle Sap Lake / Prek Toal - BIG Travel
- Where To Visit In Siem Reap - BIG Travel
- Tour Operators in Cambodia - including Osmose Nature Tours in Siem Reap
- Selected Guides and Books - Temples of Angkor and Siem Reap Area - incl Siem Reap quarterly "Cambodia Bird News"
Cambodian Newspapers
- Phnom Penh Post
- Phnom Penh Daily News
- Cambodia News
- The Cambodia Daily
- The Cambodia News.net - News, Finance, Sport, Weather
Cambodian War & Atrocities
- Cambodia Tales by Andy Brouwer - excellent; focus on impact of atrocities - journalistic clarity, extensive and will organized
- Cambodia Tales - Tuol Sleng
- Cambodia Tales - Choeung Ek
- Cambodia Tales - The Killing Fields
- Cambodia Tales - Vann Nath - his story
- Cambodia Tales - Vann Nath - his pictures
- The Legacy Project - the paintings of Vann Nath
- A Cambodian Prison Portrait. One Year in the Khmer Rouge's S-21 - Vann Nath - 1998 - White Lotus Press - ISBN 974-8434-48-6 **
- CBC - The Survivor of Tuol Sleng - Vann Nath's story, Khmer Rouge backgroiund information, and pictures of his paintings
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- Asiatour - picture of tourture painting at Tuol Sleng Museum by survivor Vann Nath
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- Interview with Vann Nath, 1 April 1997 - Amit May Fine Arts
- A Small Start - Vann Nath's plan for an old people's home in Battambang, Cambodia
- Rithy Panh - Cambodian filmmaker
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- White Lotus Press - Bangkok Thailand - books about Cambodia
- Bophana A Cambodian Tragedy - a film by Rithy Panh
- The Legacy Project - issues of remembrance and enduring legacies of violent trauma
- Documentation Center of Cambodia - Searching for the Truth
- Cambodian Genocide Databases
- Khmer Institute - bibliography of Cambodian odyssey
- Beauty and Darkness: Cambodia in Modern History
Aki Ra Landmine Museum
- The Aki Ra Landmine Museum - Siem Reap, Cambodia
- The Aki Ra Landmine Museum - Japanese language site with many photos
- The Aki Ra Landmine Museum - German language site with different photos, related links, and bibliography of books and videos
- Weaponry Gallery - categorized and photos of landmine types from Aki Ra Landmine Museum
- "Akira's Landmine Museum" television documentary - synopsis and transcript - TravelutionProductions
- Aki Ra Landmine Museum - Introduction - Lilypad.org
- Aki Ra Landmine Museum - Delicate beauracratic dealings - Lilypad.org
- Lilypad Fund - photos, journals and donations in Southeast Asia
- MediCorp Health System - producers of "Doctors on Assignment - Landmines" video cd-rom
Thailand
- Lonely Planet - Thailand
- CIA World Factbook -- Thailand
- Tourism Authority of Thailand
- Things to see and do: 8-page pdf files for each destination - Chiang Mei and N. provinces, Ayutthaya, Sukhothai, Phuket, etc
- Visit-Mekong - Thailand - official website for tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion
- Lonely Planet - Thailand travel news - including severe drought
- The Travel Library - Thailand - travel and tourism information, travelogues, travel stories, trip reports
- Thailand Tour Packages & Sight Seeing
- PaddleAsia - Thailand
Bangkok
- Jim Thompson Thai House Museum
Treetops
- CAD - Tree Tops Jungle Safari, Khao Sok National Park - 4 days/3 nights
- Jungle Lodge at Khao Sok National Park
- Khao Sok National Park - general and background info - Geocities
- Khao Sok National Park - An account of touring the park by kayak during the rainy season
Krabi
- Krabi Travel Guide - Diving
- Krabi Directory - Business, Services and Information Guide
- Rough Guides - Travel Journals - first person accounts for Krabi, Koh Pei Pei, others
Ayutthaya
- Cultural Tour of Ayuttaya - Tourism Authority of Thailand
Chiang Rai
- Chiang Rai
- Lanna Kingdom
- Chiang Rai Attractions
- What to See, Where to Go Around Chiang Rai
Hilltribe Areas and Trek info
- JorKoe Eco Trek, Mae Hong Son - Thailand
- No. 4 Jungle Trekking & Guesthouse in Mae Sot - good photos
- Wayfarers Thailand - tours and trekking in Chiang Mai Northern Thailand - with Testimonials
- SiamWanderer - Northern Thailand Holidays
- Siam-Hotesl.com - Trekking in Thailand - How to select a tour operator; other tips
- Trekking Collective - Alternative Treks, Tours and Travel Company
- International Centre for Responsible Tourism
- Health Care Without Frontiers
- Wild Watch Thailand - eco-tourism operator/activist org with Thailand natural history info
- Elephant Nature Park - Elephant Teaching expedition - 3 days/2 nights
- Asa's Guest Home - Lisu village of Louta - Chiang Mei Provence
- Thailand Tour Packages & Sight Seeing - by destination
- Highland Village Development - Thailand
- Light Adventure Trekking Tours
- Umphang National Park - ExplorePhoto travelogue
- Explore's Thailand Hilltribe Trek
- DJ International Travel - Trek in the North
- Thailand Hilltribe Trek - personal photos from 1990 trek; not very well labeled
- Rough Guides - Chiang Mei Travel Journals - first person accounts
- Google Search: "hilltribe trek"+thailand
- (Rather scattershot) Results for '"hilltribe trek" thailand' search of messages on Lonely Plant Thorn Tree bulletin board
Sukhothai
Birding and Wildlife
Cambodian birding & wildlife
- Bird Links to the World - Cambodia
- Where do you want to go birding in Cambodia today?
