Cambodia
Travel Blogs from Cambodia
In love with Cambodian Children
... for $2 at midnight. When a naked little boy places his hands together and bows to you from a wooden boat. I am in love with Cambodia's children. There is now no question in my mind that the best souvenir I could take home from here is a child in ...
Monica and Lisa's Top 10 so far
... 6. A 20-year old monk asking us back to his room to show us his "pagoda" 7. Crossing the street in chaotic, crazy Cambodia 8. A 6 hour ride from the Cambodian border on an unpaved road, whilst sitting in the back of a bus that read "I wish my girlfriend ...
Potty Pol Pot
... crap is another kid's crap but they bought it anyway, with the money going to charity). Basically, between 1975 and 1979 Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime and it's leader Pol Pot killed 3 million people, destroying all possessions and forcing everone to work ...
Angkor Wat
I have lost count now of the number of times I have sat with sweaty palms awaiting my imminent demise. I swear that I am not exaggerating any of these stories. The boat that took us to Siem Reap turned out to be a hydrofoil-a new one to add to our list ...
Day 74
... Lao immigration departure stamp! I might want to come back here one day!" Another Dutch girl replied "Yep and I don't fancy leaving Cambodia without having received and entry stamp or visa!" As it happens the 30 minutes down the bumpy road was correct and ...
Angkor Wat
Sua s'dei, everyone! I arrived in Cambodia on Wednesday with the intent of spending three days touring the Angkor Wat temples. Unfortunately, a nasty stomach virus derailed those plans, and I've spent most of my time in my room, trying to keep ...
Life In The Capital City
Back in Phnom Penh, I am staying in the backpacker ghetto at Lake Boeng Kak. I found a brilliant little guesthouse that has private rooms for $3 a night. When I arrived, I asked if there were rooms that included a shower and toilet ...
The death roads
... 1979. The building was once a school but now the remnants of the Khmer Rouge brutality remain as a sobering reminder of Cambodia's worst years. The classrooms were turned into tiny cells surrounded by barbed wire and other rooms, including the playground, ...
Heartbreaking Cambodia
... knowledge of what went on in Cambodia during the 1970's, here is a brief summary from what knowledge we have gleaned. Cambodia, ruled by King Sihanouk, attempted to stay fairly neutral during the Vietnam War, and resisted attempts by America to be base ...
Quick trip to Cambodia (Visa run)
... long line - go through Thai emigration - pay my fine. Walk across the border to Cambodian immigration. Short line and into Cambodia. Hmmm, a very dirty town with lots of beggars and not much to see. People were mainly friendly though. Amongst all ...
Sunrise, Sunset...Sunrise
... as people said it would be, with beautiful colors making the three spires of the temple glow. Of course the sunrise in Cambodia had the same effect as those in Western Australia, except for the swarms that descended on us were tourists -- mostly Japanese ...
Chapter 41: Welcome to the rainy season.
... good to be back in Bangkok; it's my fourth time here now, and it's comfortable and familiar. I have mixed feelings about Cambodia. The country's history is fascinating and the ruins are spectacular, but it left me a little cold otherwise, and I can't ...
Big Rivers into Cambodia
... tourist boats, rice fields and factories along the river. We could not help but feel that something was strangely amiss about Cambodia from the first moments we spent here, a sure indication of the recent violent past. Phnom Penh is far more western ...
The Killing Fields
... . Much of the world was ignorant of the situation or chose not to act. The latter was probably more prevalent. I also think it's important to note that the Vietnamese are the ones who liberated Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge in ...
It's the Heat - and the Humanity!
... in the architecture and the culture. In 1432, Thais sacked Angkor and made of with artisans, dancers and fighters from Cambodia. Thus there are many similarities between the two countries: kick-boxing, traditional dance, music, language, culture . . . ...
Hello Hottie!
... and to be honest that's the way we like it. The next day we got up early for a look around the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Pen. We checked out Wat Phnom and the Independence Monument. Jumping on a motorbike, both of us together (scary) we rode to ...
Stay On the Path!
Stay on the path! No, not to enlightenment...the actual path. Cambodia is one of the most "land mined" countries in the world! One thing I won't be doing here is going for a walk in the woods or some random field...there ...
Beaches and Waterfalls
... brewery is located in town), so it seems almost rude to turn it down. this town is much more laid back than the other places in cambodia that we have been, and is pretty much cambodias only port. as i put before, the street we're staying in, gets a little ...
Love - Lara and Indy
... it was horrible, we felt the need to be witness to such atrocity and to better understand the devastation that took place in Cambodia during those years. So, what does one do after such a depressing thing? Go to the beach. Besides, we needed to ...
Chaos in the Streets
More pics here We were relieved upon our arrival to Phnom Penh airport that our luggage wasn't lost, as we had 4 connecting flights - from Cape Town -> Joburg -> Doha -> Bangkok -> Phnom Penh. Whew! The ATM at the airport spit out ...
Hey Lady!
... " which is basically porn literature as far as monks are meant to go. However, we've come to learn that monks here in Cambodia, are all too excited to see a western girl. Our initial reaction to the monk love was that they wanted to practice their ...
A bit of Cambodian culture
... , which looked very busy, and into the immigration office to get our visa's stamped. Another que for a while then we were in Cambodia. Instantly very different to Thailand and even more madness than the no mans land with Toyota Camrys (90% of cars in ...
Fear Factor Finalist
... , off we were in an 80's Toyota Camary (I think this is the only car the Cambodians actually have, it is as if Cambodia is the heaven for all the old, used, sometimes working, Toyota Camary's of the world) to Kampot. Renting bikes and riding ...
Off to Banteay Chhmar, can we go by car...?
... we almost had to promise the guy we would be visiting the Angkors eventually before we could board the bus! The scenery in Cambodia is unspectacular but very pleasant, its roadsides littered with lily ponds and small farms and the air is filled with ...
Angkor, Part I: Change, Culture, and Nature
... of wood, including many parts of the temples. Dense jungles with elephants and tigers would have surrounded the outlying areas. Cambodia, however, has had many capitals over the years, depending perhaps on the depletion of local forests or the whim ...
An Interview with Tene Dara
... Internet and people can learn about us. People think only of going to Thailand and Vietnam --they don't come here as much. Cambodia is not dangerous anymore. Everything is very good here now. Christina To learn more about ADD there is a website that ...
Amazing Angkor
... local man named Aki Ra, has devoted his life to clearing mines, raising children orphaned or maimed by mines, and raising awareness of Cambodia's landmine problem. Again, like the Plain of Jars in Laos, we were overcome by the irony of it all - the relics ...
Sihanoukville and Koh Russet
... we haven't actually had the chance to do any real beach time. This is our first real chance. Sihanouk ville is Cambodia's only real port city. A port city isn't usually the place to find good beaches, but Sihanouk ville is very spread ...
Angkor What? and Kryptonite!
Today we were up at 4.30am so we could go and see the sunrise over at Angkor Wat. We had hired a Tuk-Tuk drive for the day to take us to the different parts of Angkor to see the ruins. When it was time to get up, Lorna suggested just giving the Tuk Tuk ...
Chill out day in Siem Reap
Surprisingly, Lorna had a lie in this morning. All was not well in her fragile little head. Although funnily enough, the first thing she said to me when she peeled back her heavily weighted eyelids, was "I wasn't drunk you know, I was just a bit merry". ...
