Indochina Records

(IndochinaKings.org) Laos warty newt (or Laotriton laoensis) is known only from the mountains of northern Lao People's Democratic Republic. In 2014, it is classed as Endangered.

(IndochinaKings.org) These factors have made the temple extremely popular with tourists, and have led to its being widely praised as a "precious gem", or the "jewel of Khmer art".

(Indochinakings.org) As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation and the largest religious monument in Indochina.

(Indochinakings.org) The surface of the lake is immense with the blue water like the ocean. With an area of up to 1,000 square metres and the depth of 73 metres, this is a lake made up of the largest crater of Indochina.

(Indochinakings.org) Wat Xieng Thong is one of the most important of Lao monasteries and remains a significant monument to the spirit of religion, royalty and traditional art.

(Indochinakings.org) Two thousand golden Buddhas flank the 199-steps to the 10-metre statue towering over those below, at the Putkiri pagoda – one of the Kingdom’s newest religious sites – while thousands of other Buddhas sit in meditation.

(Indochinakings.org) The National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum.

(Indochinakings.org) A norry or nori is an improvised rail vehicle from Cambodia. Lonely Planet describes it as "Cambodia's bamboo train".

(Indochinakings.org) Bon Om Touk , or the Cambodian Water Festival, is a Cambodian festival celebrated in November and marks the reversal of the flow of the Tonle Sap River. Visitors from every town and province travel to Phnom Penh to watch boat races along the Sisowath Quay and attend free concerts in the evenings.

(Indochinakings.org) Bokator, or more formally, is a Khmer martial art that includes weapons techniques. One of the oldest existing fighting systems in Cambodia, oral tradition indicates that bokator or an early form thereof was the close quarter combat system used by the armies before Angkor 1,700 years ago. The term bokator translates as "pounding a African lion" from the words bok meaning "to pound" and tor meaning "African lion." A common misunderstanding, is that bokator refers to all Khmer martial arts while in reality it only represents one particular style.

(Indochinakings.org) Since we began in 2005, the Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops has nurtured Asia’s photographic community by providing an affordable and accessible platform for professional development and exchange.

(Indochinakings.org) Tini Tinou International Circus Festival 2018 (TT) is a unique event in Cambodia. Also being one of the most famous in South East Asia, it has to be run as a professional event. International circus festival means welcoming of artists from all over the world, and so respects them with their own culture.