Hotel Cambodiana Phnom Penh

Crossing the border between Lao and Cambodia had to be even stranger (and cooler) than between Thailand and Lao. This time, instead of a small boat simply dropping us off across the river, we literally walked ourselves across the border in the middle of a forest. Make sure to look at the pictures I uploaded...very random. After the border crossing and two bus trips we made it down into the capital of Cambodia, and got our first real look at the country. I know before I've mentioned my distast...

Short flight with MH from KUL to PNP. More modern than we were expecting. Met by a tour driver and taken to the hotel. Good location on the banks of the Mekong. Turns out the hotel was unfinished when Pol Pot took power in 1975 and whilst the location is great, the rooms showed their age and is in need of an update. Breakfast v good.  Only a short tuktuk to the centre near the FCC, a wonderful watering hole

DA JANELA DO MEU QUARTO, VEJO O MEKONG Desde o inicio do planejamento da viagem, tinha certeza de que veria, fotografaria e navegaria pelo Rio Mekong. Mas nao imaginava que o Mekong, "Mae dos Rios", descortinar-se-ia generoso da janela do meu hotel! No Hotel Cambodiana, em Phnom Penh, os quartos tem ampla vista para Mekong, polvilhado por uma miriade agitada de barcos de pesca, de carga e de passageiros. Pude filmar o movimento dos barcos sem sair de meu quarto, confortavelmente sentado, capt...

Well I landed back in India last week after a very quick visit to cambodia, I last visited cambodia 7 years ago and wow what a change the place is amazing. Its hard to believe a country can change so much! When I first visited in 2001 Cambodia touched us like no other country has done to this day, I have a personal love for Cambodia and its people. In 2001 my self and my wife visited a childrens hospital and along with the tourist routes we done as much as we could at the time for the childre...

Well we made our way back to Phnom Pehn and arrived here about 2:00pm. Our driver spoke very little english, but we managed to communicate. We stopped a few times to stretch, and allow for nature to call. On one of our stops our driver bought a can of pop, and we departed .. about 5 minutes later after he was done drinking he calmly rolled the window down and discarded the can right out the window. The litter even in the country side is terrible. We are staying at a nice hotel along the Mekon...

Morning at leisure, bus was late to pick us up for the 6 hour transfer to Phnom Penh Not exactly a pleasant journey as the road was rough, lots of obstacles en route eg cows on road, slow moving trucks etc but at least it gave us a chance to see some countryside, so I found it quite interesting if a little long. Most interesting stop was at Skuon, famous for cashews & spiders - several women greeted us as we got off the bus with platters piled high with fried spiders, looking black & ...

I wanna go back there as soon as possible!!