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General
facts about the country including a map and a history
Cambodiahttp://www.countryreports.org/cambodia.htm
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cb.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/cambodia/
Flag
and hear the National Anthem
http://www.niceflag.com/midi/anthems/cambodia.mid
http://www.flags.net/CAMB.htmThe Cambodia flag was officially adopted on June 29, 1993. Red and blue are the traditional colors of the Cambodia, and the Angkor Wat temple is the white graphic.
Currency
(money)
see pictures of the banknotes here
http://www.banknotes.com/kh.htm
Climate
Cambodia
has a tropical monsoon climate. The monsoon season, (rainy season)
is from May to November and humidity is very high. The weather
is best in the dry season, from November/December to April. In
the north, winters can be colder, while throughout most of the
country temperatures remain fairly constant and the temperature
never drops below 70 F/21 C.
Clothing: Lightweight clothing and cottons are worn all year.
Rainwear is needed at all times during the rainy season.
Go here
for a graph of Phnom Penh's annual temperatures and rainfall
http://www.mytravelguide.com/travel-tools/climate-graphs/Phnom-Penh-Cambodia.php?nav=
Food
(including recipes)
http://asiarecipe.com/cambodia.html
Cultural
life
This site has
pictures of the ruined city of Angkor, dancers in costume and
so on
http://www.circleofasia.com/photos/showphoto.asp?MId=800&Id=800
Cambodian art and artists
http://www.khmernet.com/books/directory/link/artist.html
http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/art.htm
Dance
http://www.asiasource.org/cambodia/cambodiandance.htm
updated June 2006