Cambodia Handbook (Footprint Travel Guide) (Footprint Cambodia Handbook)

Cambodia Handbook (Footprint Travel Guide) (Footprint Cambodia Handbook)

by Andrew Spooner (Author)

Synopsis

Southeast Asia's most beguiling country, Cambodia ticks all the boxes for a real adventure with its temples, jungles, white-sand beaches and manic cities. Loose track of time exploring the incredible ruins at Angkor Wat, or island hop around the south coast with its beautiful tropical beaches and relaxed towns. Footprint's full revised and updated 6th edition Cambodia Handbook contains unparalleled coverage of its background, history and culture. This guidebook also provides detailed listings on where to eat, sleep and play and is the perfect travelling companion for anyone wanting to experience this fascinating country. The guide opens with a colour section full of inspirational advice to help you plan your trip giving you a flavour of the best things to see and do. It includes suggested itineraries for a 1,2 or 4 week trip to ensure you see the best of what this exciting country has to offer. The guide then provides extensive, thoroughly researched information which will help you plan your trip as well as advising you on the ground. The Essentials section provides great advice on how to get there and how to get around as well as information on sleeping, eating, drinking and shopping giving you an idea of what you can expect to pay. The heart of the guide is broken in to the key regions with each regional section providing an overview map, local information on how to get around with transport and street maps where relevant, a short history of the region, thorough advice on what to see and do and a directory of key local information on banks, embassies, internet cafes and medical services. A selection of useful Khmer words and phrases are also included. Southeast Asia's most beguiling country, Cambodia ticks all the boxes for a real adventure with its temples, jungles, white-sand beaches and manic cities. Loose track of time exploring the incredible ruins at Angkor Wat, or island hop around the south coast with its beautiful tropical beaches and relaxed towns. Footprint's full revised and updated 6th edition Cambodia Handbook contains unparalleled coverage of its background, history and culture. This guidebook also provides detailed listings on where to eat, sleep and play and is the perfect travelling companion for anyone wanting to experience this fascinating country. The guide opens with a colour section full of inspirational advice to help you plan your trip giving you a flavour of the best things to see and do. It includes suggested itineraries for a 1,2 or 4 week trip to ensure you see the best of what this exciting country has to offer. The guide then provides extensive, thoroughly researched information which will help you plan your trip as well as advising you on the ground. The Essentials section provides great advice on how to get there and how to get around as well as information on sleeping, eating, drinking and shopping giving you an idea of what you can expect to pay. The heart of the guide is broken in to the key regions with each regional section providing an overview map, local information on how to get around with transport and street maps where relevant, a short history of the region, thorough advice on what to see and do and a directory of key local information on banks, embassies, internet cafes and medical services. A selection of useful Khmer words and phrases are also included. Brought to life at the turn of a page Easily accessible Fascinating and extensive history Useful insider tips for those travelling with children When and where to catch the festivals, holidays and events throughout the year Beautiful and diverse and diverse

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Edition: 6th Revised edition
Publisher: Footprint Travel Guides
Published: 30 Dec 2010

ISBN 10: 1907263209
ISBN 13: 9781907263200

Author Bio
Andrew Spooner is a feature, travel and sports writer and photographer. His work appears regularly in The Independent on Sunday, The Independent, CNN Traveller, The Guardian, the Observer, GQ and Bike. He has also taught Media and Journalism, part time, at the University of East London. In his previous life, Andrew travelled through the underbelly of Europe with various punk rock bands and he still likes loud music, played badly. After travelling to Thailand in 1989, Andrew developed a fascination with the country and now shares his time between Bangkok and London