- Checklist - Birds of Cambodia
- Annotated Checklist - Birds of Cambodia
- Tonle Sap - "Roost or roast -- the battle for the birds" - Phnom Penh Post - May 1997
Thailand birding & wildlife
- Bird Links to the World - Thailand
- Where do you want to go birding in Thailand today?
- Checklist - Birds of Thailand
- birdtours.co.uk - Birdwatching Reports from Thailand
- ThailandBirding.com - PaddleAsia
- PaddleAsia - Birdwatching tours in Khao Sok National Park
- Wild Watch Thailand - Thailand natural history and customized birdwatching tours
Other Asian Locations
- birdtours.co.uk - International Birding Links
- birdtours.co.uk - Birdwatching Reports from the Philippines
- birdtours.co.uk - Birdwatching Trip Report from Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
- Birding in Hong Kong & China - Kingfisher Tours - Excellent
- Birdwatching Sites Around Hong Kong - HKBWS
- World Wide Fund For Nature Hong Kong
- Mai Po Marshes Nature Preserve - HKBWS
- Mai Po Marshes Nature Preserve - WWF
- Oriental Bird Club
- Asian birding organizations - Oriental Bird Club
Birding Guides
- Amazon.com - A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia - Craig Robson
- Amazon.co.uk - A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia - Craig Robson
- Amazon.com - A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia
- Amazon.com - Where to Watch Birds in Asia
- Amazon.com - Insight Guide Southeast Asia Wildlife
- Amazon.com - Tropical Wildlife of Southeast Asia (Periplus Nature Guides)
- Worldtwitch - Trip Reports, books, maps, more
- Warning: Worldtwitch uses predatory web marketing tactics, including multiple window spawning and surreptitious software installation -- this link has been disabled.
Safety & Health
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office - travel site home page
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Country Advice
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office - While You Are There
- British Diplomatic Missions Worldwide
- State Department - travel site home page
- State Department - Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets - by country
- State Department - Services and Information for American Citizens Abroad
- US Embassies and Consulates Worldwide
- CDC - Health Information for Travelers to Southeast Asia
- CDC - Food and Water Precautions and Treatment for Travelers
- CDC - Preventing Cryptosporidiosis: A Guide to Water Filters and Bottled Water
- CDC- Healthy Swimming 2002
Books - Background Information
Books in English about Cambodia and Norodom Sihanouk
- Amazon.com - Essential Cambodia List
- Amazon.com: buying info: A History of Cambodia
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Killing Fields
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Killing fields : the facts behind the film
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Stones Cry Out: A Cambodian Childhood, 1975-1980 (Vietnam War Era Classics Series)
- Amazon.com: buying info: When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
- Amazon.com: buying info: First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
- Amazon.com: buying info: Voices from S-21 : Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
- Amazon.com: buying info: To Destroy You Is No Loss : The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family
- Amazon.com: buying info: Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields : Memoirs by Survivors
- Amazon.com: buying info: When the War Was over : Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution
- Amazon.com: buying info: Cambodia : Report from a Stricken Land
- Amazon.com: buying info: No More Fear : From Killing Fields to Harvest Fields
- Amazon.com: buying info: Road to the Killing Fields : The Cambodian War of 1970-1975 (Military History Ser. 53)
- Amazon.com: buying info: Beyond the Killing Fields : Voices of Nine Cambodian Survivors in America (Asian America)
- Amazon.com: buying info: Beyond the Killing Fields : The Struggle of Cambodian Refugees at Site 2
- Amazon.com: buying info: Imagining America : Paul Thai's Journey from the Killing Fields of Cambodia to Freedom in the U.S.A.
