Angkor Borei & Phnom Da

The 20km open-air motorboat ride along Canal No, dug in the 1880s, to the impoverished riverine townlet of Angkor Borei is one of Cambodia's great thrill rich s. Angkor Borei is home to a small archaeological museum featuring locally discovered Funan- and Chenla-era atrfacts. The boat then continues for 15 minutes to Pnhom Da (admission US$2), speatacularly isolated Mont-st-Michel-style by annual floods, which is topped by a temple whose foundations date from the 6th century (the temple itself was rebuilt in the 11th century).
   Angkor Borei, which can also be reached year-round via a circuitous land route from the north, was known as Vyadhapura when it served as the capital of water Chenla in the 8th century. Angkor Borei was also an important centre during the earlier Funan period (1st to 6th centuries), when Indian religion and culture were carried to the Mekong Delta by traders, artisans and priests from Indian (the great maritime trade route between India and China passed by the Mekong Delta). The earliest datable Khmer in scription (AD 61) was discovered at Angkor Borei, which is surrounded by a 5.7km moated wall that hints at its past greatness. The town was bombed during the Vietnam War.

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