Once you have seen Angkor Wat, you can hire a car and visit some interesting temples and sites further afield. Here are three of them that you can comfortably cover in a day trip. There are plenty of others if you have more time.
I recently spent a week in Seam Reap, Cambodia, and decided to go to Poipet, just for a look around. Overall, it was a most unimpressive experience - but one that I will remember.
A short ride north of Siem Reap township is a large garden full of rusting military equipment from the Cambodian civil war. The place is barely maintained and the locals don't seem much interested. But it is worth an hour or so.
I spent a day with a family who grow cashews and other crops in tough conditions in southern Cambodia. Their story is worth telling.
I spent a day stripping peanuts from stalks in a Cambodian village. And learnt a lot about how hard life can be, and how people can rise above the hardships.
Kampot pepper is regarded as the best in the world, and it retails for $600 per kilo in our markets. But where does it come from? Read on.