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A Hostel's False Advertising and a Surprising Finish
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 5 September 2011
Disclaimer: It is not often that I start a post with a disclaimer, but I feel like this one deserves it. My original intent was to have this be a review post for a poor guest house experience I had at the Bun Kao Guest House in Cambodia. It was so full of false ad
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Cambodia: A Land of Ancient Triumph and Recent Tragedy
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 18 July 2011
Cambodia has had a turbulent past. Years of suffering under the Khmer Rouge have crippled the country, causing those affected to look further into the past to the greatness of Angkor. While the mighty Angkor history may provide solace and strength, will it be able to help these people navigate the future?
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Bakheng Hill at Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Blog: Malaysia Asia - 17 May 2011
Bakheng Hill is located just opposite the main Angkor Wat temple here in Siem Reap. Usually this place is visited after everything else here and most tourist come here to see the famous Angkor Wat Sunset. On my last visit here in 2007, I saw elephants being used to ferry people at the entrance area. You are bound to see this as you head to the hill.
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C’Bodes: Siem Reap/Angkor Wat
Blog: Roasted Bugs and Sticky Rice - 9 May 2011
It dawned on me that I’ve been to Cambodia twice (Laos too) and have zero posts on either. My buddy Patrick is going on Friday and wants a few highlights and heads-ups. These are bolded. Anyway his upcoming trip is just the excuse I need to finally do this long overdue post on the [...]
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A Vision at Sunrise, Angkor Wat
Blog: Lonely Girl Travels - 16 April 2011
I had a vision. Standing on the ancient stone of Angkor Wat, watching the red fist of a sun rise, reach up through the horizon’s haze to ignite the sky, to silhouette that crumble of bygone glory, to light the ponds in the earth red too, to make them become a mirror between the lily [...]
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Mangoes and Motos: Visits to the field in Cambodia
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 10 February 2011
By Stephanie Sibal, KF14, Cambodia My first couple of weeks serving as a Kiva Fellow in Cambodia were in many ways, a true shock to my system. The country’s capital, Phnom Penh, is a dizzy blur of lights, motorbikes, colonial-inspired architecture, and savory street food aromas that take some getting used to. However, nothing snaps [...]
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Top 5 South East Asian Budget Airlines
Blog: The Travel Project - 12 January 2011
Here is my list of top 5 budget and no frills airlines in South East Asia that will help you travel to your next destination. Related posts:Flying with Strategic Airlines Etiquette Guide for Visiting Ethnic Villages in South East Asia
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“Feel Good” Travel
Blog: See Simi Travel Blog - 4 January 2011
With 2010 now behind us, we have five years left to meet the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals to end extreme poverty. In 2000, when the goals were set, 50% of the world’s population lived on only $1/day. A decade later, these people are surviving on $1.25. Although $0.25 may not seem like much, it does give hope. This is a huge undertaking, and it is encouraging that our leaders have come together to try to address this problem, together.
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Blogsherpa Carnival # 17 - "Feel Good" Travel
Blog: EZGuler - 31 December 2010
Song and Dance for the Soul
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Daily Travel Photo – Tonle Sap, Cambodia
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 26 December 2010
I was amazed when I saw all the houses on Tonle Sap with TV antennas. Even if you have a house made of sticks which floats on the water, it doesn’t stop you from having television. Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. No related posts.
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Journey to Cambodia
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 23 December 2010
Traveling through Cambodia earlier this year, we ended up with so much video footage that we never got around to assembling it into a movie. It’s been bugging me ever since. But after our trip to Angkor Wat with Tony’s mom Freda, I saw my chance and finally sat down to put it all together. [...]
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Freda Goes to Angkor Wat
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 22 December 2010
So was the Cambodian border saga worth it? Absolutely. Mom has fallen in love with Angkor Wat as you can see in the gallery above. And although we were in Cambodia just ten months ago, we just can’t get enough of this spectacular world wonder.
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December 2010 Desktop - Siem Reap Lady Monks
Blog: Mood to Travel - 16 December 2010
December 2010 Desktop - Siem Reap Lady Monks, originally uploaded by Homdaum.Here is a free desktop wallpaper for December 2010. The picture was taken in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Angkor - Words can't describe it
Blog: Matthew's Travel Blog - My thoughts on everything - 3 December 2010
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Rural Bus Adventure in Cambodia
Blog: Siampedia - the wild years in Southeastasia - 19 November 2010
© Frank P. Schneidewind The start for this was in Siem Reap and the road to Phnom Penh (which is blacktopped today) invited for a more economical road travel to the capital. The ticket cost, if directly bought at the bus station, was 4$ per person. A pretty good deal, if compared to the [...]
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Vote for Aki Ra for CNN Hero
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 15 November 2010
Visitors to our site might remember Aki Ra, a former Khmer Rouge child soldier turned landmine activist, whom we wrote about when we visited the Landmine Museum outside of Angkor Wat earlier this year. Aki Ra has been nominated as one of CNN’s Heroes for 2010 for his campaign to clear Cambodia’s landmines. As if [...]
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Rough Ride to Angkor Wat
Blog: Siampedia - the wild years in Southeastasia - 11 November 2010
© 2010 Frank P. Schneidewind This trip together with my eldest boy Franky, dates back a while. It tells a bit about the hardship, which early travelers to Siem Reap had to endure. Things were already somewhat traveler-friendly there with real micro buses operating and tour dealers (I don't call them travel agents) beginning to [...]
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Channeling Indiana Jones - Angkor Wat Photo Essay
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 8 November 2010
Angkor Wat is one of the few ancient ruins in the world that has all of the criteria necessary for pure adventuring: a huge compound, multiple styles of architecture, various levels of decay and restoration, a bit of danger thrown in to the mix, and nearly 100% open for touching and climbing.
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Lonely Planet BlogSherpa Carnival #12 - Scary Stories
Blog: Hello, Pineapple? - 19 October 2010
As the host of this month's Lonely Planet Blogsherpa Carnival, and in the spirit of the North American holiday of Hallowe'en, I have asked some of the best travel writers on the web to share their own indigestions, and recount to you, the reader, some scary tales of woe whilst travelling the face of the globe.I'll go first.
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Daily Travel Photo – Angkor, Cambodia
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 21 September 2010
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. No related posts.
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Photos from Cambodia
Blog: Orn's travel blog - South-East Asia and China - 4 July 2010
I just compiled a video with our photos from Cambodia, taken during our trip last February. Check out the video… Photos from Cambodia Filed under: South East Asia Tagged: blogsherpa, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, photos, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville
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Temple to Temple at Angkor Part Two
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 28 June 2010
Having visited the “Big Hitters” the first day I was unsure of what to expect for my second day of temple hopping. I was continually surprised during my time at Angkor that I was not feeling temple fatigued in the least as each ruin is so vastly different from the last that it is impossible [...]
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Lenscape #11
Blog: Our Travelations - 21 June 2010
The Bayon temple within the Angkor Thom complex in Siem Reap vies with Angkor Wat as the most favourite attraction in Siem Reap. Over 2,000 large faces carved on 54 towers give this temple its majestic character. Built nearly 100 years after Angkor Wat, Bayon was built in the late 12th century to early 13th [...]
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First-time inside Cambodia’s markets…with interesting finds!
Blog: First-time Traveler - 1 June 2010
When the third blog carnival of the Lonely Planet blogsherpas rolled out, I thought about my travels that best suit the topic of interesting finds in a market I’ve visited abroad, hosted by Orange Polka Dot. I browsed through my photos and I remembered a trip I made last year, when I visited four cities [...]
