Anise Hotel Phnom Penh

... Raj had met a friend from his travels round Thailand called Mia, so she joined us. It was really good, and a nice change from the excessive use of lemongrass in SE Asian curries. Then we went out for a drink and skyped it up with Kate's mum and dad. Kate had been dying to get in touch as we had no access to the internet for about 10 days and the last message she had left mum Greenway was about us leaving to attempt a dangerous border crossing; so Kate was pretty eager ...

... throughout the day which I think was better than the tuk tuk.

At Ankor Thom I saw the tree roots around the buildings and even had one of the security police acting as a guide much to the annoyance of the authentic guides.

After I had my fill fo temples and there are a lot, I asked the driver to take me round the countryside. By chance passed an orphanage and I ...

... 30, we rented a motorbike. We questioned our sanity slightly in doing so: Phnom Penh has the craziest traffic McNeill or I have ever seen. The density, noise, and seeming chaos of it are almost overwhelming. There are few traffic lights, lots of potholes and other obstacles, and little concern for traffic "rules." Nevertheless, we wanted to see some sights well outside the city, and traveling by motorbike seemed the best way to do so. The one good thing about the never-ending ...

... twas pas de volgende dag toen we per scooter de streek verkenden dat ik besefte watvoor bewonderenswaardige kerel hij is. Op zijn 17e verliet hij Zuid-Afrika om op dappere en inventief spotgoedkope wijze rond te reizen in Afrika en Europa. Na 4 jaren van zotte avonturen, harde en mooie tijden slaagde hij erin om in een Deense unief politieke wetenschappen te studeren. Eenmaal afgestudeerd schopte hij het zodanig ver dat hij momenteel een belangrijke internationale ...

... individuiamo la nostra posizione sulla mappa della citta', siamo abbastanza decentrati, ma con lo zaino in spalla ci dirigiamo nella zona del lago percorrendo a piedi 6 km ... che faticaccia... Dopo esserci riprersi, verso le 17.00 con il nostro mezzo preferito, lo scooter, percorriamo le vie del centro e dintorni che vedremo meglio domani. Stasera su un pontile di legno, direttamente sul lago, festeggiamo in una romantica atmosfera il compleanno di Elisabetta... TANTI AUGURI

... up and got a Thai massage - which turned out to be the BEST Thai massage I've ever had - even over the ones I had in Thailand last year! This lady had hands of steel that worked out all the kinks and tightness in my calves from all the walking I've done. She pulled, bent and contorted by limbs like Gumby and had me feelin like a wet noodle! We loved the experience so much that we went back the very ...

What's there to see and do in Phnom Penh? Visit temples, the National Museum, the Royal Palace...Not in one day, though, and not before you've become acquainted with the notorious S21 prison torture place, a primary school building which Pol Pot and his thugs, particularly a guy named 'Dutsch,' or 'Dutch,' from the Khmer Rouge days, used to interrogate suspects they thought were renegades, backsliders, or those in the Communist regime who were considered not fallen into line ...

... is damn near 100 degrees everyday by 9am. It is so hot... we find that most of the days we walk to an attraction stopping at a A/Ced bookstore for 20 minutes, or an A/Ced cafe for a Iced coffee, or even an A/Ced shopping mall for an hour, just to get out of the heat for a bit. Kampot, the small town after Phnom Penh was wonderful, quiet, with nice and friendly locals, not to mention a few nice attractions in the area (without many ...