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East Mebon Temple, Siem Reap - Cambodia

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Tong Hor ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:39:00

East Mebon is a 10th century temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Cambodia. Built during the reign of King Rajendravarman, it stands on what was an artificial island at the center of the now dry East Baray reservoir. The East Mebon was dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva and honors the parents of the kin...

Tonle Sap Lake, Siem Reap - Cambodia

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Tong Hor ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:38:28

Tonle Sap Lake is the largest fresh water lake in Southeast Asia of Siem Reap - Cambodia. The Tonle Sap River is the only river in the world that flows in both directions. Trips out to the lake are best in rainy season because the mangrove swamps are dried up at other times. The birds at the bird sa...

Clervaux capital of the northern

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Peter Alexandrea ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:38:05

The city of Luxembourg from the broad E 421 to the Belgian-St Vith leads, turn on a plateau and looks after a few kilometers in a quiet, narrow valley, where around a central castle complex and a neo-Romanesque church on the shore Clerve the stylish old houses crouch. It is perched on a hill across ...

Vianden castle luxembourg

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Phuong Hoang ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:37:44

The famous Castle of Luxembourg was located between the 11th and 14th centuries on the foundations of a Roman castellum and a Carolingian refuge. It is one of the largest and most beautiful feudal residences of the Romanesque and Gothic periods in Europe.One of the famous places and a wonder...

Luxembourg City

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Ms. Aor Roa ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:37:34

Luxembourg City is an "out of the way" place and usually not on the route to anywhere else in tourist Europe. Many visitors travel from Brussels, which is a three-hour ride on an InterCity (IC) train. The city has a scenic physical setting, good food and pleasant people Although Luxembourg City"...

Huaphan, Afghanistan

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Breeck Michael ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:35:46

<h1>Overview of Afghanistan</h> Once an essential part of the hippy trail, friendly,beautiful Afghanistan has sadly been destroyed by years of war and neglect.Home to plentiful countryside and the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range,travellers came for the clear mountain airand to see attractions lik...

Kabul, Afghanistan

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Miss. Vana Jamy ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:34:33

<h1>Overview of Kabul</h> Kabul,city in east central Afghanistan, capital of the country and Kabul Province. Kabul is on the Kabul River, situated at an elevation of about 1800 m (about 5900 ft) making it one of the highest capital cities in the World. The population is around 1 million people. Th...

The Best travel trip in Asia

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. same savat ) — 04 Mar 2010 14:28:56

Welcome to Cambodia at Siem Reap. Impressive while I was arriving at the airport in Siem Reap, local transportation driver called Tuk Tuk driver greeted me well in his English fluent. I would say, they love speaking English to foreigner, they were so nice and honest, not just like the other countrie...

Phnom Koulen, Siem Reap, Cambodia

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Tonghor Hor ) — 03 Mar 2010 15:18:52

The Phnom Kulen mountain range is located 30 km northwards from Angkor Wat. Its name means mountain of the lychees. There is a sacred hilltop site on top of the range. Phnom Kulen is considered a holy mountain in Cambodia, of special religious significance to Hindus and Buddhists who come to the mou...

Banteay Kdei Temple, Siem Reap - Cambodia

editor@visitasiatravel.com (NONE standard Member ) — 03 Mar 2010 15:17:37

Banteay Kdei is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located southeast of Ta Prohm and east of Angkor Thom. Built in the late 12th to early 13th centuries during the reign of Jayavarman VII, it is a Buddhist temple in the Bayon style, similar in plan to Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, but less comple...

Angkor Wat View, Kingdom of Wonder

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Tonghor Hor ) — 03 Mar 2010 12:08:36

The Khmer Empire had a history dating from the beginning of the 9th Century till the 14th Century with the decline and disappearance thru to the 16th Century. With the territorial consolidation in the early 9th Century of the Khmer lands and the rise of powerful kings the Empire was able to expand i...

Cambodia"s Culture, Apsara Traditional Dance

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Tonghor Hor ) — 03 Mar 2010 12:07:39

Cambodian Dance Dancing is believed to have been part of Cambodian culture for more than a millennium due to innumerable Apsaras seen on the walls of Angkorian and Pre-Angkorian temles. And Cambodian dance should be categorized into 3 types; namely, classical dance which developed in the royal court...

