at the fishmongers stalls

at the fishmongers stalls

at the fishmongers stalls

Visit with our driver/guide Thera to the local market in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Taken on: 17th November, 2011. Copyright: All Rights Reserved - See mechuckles's page of Flickr

Read more about Siem Reap

Set in northwest Cambodia, Siem Reap is best known for being home to the incredible Angkor ruins, a sprawling World Heritage-listed complex of ancient temples with the magnificent Angkor Wat as the focal point.

While the complex is surely one of the globe's most amazing historical sites, Siem Reap province is also home to an array of other ruins, such as Beng Mealea and Bantaey Srei. So if ancient temple ruins are your thing, this province -- an expansive piece of flat land, covered in rice fields and brush -- must be explored fully. It runs along the north coast of the Tonle Sap, Cambodia's "Great Lake", and north to Oddar Meanchey province. Few visitors get around to the fringes.

The provincial capital of Siem Reap is also a transportation hub, with many people coming through here en route to Read our complete Siem Reap travel guide

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