Phnom Bok Hotel
Travel Blogs from Siem Reap
Kingdom of Cambodia
... birds that they or their mom made, it was really hard to say no. Although to buy from a child is to encourage that behavior to continue and we knew well that this does not benefit them in the long run. However, after every temple, the hawking leveled by these little youngsters and other sellers is so fierce that one becomes desensitized that these are cute little kids trying to make a buck. At some point, Geula decide to talk ...
Bitch, please! My own story.
... had to do with the rest of the group being rather young, so the war is an abstract concept to them. I was, after the 65 year old guide, the second oldest in the group, and I think the third oldest was much younger than me.
It was back to Ho Chi Minh City, we were dropped off at the tour agency's office. The tour was supposed to end at 2 pm, but the traffic meant that we didn't get back until around 3.30 pm, which was ...
Temple Overload
... in Cambodia (Sianokville) and don't really like the idea of participating in all of this. You pay huge entry fees and tuk-tuk or taxi costs and I've heard that Cambodia doesn't even own Angkor anymore...I'd rather my money go to something a little bit more beneficial to the people. But, we can't really come to Cambodia and not take a wee peek.
The early morning was quite magical. With the mist rising out of the trees from the previous evening's ...
Déjà vu
... br> Walking past the ‘Sunny Bar’ we decided that we would have a beer or two and a few games of pool. The bar girls insisted we played doubles again, which we did, mindful not to drink too much as we were getting the bus tomorrow. At one point Dan went to the loo and returned ashen faced "There is a cooked Dog in there, right by the loo!" he said, with horror in his eyes “What, are you sure?” I ...
Kambodscha 22.09. - 28.09.
... in den 70er Jahren erlebt haben. Darüber hinaus bietet Kambodscha ähnlich wie Laos eine wundervolle Landschaft, wenn auch man große Teile nicht betreten oder sehen kann aufgrund der noch rund 200 Mio. vergrabenen Mienen! Im Vergleich zu Thailand und Laos, werden große Entwicklungsunterschiede deutlich - und das schon auf einem niedrigen Niveau.
Zusammengefasst: Trotz der Kürze kann ich sagen: Ein tolles Land!!!, welches aber noch viel Hilfe braucht.
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