Amazing 2000 years old mystery jarrs

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Miss. Julia Jone ) — 27 Feb 2010 13:24:36

Xieng Khouang and the enigmatic Plain of Jars make up one of the most important sites for studying the late prehistory of mainland Southeast Asia. While the ancient civilization that constructed the jars was flourishing, advances in agricultural production, the manufacturing of metals, and the organ...

Toulouse, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 19 Feb 2010 13:04:01

Toulouse is a city in southwest France on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With 1,102,882 inhabitants as of Jan. 1, 2006, the Toulouse metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in France.Toulouse is the home ba...

Vichy, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:50:05

Vichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It is known as a spa and resort town. It was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town inhabitants are called Vichyssois. Up until the 18th century t...

Trouville Sur Mer, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:49:28

Trouville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France. It is the administrative seat of the canton of Trouville-sur-Mer. Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville. This village of fishermen is a popular tourist attraction in Normandy.

Toulon, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:48:52

Toulon is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Cte-d"Azur rgion, Toulon is the prfecture of the Var dpartement, in the former province of Provence.The population of the city in 2005 ...

Tarbes, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:48:28

Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrnes department in south-western France and it is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrnes, with 110,000 inhabitants.It is the seat of the diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes. The 1st Parachute Hussar...

St Raphael, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:47:45

Saint-Raphal is a coastal commune in the Var, which is a dpartement in France on the renowned and beautiful Cte d"Azur resort coast, in eastern Provence.Immediately to the west of Saint-Raphal lies another and together they form an urban agglomeration known as Frjus Saint-Raphal. The...

St Martin, Guadeloupe, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:47:23

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at 16 with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres (629 sq. mi). It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe is also one of the twenty-six regions of France and an integral part of the Re...

St Florent, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:47:16

Saint-Florent is a commune in Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica and this is a fishing port located at the bottom of the gulf of the same name.Today, it is a popular summer vacation spot for many tourists because of its proximity to the famous Patrimonio vineyards and one ...

St Cyr Sur Mer, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:47:01

Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer is a commune of the Var dpartment in the Provence-Alpes-Cte d"Azur region of Southern France.In addition to Saint-Cyr itself, the commune includes the villages of Les Lecques and a small port.The town square of Saint-Cyr contains a replica of the Statue of Liberty donated...

Sarlat (La Caneda), France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:46:49

Sarlat-La-Caneda or Sarlat is a medieval town that developed around a large Benedictine abbey of Carolingian origin. The medieval Sarlat Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Sacerdos.Portable still at Sarlat Because modern history has largely passed it by, Sarlat has remained preserved and one of the...

Sainte Maxime, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:46:42

Sainte-Maxime is a commune of the Var dpartement located on the French Riviera in the south of France, 90 km from Nice and 130 km from Marseille. The main industry of Sainte-Maxime is Tourism.The small town is situated at the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. In the north the Massif ...

Sainte Luce, Martinique, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:46:26

Sainte-Luce is a commune (the lowest level of administrative division) in the French overseas departement of Martinique.

Sainte Anne, Guadeloupe, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:46:19

Sainte-Anne is a city in the southern part of Grande-Terre, considered by some to be one of the most touristic towns of Guadeloupe.The last census in 1999 indicated that there were 20,410 inhabitants living in Sainte-Anne, up from 16,933 in 1990. The commune, which has an area of 80.29 km, turne...

Saint-etienne, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:46:04

Saint-etienne is a city in eastern central France. It lies 60 km southwest of Lyon in the Rhne-Alpes region and is the capital of the Loire dpartement. It is situated in the Massif Central.

Saint Emilion, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:45:37

<b.Saint-milion is a World Heritage site with fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets.The Romans planted vineyards in what was to become Saint-milion as early as the 2nd century AD. In the 4th century, the Latin poet Ausonius lauded the fruit o...

Royan, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:45:22

Royan is a commune in the Charente-Maritime dpartement, in south- western France. Inhabitants are called royannais and royannaises in French.An important seaside resort with an international reputation, Royan is a city of 18,100 inhabitants in the heart of an urban area estimated at 38,638 inh...

Rouen, France

editor@visitasiatravel.com (Mr. Simon PORTER ) — 16 Feb 2010 19:45:07

<b.Rouen is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie region. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages. It was one o...