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Dr. Raghavan71 and Sidtha
GREAT TRIP TO ANGKOR WAT WITH A WONDERFUL GUIDE - POAN
I and my wife went Siem Reap to visit Angkor Wat. It has been my wish for a long time to visit the temples of Angkor Wat. Finally we were able to visit in December 2006. We spent 4 days. The tour was arranged by Apsara Tours. We reached flew from Bangkok to Siem Reap on 11th December 2006 about 9.30 am. Mr. Reth Sophoin was there to receive us and took us to the hotel. At the hotel, he gave us a briefing about Angkor Wat and said that he would come at 2.00 pm to take us to the first part of the tour covering several temples Angkor Thom, Royal palace, Terrace of Elephants etc. At the first meeting itself, introduced himself at Poan as it was easy to call. From the beginning his narration in English about each place was excellent. We were expecting some one with broken English and poor knowledge of intricacies of Hindu Mythology and History. He is very professional in his narrations. Coming from India, we have a good knowledge of Hindu Mythology. We were pleasantly surprised to hear from Poan the various stories about Hindu goods. His knowledge is so good that he had pointed out and identified all the Gods (there are several thousands of them), even the minor ones. At Angkor Wat I was particularly impressed with his narration of war of Kurukshetra and Bhishma on bed of arrows awaiting for Uttarayan (when sun starts moving north). He explained very well the significance of that.
At each temple we visited, he had pointed out smaller details which we would have missed, but for the professional guidance of Poan. Each day he was on time and we had never waited for his arrival. This shows his professional etiquette and dedication to his work. During the visits to various temples, we could overhear the narration of other guides, particularly to western tourists, where there were several inaccuracies in their stories, sounded like they could get away with any story line. Poan was not like that. He was always eager to learn more about the Mythological stories depicted on the walls of Angkor Wat. He was receptive to the information given by us and sure enough he had incorporated in his narrations. He is a very professional and thorough gentleman. Subsequently, I have recommended him as a guide, when my sister and brother-in-law as well as my niece family when they visited Angkor Wat. Everyone’s response was same – superb knowledge excellent presentation and friendly advice on shopping and other activities. I have no hesitation to recommend him to any my friends. In short he is best guide in Angkor Wat. I would give him 5 STARS. K S RAGHAVAN, HYDERABAD, INDIA
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Dr. Hermann von Treskow - Phnom Penh to Angkor Wat and Back Tour 5d4n PA5
There is no better tour-guide to experience Cambodia! Mr Sophan Rath (Poan) of Cambodia Travel Trails was our tour-guide when we first visited Siem Reap and Angkor for the first time in 2009.
Since then Poan has been our guide whenever we are touring Cambodia.
Poan has organised for us - apart from two visits to Siem Reap and to Angkor - a sightseeing tour of Phnom Penh in 2010, overland trips by car to Kampot and Kep in 2011, to Koh Kong and to the Cardamon Mountains in 2012 and to Mondulkiri and Sen Monorem in 2013.
Thanks to Poan and his excellent English we have become quite familiar not only with Cambodia's ancient and immediate past history but also with it's present day situation.
We now can claim to know Cambodia better than any average tourist. With Poan's organising-talent we always felt safe and well looked after.
oan has throughout and without exception proven to be reliable, sincere, discreet, unassuming, attentive and familiar with western customs .
He was always dedicated to his duties as an accredited cambodian tour-guide. That is why we have chosen him as our guide and we will ask him to be our guide again in future. Tessy & Hermann from Aachen, Germany
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Mrs. Tessy von Treskow
There is no better tour-guide to experience Cambodia!
Mr Sophan Rath (Poan) of Cambodia Travel Trails was our tour-guide when we first visited Siem Reap and Angkor for the first time in 2009.
