Cambodiana

... 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 ...

... from some of the temples of Angkor Wat.  We also spent a day lounging around the pool at a five-star hotel called The Cambodiana.  Though most of our time in Phnom Pehn was spent simply hanging out on the deck of our g.h. with Diana and the ...

Déjà la fin de notre deuxième journée complète à Phnom Penh où nous avons établi nos quartiers à l'hôtel Cambodiana, très bel hôtel situé au bord du fleuve Tonlé Sap, le long du célèbre quai Sisowath (sorte de promenade des Anglais ...

today the plan was to visit the infamous killing field's, which we had been pre warned about might be a little bit upsetting at times, before i start let me tell you about Pol Pot, the man responsible for killing around 3 million Cambodian’s ...

I was not quite sure what to make of Phnom Penh at first, I am quite enjoying the small towns I have visited up until now. On entering the capital I realised just how much of a divide there is between rich and poor.  Walking down the main stretch ...

Siem Reap After a short journey from Si Phan Don I enter the borders of Cambodia. The business which I booked the bus tickets with were pretty organised and took care of getting my Cambodian visa sorted (for a small fee).  I (along we a group of ...

During the first week of our adventure, we travelled with the Citipointe band to Cambodia. The first few days were spent in Phnom Penh and the band played at a youth concert at New Life Church. Whilst the Band was setting up for the big night Nath and ...

“Same Planet/Different World” - the Cultural Learnings of a Traveling Twosome......   The West is not the East - that’s why it’s the West....  And why the East is the East....  Well, anyway - there are some ...

Back in PP, I retrieved my passport and newly-minted two-month Thai visa, saying farewell to our favorite capital city of the trip. Obviously, if one comes to Cambodia, a visit to the temples of Angkor Wat is mandatory and so we aimed northwest to get us ...

... cetait supoer bon et mega epicer....ouf...vive gaviscon. Je vais devoir vous faire goutr ca a mon retour,,,rien a voir avec le cambodiana!!! phat thai,  salade de papaye verte, poulet curry rouge, riz gluant,  soupe au lait de coco et ...

The bus to Phnom Penh only broke down once and it was a quick fix. The number of “pee stops” was amazing – Cambodians just can’t stay on a bus for more than about an hour with out the need for a stop! Eventually, we arrived in the ...

... most apparent. At least I had some lovely people to celebrate it with and the 20m long Xmas buffet at the Cambodiana certainly meant I wasn't hungry! Disregarding the lack of family contact and Western cultural formalities, the last few days of 2011 ...

... up. Finally the hotel.  I read some tour info which describes Phnom Penh as having crumbling colonial architecture and the Cambodiana is quite representative.  Nonetheless it's clean, and feels a safe haven and the staff are very friendly and ...

We rode a mini bus for about 2 hours out of Pakse bus station towards the Mekong to catch the long boat over to the 4000 Islands. It was so so so hot, and the AC on the bus was kaput so we literally sweltered off our body weight in sweat by the time we ...

it's 5am, & it’s still pitch black outside, we are on our way to see the sunrise at the magnificent Angkor Wat temple, one of 15 temple’s in the area of Angkor, & also the largest buddhist temple in the world, the temple was built in ...