Angkor Wat visitors are now being systematically reminded to dress appropriately for temple visits, and as the dress code is not overly strict, tourists seem to be taking this in their stride.
Angkor Temple Dress Code Now in Effect
by Phan Soumy and Janelle Retka | August 5, 2016 | អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

At 8 a.m. on Thursday, Lin Sampho picked up an Australian tourist from a Siem Reap City hotel to take her to the Angkor Archaeological Park for a morning trek through the site’s ancient temples.

The director of the Private Siem Reap Tour Guide company took one look at his passenger, a woman in her 30s, and suggested that she change her outfit.
“She came out with a tank top and shorts on, and then I had to inform her: ‘You need to bring a jacket,’” Mr. Sampho said. “I said, ‘You need to wear proper dress to see the temples.’”

“She was surprised, like, ‘Oh, really? Wearing a tank top is not allowed to get into the temples?’” he said.

For years, the park’s dress code was loosely applied. But the government body that manages the park announced last month that the rules would be rigidly enforced beginning on Thursday.

According to the Apsara Authority’s Angkor Visitor Code of Conduct, clothing that reveals knees or shoulders is “prohibited in sacred places” at the park...
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angk ... ct-116300/

http://www.chiangraitimes.com/cambodian ... r-wat.html

Can anyone work out what the pregnant woman is not supposed to do ? Have her baby at a sacred site ?

They start getting snobby and cuntish like thais slowly but surely.

no umbrellas or caps?
heat exhaustion is pretty common already i imagine

frank lee bent wrote:no umbrellas or caps?
heat exhaustion is pretty common already i imagine

Yeah that's a bit weird.

In Bali they hire out sarongs to people, maybe they should do that here too (if they aren't already).

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect people to show cultural consideration.

The cap thing though.. is it just caps, or other hats as well?

frank lee bent wrote:no umbrellas or caps?
heat exhaustion is pretty common already i imagine

Just camouflage in orange, take an orange umbrella with you, and everything should be fine