Since then Poan has been our guide whenever we are touring Cambodia. Poan has organised for us - apart from two visits to Siem Reap and to Angkor - a sightseeing tour of Phnom Penh in 2010, overland trips by car to Kampot and Kep in 2011, to Koh Kong and to the Cardamon Mountains in 2012 and to Mondulkiri and Sen Monorem in 2013.
Thanks to Poan and his excellent English we have become quite familiar not only with Cambodia's ancient and immediate past history but also with it's present day situation.
We now can claim to know Cambodia better than any average tourist.
With Poan's organising-talent we always felt safe and well looked after.
Poan has throughout and without exception proven to be reliable, sincere, discreet, unassuming, attentive and familiar with western customs .
He was always dedicated to his duties as an accredited cambodian tour-guide. That is why we have chosen him as our guide and we will ask him to be our guide again in future.
Tessy & Hermann from Aachen, Germany.
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Dr. Hermann von Treskow
Bei unserem ersten Besuch in Siem Reap und Angkor im Frühjahr 2009 hatte man uns Herrn Sophoan Rath, kurz Poan, als unseren individuellen Reiseführer zugeteilt.
Wir waren damals schnell von seinen Qualitäten als unser Führer durch die komplizierte Geschichte der Khmer-Reiche und durch die weitläufigen Tempelanlagen von Angkor überzeugt, die er uns lebendig und kenntnisreich nahe brachte.
Auch sein menschlich einnehmendes Wesen, seine unaufdringliche aber stets engagierte Art,uns als die ihm anvertrauten "Schützlinge" zu betreuen war uns ausnehmend symphatisch.
Es war daher keine Frage,wer unser "guide" bei unserem zweiten Besuch in Kambodscha in 2010 sein würde.
Poan holte uns vom Flughafen in Phnom Penh ab und zeigte uns diese Stadt in allen ihren Facetten - bevor wir mit ihm als unserem "guide and driver " auf dem Landweg nach Siem Reap aufbrachen.Die anschliessenden Tage dort waren angefüllt mit zahlreichen neuen Entdeckungen und Erlebnissen - zumeist abseits der großen Touristenströme.
Es folgten jeweils mehrtägige von Poan bestens organisierte und geführte Touren mit per SUV in 2011 nach Kampot und Kep, in 2012 nach Koh Kong und in die Kardamon Berge und schließlich in 2013 nach Mondulkiri und Sen Monorem.
Wir haben viele schöne Landschaften gesehen,zahlreiche liebenswerte Menschen getroffen und natürlich auch die einheimische Küche inklusive "fried spiders" probiert.
Aber auch die Schattenseiten des Landes ,seine grauenvolle Vergangenheit und die Probleme der Gegenwart blieben uns nicht verborgen.
An all dem hat Poan einen maßgablichen Anteil und wir verdanken ihm,dass wir
inzwischen Kambodscha wie nur wenige Touristen kennen und seine Menschen lieben gelernt haben.
Hermann & Tessy aus Aachen
Ms. Gabrielle Abby Delzer
Trip of a lifetime - Thanks Sophoan!
My friend and I visited Siem Reap just last week, and it was AMAZING. With the help of our guide, Poan, we explored Angkor Wat and neighboring temples, as well as the Floating Village and Artisans of Angkor (and a ton of monkeys!) The temples were beautiful, and Poan was very informative and could answer any question we had about the temples, and about life in Cambodia in general. We were very fortunate to have him around! Cant wait to go back!
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Mr. Justin M
A quality experience!
We recently completed a three day-visit to Siam Reap. Our guide was Sophoan Rath (poan45@gmail.com). Siam Reap was a memorable experience made more so by the attentive involvement of the gentleman who shared with us his city and it's varied attractions. Sophoan provided companionship as well as insight to the archeological offerings, the community, history and development of Cambodia. My wife and I rarely engage guide services. The true win, however, is when, through the involvement of your guide you experience not only the tourist offerings but leave with insight as how a community functions, it's history, politics and it's development aspirations. Anyone seeking similar involvement I enthusiastically recommend our friend and tour guide Sophoan Rath.
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