For our last evening in Cambodia, we watched the sunset from Mount Bakheng over lake Tonle Sap and the city of Siem Reap (pictures in previous entry). A truly beutiful experience. Some tourists chose to climb the mountain via elephant but we hiked due to the relatively inflated prices of the elephant experience ($25 round trip per person). After...

Hola from Cambodia! As this blog seems to be working, here goes... Had a great final few days on my group tour in Bangkok, visiting both the Grand Palace AND the ocean world acquarium so it was all go and some fish. Then waved goodbye to the rest of the group and headed off on a 14 hour bus journey to Siem Reap in Cambodia. Mostly it was okay, b...

I rather like the description Lonely Planet gave for the journey I took today so thought i would include it for you! And it was pretty accurate :oS Its been a loong day. arrived in Bangkok on the nigt train from Chiang Mai at 7.30am (30 mins late, should have expected it really!) and got a taxi up to the bus station, then 4 hours by bus to Arany...

Hi friends and family, Today was a day to take in the city of Siem Reap. We got off to a slow start today. We were suppose to go with a guide to a local market in the morning, but Kathy came down with a little stomach bug so we stayed in and rested till noon. (She's fine now - don't worry) The town of Siem Reap is a bustling little place. Lots o...

May 12, 2007 Siam Reap Besides looking at the ancient Ankgorian ruins around Siam Reap there are some other interesting things to do here. For instance there is the elephant ride concession at the east gate of Angko Thom to the Bayon. Arvid could not resist this. The cost was only $10 for both of us for a couple kilometer ride and well worth it,...

Suor su dei! After our brief hiatus from tuk tuk drivers in Bangkok, it was great to get reacquainted with our preferred mode of transport. I wish we had these in Miami. We checked into our hotel, Shinta Mani and headed for lunch in town. Shinta Mani is a great boutique hotel which is involved in many community projects supporting local villages...

Early in the morning we take a pedi-cab to the Women's Museum to see a very moving exhibit honoring the women who fought and died in Vietnam's 30 years of war for independence (1945 to 1975). Both of us are deeply moved by the photos and narratives. Then off to the airport for our 1 hour and 45-minute flight to Siem Reap. The weather is hot and ...

Today was our last day in cambodia and our tour guide suggested that we go out to the mekong and take a boat ride. On the way to the mekong we got to see the real cambodia. You get confused in the touristy part of Siem Reap because the hotels are huge and the angkor sights are so astoundingly beautiful that you forget that cambodia is actually a...

Well our heroine and I were sitting in the airport when we saw the news about martial law being enforced in Bangkok. The news indicated that there were going to be demonstrations, which did not look to be too much of a problem. We met Mark in the airport and flew on a twin prop to Siem Reap, Cambodia. From Marks stories, Lao sounds like a really...

Just a few kilometers north of Siem Reap is the site of some furious temple building by leaders of the Khmer empire between the 9th and 14th centuries. The ancient Khmer empire and its wonderful feats of construction are the pride of Cambodians and this was a golden age of a country that has suffered so much in the last century from which it is ...