Cambodia, Cambodia Travel Blogs

Being Lara Croft
Jan 26, 2008 (26 photos)

Our second day of temple exploration was undampened by the heavy rainfall which started during breakfast. Our driver, Mr Bon, took us to Ta Prohm as the first stop. Tiar had advised us to get up and go before breakfast, and it soon became clear why. The ...

Siem Reap - Tomb Raider 2
Mar 19, 2009 (59 photos)

... $1 noodles at the roadside cafes, I can't believe that anyone can afford not to. Having said all that, if there's one place in Cambodia that deserves a good, lengthy visit, it's Siem Reap. Here's why ..... It's 4.45am, i'm out of bed and angry. These ...

Fish Massage
Mar 20, 2009 (7 photos)

Do not go to Siem Reap and not visit the Fish Massage pool at the night market. Guarenteed smiles on faces or your money back. I think they're called kissing gouranis, others say they're baby Piranhas (they might well be both). It tickles like ...

Ankor wat wat wat?
Jan 12, 2006 (21 photos)

... a cold drink! Amoung the hussel and bussle there are also musical bands by victims of land mines, a very stark reminder of Cambodia's history that still treatens today. In all the guide books and from other travellers you hear never walk off the main paths ...

Day 71: One Dollah, You Buy?
Jul 31, 2008 (23 photos)

... According to the merchant, Cambodians hate Thais & Chinese and don't get along well with Vietnamese. Laos, Cambodia's equally impoverished, sparsely populated northern friend has similar feelings and has bonded with Cambodia over their mutual trouble with ...

Templed out
Feb 23, 2005 (11 photos)

Boats are cool. Therefore fast boats must be uber-cool. This was our reasoning as we paid triple the bus fare to catch the fast boat to Siem Reap, home of the most beautiful and complex temple region in the world. The boat was uber-cool, and being able ...

Day 70, Pt.2: The Pizza Company
Jul 31, 2008 (6 photos)

... it like to live in Hamburg?" - "Eh, it iz Hamburg. Vat is there to say..."  And so ended our first full day in Cambodia. By this point, having biked around a good chunk of the surprisingly green town center, and having been blown away by the temples, I ...

Day 70, Pt.1: Camera Vs. Monsoon @ Angkor Thom
Jul 30, 2008 (13 photos)

... 's indoor mall, tiny by our standards but a mall nonetheless and a symbol of the main wealth difference between Nepal & Cambodia. Unlike Nepal, there are visible signs of foreign investment here and big money floating around (whereas it was pretty clear ...

Kids, Caves and Palm Wine
Jan 25, 2006 (20 photos)

Hello All, How are you? How's life? How's everything? After Shihanoukville Danny and I headed East to the sleepy little town of Kampot. According to the ticket guy you can normally fit 8 people in a normal 5 seater car which we are still ...

Phnom Penh - better than everyone says!
Mar 17, 2009 (31 photos)

... victims from crying when they were whipped. Lastly we visited the Royal Palace with the Silver Pagoda. It's hard to understand how Cambodia can be home to such decadence, when many live in relative poverty, but that's the way it is, the palace is ...

End of Nam ...& a good start to an amazing country
Nov 30, 2008 (64 photos)

... banter with the locals... the kids are fun to mess around with, its just a bloody lovely and amazing place..... i recommend Cambodia to everyone... and i formed that opinion after taking 10 steps from he bus.... i still have the same opinion 1 week later ...

Back to Phnom Penh
Feb 7, 2005 (3 photos)

... such acts of depravity in the future. My two cents. After that uplifting afternoon, we decided it was high time to bid Cambodia farewell. I feel like I can cross that off my list of places to go within this lifetime. A beautiful country, but the entire ...

Deep fried spiders
Jan 24, 2008 (13 photos)

... roads were rather dusty and bumpy, but in reasonable repair, threading through the flat rural landscapes where most of Cambodia's population make a subsistance living. We drove past emaciated cattle, languid water buffalo, and wooden houses on tall stilts ...

The Best Laid Plans...
Jan 22, 2005 (6 photos)

... States. Land mines will more than likely claim many more tens of thousands of lives here before they are found and deactivated. Cambodia teams with land mine victims and their presence is felt everywhere. They are the very young and the very old and they ...

Shake, Rattle and Roll
Mar 28, 2005

... be an understatement. We were finally able to walk away, and walked in a stunned sort of silence across the border, into Cambodia. around 3:45 we boarded the minibus with about 20 other people. it certainly wasn't as crowded as it could've been, and ...

