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Early Khmer temples at Angkor
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Early Khmer temples at Angkor
Angkor Wat entry fees
Starting on Feb. 1, 2017, the costs of visitor passes to the ancient Hindu and Buddhist temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia will rise. A one-day pass, costing $20 at press time, will cost $37; a 3-day pass will rise from $40 to $62, and a 7-day pass will go from $60 to $72.
Two dollars of the cost of each pass is donated to the Kantha Bopha Foundation, which provides free medical care for children.
Across the ages — expedition into the Qatari Desert
It is not often that you have the opportunity to experience 5,000 years of archaeology in just eight hours. In March 2016, my husband, Paul, and I visited Qatar, a small country roughly the size of Connecticut that juts out into the Persian Gulf. It shares a land border only with Saudi Arabia to the south.
Go2Jordan.INFO
My husband, David, and I had an excellent experience on our March 2016 trip in Jordan using Go2Jordan.INFO (www.your-guide-to-aqaba-jordan.com).
Our first contact with the company was with Eszter Papai (eszter@your-guide-to-aqaba-jordan.com). She thanked us for our inquiry and passed along some information about Jordan, including a series of travel tips for the area. She also told us they had an English-speaking guide, Zsuzsanna (Suzan) Gabor.
Breakfast at Angkor Wat
Guests at Anantara Angkor Resort (National Road no. 6, Khum Svay Dangkom, Siem Reap, Cambodia; phone +855 63 966 788, angkor.anantara.com) can book a guided dawn tour of Angkor Wat Archaeological Park followed by breakfast at a secluded temple. Guests are then free to explore the complex, with its ninth- to 15th-century temples, the rest of the day.