- Amazon.com: buying info: Sihanouk : Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness
- Amazon.com: buying info: Brother Number One : A Political Biography of Pol Pot
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Tragedy of Cambodian History : Politics, War, and Revolution Since 1945
- Amazon.com: buying info: Sideshow : Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of Cambodia
- Amazon.com: buying info: Politics and power in Cambodia, the Sihanouk years
- Amazon.com: buying info: Prince Norodom Sihanouk
- Amazon.com: buying info: The demigods: charismatic leadership in the third world
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (European Women Writers Series)
- Amazon.com: buying info: Killing Fields, Living Fields
Books in English by Norodom Sihanouk
- Amazon.com: buying info: War and Hope : The Case for Cambodia
- Amazon.com: buying info: My war with the CIA: Cambodia's fight for survival
- Amazon.com: buying info: My war with the CIA; the memoirs of Prince Norodom Sihanouk
- Amazon.com: buying info: Third World liberation - the key : speech to the Algiers Summit Conference
- Amazon.com: buying info: Prince Sihanouk on Cambodia : interviews and talks with Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Books by David P. Chandler
- Amazon.com: buying info: A History of Cambodia **
- Amazon.com: buying info: Brother Number One: A Political Biography **
- Amazon.com: buying info: Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison **
- Amazon.com: buying info: Revolution and Its Aftermath in Kampuchea: Eight Essays
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Tragedy of Cambodian History: Politics, War, and Revolution Since 1945
Books by Claude Jacques, Michael Freeman
- Angkor - 1999 - Konemann - 192pp - 12.8x10x1 **
- Angkor: Cities and Temples - 2001 - River Bks - 319pp - 11.4x10.5x1.2
- Ancient Angkor - 2000 - Weatherhill - 224pp - 10x7.2x.7
Books seen in Phnom Penh Airport
- Amazon.com: buying info: Khmer Mythology: Secrets of Angkor - Roveda **
- Amazon.com: buying info: Off the Rails in Phnom Penh: Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls, and Ganja
- Amazon.com: buying info: Cambodia 1975-1982 - Michael Vickery
- Amazon.com: buying info: Questions from the City, Answers from the Forest: Simple Lessons You Can Use from a Western Buddhist Monk
- Amazon.com: buying info: Conflict Neutralization in the Cambodia War: From Battlefield to Ballot-Box - Sorpong Peou
- Amazon.com: buying info: Kampuchea Between China and Vietnam - Chang Pao-Min
- Amazon.com: buying info: Khmer: The Lost Empire of Cambodia (Discoveries Series)
Books cited in Rough Guide to Cambodia
- Amazon.com: buying info: Angkor, Fourth Edition, Odyssey Illustrated Guides - Dawn F. Rooney
- Amazon.com: buying info: Cambodia, Countries of the World - Marc Tyler Nobleman
- Amazon.com: buying info: Dance in Cambodia, Images of Asia - Toni Samantha Phim
- Amazon.com: buying info: Colloquial Cambodian: A Complete Language Course, Colloquial Series - David Smyth
- Amazon.com: buying info: Tuttle Practical Cambodian Dictionary: English-Cambodian Cambodian-English - David Smyth
- Amazon.com: buying info: When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge - Chanrithy Him
- Amazon.com: buying info: A Dragon Apparent - Norman Lewis
- Amazon.com: buying info: Cambodia: Report from a Stricken Land - Henry Kamm
- Amazon.com: buying info: Why Vietnam Invaded Cambodia: Political Culture & the Causes of War - Stephen J. Morris
- When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace - Le Ly Hayslip
- Amazon.com: buying info: Beyond the Killing Fields: Voices of Nine Cambodian Survivors in America
- Amazon.com: buying info: Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors - Dith Pran
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Death and Life of Dith Pran - Sydney H. Schanberg
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Killing Fields - Roland Joffé, with Haing S. Ngor
- Amazon.com: buying info: Heaven and Earth - with Haing S. Ngor
- Amazon.com: buying info: My Life - with Haing S. Ngor
- Amazon.com: buying info: Ambition - with Haing S. Ngor
- Amazon.com: buying info: Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship - Eleanor Mannikka
Other Unfiled Research
- Thorn Tree - Lonely Planet's high-volume discussion boards
- SubWWWay - Lonely Planet's comprehensive collection of travel-related links
- SubWWWay - South-East Asia links
- Photo Tips: Shooting in Asia
- Travel and travel photo links - ExplorePhoto
- ExplorePhoto - Asia travel resources and photo galleries
- Aonang Villa Resort - Krabi, Thailand
- Aonang Villa Resort - additional site
- Ayutthaya Hotel - additional site
- Thailand travel links
- TravelNotes.org -- The Online Guide to Travel
- Cambodian Information Center - Related Sites
- Cambodian Information Center - Books & Resources
- Cambodian Information Center - Other Sources of Information
- Cambodian Information Center - Miscellaneous Links
- travlang's Exchange Rate Pocket Converter: United States Dollars and Thailand Baht
- asianexp -Cambodia Services Index
- Siem Reap Map Index
- Canby - Map of The Temples of Angkor
- Links from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan
- Map of Hotels in Krabi
- Fritto Misto Villa
- Fritto Misto Villa -Krabi
- Hotels in Krabi? Welcome to Fritto Misto Villa, Ao Nang Beach, Krabi. Thailand
- Fritto Misto Villa accommodation hotel in Ao Nang Beach, Krabi, Thailand
- Comfort Suite Airport Hotel Bangkok - Map of Airport area hotels
- Governor's Lyme Disease Advisory Council
- - Public Health Lab 609-292-0430 (Hita, Harry Dillon)
- Analytical Services, Inc
- Williston VT - 800-723-4432 / 802-878-5138
- Amazon.com: buying info: The Man Who Ate the 747