Cambodia or bust
Feb 6, 2005 (3 photos)

... cramped, and the scenery along the river changed as well to thatched roof huts and acres of uncultivated riverfront property. Cambodia made Vietnam look like an advanced, sophisticated, wealthy country. Is it possible to intensely miss a country you have ...

Into Cambodia... easier said than done!
Mar 6, 2008 (8 photos)

... drive to Siem Reap:  12 hours and the bumpiest ride of my life! Flat tire after about 50 kilometers into Cambodia:  Late· my bet was on going down after just 25 kilometers· Inability of 25 people to change the flat tire after 2 ...

Day in the life of a Cambodia
Dec 8, 2008 (18 photos)

... classroom (and the doorway and windows) and distributed the gifts. We then toured a pagoda and learned of Buddhism in Cambodia. From here we harvested some rice which lead to the discovery that i was a cycle wielding natural. Considering this career ...

Crossing another border
Dec 22, 2006

 Angkor is incredible. The size of the site, the temples themselves, and of course the history absolutly blows the mind.  We'll write soon for sure, and we'll post a million photos to really describe the place.   Merry Christmas everyone ...

Goodbye Cambodia ;(
Dec 11, 2008 (29 photos)

... rest to the following site http://www.flickr.com/photos/discozo/sets/ ... if you want to take a gander you can :)  (there are around 400 pics of Cambodia) Love to all Tom x x x p.s A very merry christmas to all.... enjoy your xmas grub :)

Angkor Wat??? Bar is a great place!
Mar 8, 2008 (7 photos)

... 's very nice but the main section (the old market) is so commercial that it appears as though you're in Europe and not in Cambodia with no proper roads in any direction.  I walk around the market and snag a pair of shorts for $10 after the lady asked ...

Snooky Ville to Siem Reap - home of Angkor Wat
Oct 5, 2007 (33 photos)

6:30 am start, tuc tuc to bus station, bus to Phnom Penh change to bus to Siem Reap. 11 hours in total and a bus driver with a death wish! All in all a good day really. It was during the last leg of the bus journey that we encountered some interesting ...

Sihanookville
Dec 22, 2004 (16 photos)

December 22, 04 I just spent a few really good days in Southern Cambodia before heading back to the capitol city. The beaches are wonderful here in Sihanookville. Soft sand and warm water. Not crowded at all either. I rented a scooter, called a 'moto', ...

Easy Rider, Part II
May 7, 2006 (32 photos)

... as negative suspension?) that we were in dire need of some wind in our face and some bugs in our teeth. Truly. Despite Cambodia's legendarily awful potholed dirt roads, this streth of highway was quite nicely paved all the way and took us through some ...

Border crossing Trat - Koh kong
Apr 30, 2006 (6 photos)

... inflated ($15 for a 4 hour ride on a busboat not dissimilar to a garbage scow.) Some initial impressions of Cambodia-- 1. There does not seem to be any formal public transportation, only private motorcycles/boats/Toyota Camrys, all too willing to ...

Fantastic Four hit the capital
May 15, 2006

6 hour $4 bus 2x 30min stops on the way walk to riverside waiting and hassled found GH indian meal

Holiday in Cambodia.
Oct 28, 2003 (6 photos)

Well, here we are in Cambodia. Phnom Penh. It's be a long, sobering day. To catch everyone up, after heading out from Bangkok to Siem Reap (translated: Siam destroyed) to see Angkor Wat, we found our way to Battambang to get our Vietnam Visas and ...

Cambodia "The Wild East"
Aug 18, 2008 (9 photos)

... curious! - Cambodia is pretty wild at times, would like to come back here on day. - There are many weird and wonderful sites in Cambodia - Cambodia is more than just Ankor Wat! - Oh yeah, it as is as corrupt as fuck here. - Roads are way better than ...

Angkor Wat
Mar 24, 2007 (15 photos)

... it's all true. I suppose the Western world should shoulder some of the blame- given we did encourage a civil war in Cambodia a few decades ago - and I'm happy to report that we certainly did our part to contribute to the Cambodian economy to help rectify ...

Beachin' it
Feb 17, 2005 (9 photos)

... awhile. I popped a couple of anti-diarrhea tablets and we took off on the bus to Sihanoukville on the south coast of Cambodia. After all our purchases in Vietnam (clothes and souvenirs) we are loaded down with two extra bags and wouldn't mind staying put ...