Hi friends!

The architecture of other countries is radically different from the architecture of the ancient Khmer. This attracts many tourists to Cambodia. Everyone wants to see the beauty and sophistication of ancient buildings. Cambodia is a country that gathers people from all over the world under its sun and shares the beauty of architecture. Angkor Wat architecture is a place on earth where you always want to return. In one trip it is never possible to see all the art of the ancient Khmer.

How beautiful looks the stairs to the main Prasat of Angkor in the sanctuary of Vishnu. She seems to go into the sky steep rise

Today we will talk about interesting facts through the eyes of Russians. I would very much like real Cambodians to tell whether other people see their country correctly.

In Cambodia, people often say Hello and ask :" have you already eaten rice?". The polite answer is Yes, even if it's not true.
The temple complex of Angkor Wat is the largest religious building with beautiful architecture in the world-its area is 1270 by 1500 meters. It is dedicated to the God Vishnu and is located in the center of Cambodia.
In Cambodia, it is not customary to give the streets names, as a rule, they are simply numbered. Only some streets in the capital city of Phnom Penh were named under the influence of Europeans.

The traditional dish of Cambodia is a paste of pickled fish called "prahok". Locals also eat spiders, snakes, grasshoppers, frogs and other exotic dishes.
Cambodian currency Riel is represented only by paper banknotes, there are no coins in circulation
In the historical past, money for Cambodia was printed in the Russian Perm at the factory of the state sign.

In the Guinness book of records entered the Khmer alphabet as the largest in the world – it consists of 72 letters.
The Khmer, who make up Cambodia's main population, often season their food with ten sauces at the same time.
For women and men, the word "Yes" is pronounced differently in Cambodia. I wonder how?

Lake Tonle SAP, located in the heart of the country, the number of fish species that are found in it, second only to the Amazon.
In the period from 1863 to 1999 in Cambodia 10 times to change the flag. The current flag of the Kingdom is the only one in the world that uses the image of the building (Angkor Wat complex)
Many Khmer have two names – one for family and friends, the other for everyone else.

Names newborn Cambodians usually gives Buddhist monk, specially invited for this purpose.
Most Cambodians, born between 1975 and 1990, do not celebrate birthdays – partly because, in the heat of the civil war, there was no one to remember the exact date of the event.
Currently, more than half of Cambodians are under 15 years of age. This is a very interesting fact. Is it true?

The first bridge over the Mekong river, which connected the East and West of the country, appeared only in 2001.
The Central market of Phnom Penh is considered the largest in Asia.

Now the not so good things

American bombers dropped a total of 2.75 million tons of bombs on Cambodia.
Cambodian forests are disappearing almost at a record pace due to deforestation - in the middle of the last century they occupied 70% of the country's territory, and by 2007 this figure fell to 31%
Cambodia remains one of the most mined countries in the world, the result of three decades of war and civil conflict. On the territory of the state are scattered several million mines, which since 1979 limbs lost over 57 thousand Cambodians.
For four years, during which time the authorities in the country were the Khmer Rouge, was killed a fifth of the Cambodian population, in the first place — most educated people.

People from other countries sometimes write facts that are not reality. So I would like to do some research on this. Review the facts and write down what is true. A normal tourist always studies the country he wants to visit. And it's always nice to get information firsthand.