We arrived last night after only a 6 hour bus trip from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, which is in the north, much hotter, and more into "the jungle." Thank goodness it is still dry season . . .no bugs so far! That's true for our stomachs, and uh, other issues as well :) Guess beer and lots of chili sauce can do wonders. We are staying with the cousin...

Saa hed det Cambodja.. Vi tog bussen fra Bangkok til graensen, for saa at skifte til en anden bus paa den anden side.. Endnu en gang kom vi til et land der vil ha penge for at vi besoeger det - Vi mener helt klart det burde vaere omvendt.. Efter en behagelig tur gennem Thailand var det et mindre kulturchok der moedte os paa den anden side. Lige ...

After having a fever for the past week and taking way too many days off work, my boss hauled me into the local clinic yesterday. I was a little nervous going into a Khmer clinic, however the new, fancy "Bangkok Hospital" which opened up a few months ago charges $500/night and the one person I know who went there after getting gored by a tuktuk e...

We were both suffering from aches and pains after all that cycling today. As we had seen pretty much all we wanted to see during the past two days, we opted to try something a little different. We managed to bargain for a lift with a tuk tuk driver to the air field 1km away from Angkor Wat at the price of $6. We had to wait a while but after pay...

its time for my trip to see some culture and no better place as yet as cambodia is described as thailand 10 years ago. a tuk tuk to show us the temples. these temples are amzing and amazingly bloody hot supprisingly no air conditioning in any. great to see never the less an experience n two days seemed to long in the end as i came down heavily w...

So after getting up probably the earliest we've done since we've been away (5am) to catch our Lao Airlines flight from Pakse to Siem Reap - yes we survived TWO ... count them! ... Lao Airlines flights!! must be some kind of record! - and then sitting around in the airport in Pakse (think very small Australian regional airport) in a stuffy room w...

So... After a pretty full few weeks of traveling, I am now back in Siem Reap for one last volunteer job before this year is up. I will be spending a few weeks working for Green Gecko, an organization that helps street children in Siem Reap. I found out about the organization searching online after being struck by the number of kids begging on th...

In what must be one of the shorter stops we dedicated to any given country, we made an epic and uncomfortable trek from Vientiane to Siem Reap, via Bangkok. We had a luxury bus of glory through the night from Laos to Thailand (seriously - most luxury bus I've ever been on - I even slept!) and then were dumped in Bangkok at four a.m. near the Ko ...

Have finally arrived in Cambodia after ill-advised overland ordeal from Laos. Still, I suppose half the fun is getting there. Left Don Det at 8 yesterday morning, having been assured we would arrive in Kompong Cham (our overnight stopover) at 6, maybe earlier, and then leave at 6am to get here at 10 today. Was fairly sure I was being lied to as ...

Just so you know, most of the temples in this and the last entry were built in the 12th century AD, at a time when there were more than a million inhabitants in the area. London had only 30-50,000 at the time! There are hundreds of temples in the greater Angkor area and you would need a week or two to visit most major sites. Still, with a 3 day ...