A water buffalo standing in a flooded field in Kampot, reflected in the water, before thatched stilt houses and a forested limestone hill under a stormy sky

Best of Cambodia

Cambodia packs an unusual range of scenery into a modest footprint; forested highlands, a long tropical coastline, one of Asia’s great lakes, and the greatest concentration of temple architecture on earth.

The stepped pyramid of Koh Ker at dusk, a wooden walkway crossing the clearing before it
Preah Vihear Temple’s galleries and courtyards on its hilltop, seen from the air
Two carved stone faces on a crumbling temple gate, beneath the bare branches of a tree
A small blue boat moored on clear turquoise water off a palm-lined island
Smooth rocks in a calm sea at sunset, a small island on the horizon
A forested island ringed by turquoise shallows, seen from above through clouds
Robam Trot dancers at Phnom Penh’s Central Market: two masked performers and a child in gold, under strings of bunting
Two Robam Trot dancers at Phnom Penh’s Central Market: a masked giant in red and gold holding a sword, and a woman in teal silk holding peacock feathers
A Robam Trot dancer lunging with a staff under strings of bunting at Phnom Penh’s Central Market, a child dancing behind him

Cambodia

Photographs by Suong Mardy

Photographs of Cambodia by Suong Mardy, shown one after another

The rolling grasslands of Veal Thom, Ratanakiri, in late light
The towers of Angkor Wat in silhouette between sugar palms