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Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam…
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 28 July 2009
Those three countries sounds pretty whirlwind given that it’s only a touch over a fortnight ago when I was still in China. The truth though is that my time in South East Asia has been pretty quiet with a lot of lazing around. Shannon made it to Phnom Penh after a bit of trouble with Vietnam [...]
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The Weekly Photo: Dinner in Cambodia
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 22 July 2009
Pigs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia © Nomadic Matt- visit the Nomadic Matt's Travel Site for more great content and got a travel blog? Learn [...]
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The Angkor Temples and Battambang
Blog: Kieron Clark - 21 July 2009
How many pigs can you get on the back of a motorcycle? The answer, it seems, is three. At least, that’s the largest number of porkers that we saw being given a spin around the back roads of Cambodia. Recently slaughtered and stacked neatly behind the driver, their legs swayed loosely each time the vehicle [...]
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In search of the real Cambodia
Blog: round the world - the other way - 19 July 2009
IMG_0446 Originally uploaded by littlesaint_uk During our time in Vietnam we heard a lot about what it was like to travel around Cambodia – most of it negative. Undeterred by these reports we decided to go and see for ourselves and arrived in Phnom Pehn after one of the more sedate coach journeys of our trip to [...]
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Cambodia; a Dark Past Remembered
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 12 July 2009
Angkor Wat is definitely the star attraction of the country, but once we had our fill of temples, it was time to head to the country's capitol Phnom Penh. Being let off at a bus station just out of town, was a little overwhelming with the amount of touts vying for our business.
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Cambodia: The Beautiful Angkor Wat Awaits You
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 11 July 2009
Angkor Wat was certainly one of the most impressive structures on the planet and we were privileged to have seen her. I will never forget driving up to the complex and seeing Angkor Wat standing proudly over the water.
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Phnom Penh
Blog: Kieron Clark - 11 July 2009
One of the first things that we see in Phnom Penh, as we wander along the banks of the Tonlé Sap River, is a young boy catching sparrows. With a snare attached to a long fishing pole he stalks them through the scrubby undergrowth, just a stone’s throw from the Royal Palace. Plucking them deftly [...]
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Siem Reap to Bangkok
Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 10 July 2009
There are loads of stories about scam buses between Siem Reap and Bangkok, and although the worst of it is actually in the reverse direction, we were still keeping our eyes open. The bus itself was shocking of course, as was the organisation of getting people on to it. There were actually two buses, and oddly [...]
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The Temples of Angkor: Day 2, Angkor Wat & Bayon
Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 7 July 2009
Day 2 was our planned BIG day, starting with sunrise at Angkor Wat, and a full day tour of the central temples on the Big and Little Loop. We got up around 4.15am (how I don’t know) and met a different Tuk Tuk driver, as our guy from day 1 was unfortunately already booked! There were [...]
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The Temples of Angkor: Day One
Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 7 July 2009
Ian and I were joined by a Canadian girl from the hostel (totally forgotten her name!) and after buying our 3-day passes we headed out for our first Angkor Temple action! On the way, we got these Cambodian snacks called Krolan – sticky rice with coconut and red bean, fire roasted inside bamboo! I thought [...]
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Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor Plan
Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 6 July 2009
Basically the only reason people come to Siem Reap (and for some Cambodia in general) is to visit Angkor Wat – the World’s Largest Single Religious Monument – and the surrounding temples, over 1,000 of them! And wat a sight they are The temples of Angkor are almost an antithesis to the sights [...]
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Much Ado about Malaria
Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 6 July 2009
I hate tablets. Pills. Vaccines. Drugs. They are expensive, have bad side effects, are full of crap I really don’t want in my body (both chemical and animal derived), almost certainly tested on animals, treat symptoms rather than the cause, and in many cases are simply ineffective! On my first big RTW trip, I had [...]
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Inspiration Through the Eyes of Two Travelers
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 1 July 2009
Dave and I often discuss this idea. Who "up there" decides who will be born in luxury and who will be born in poverty. When we were in Cambodia, we had a hard time accepting ourselves and felt guilty for being who we are. The world is not a fair place and travel opens our eyes to it on a very real and deep level.
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Phnom Penh
Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 1 July 2009
After the mission it was to get here and how late it was, all I managed the first night was food (Cambodian Veg Fried Rice!) and bed! The next day I walked around the city and was waiting for Ian to arrive. I was looking for a specific veg restaurant but couldn’t find the damn [...]
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Saigon to Phnom Penh, via the Mekong Delta
Blog: barnz2k : Vegan Nomad - 29 June 2009
My next move was to head to Cambodia, and I thought it would be nice to take in some of the Mekong Delta on the way. It could have been great, buit it turned oout to be one of the worst run tours I have ever been on. Basically, various tour companies had booked people for [...]
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Daily Travel Photo – Tonle Sap, Cambodia
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 26 June 2009
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Follow me as I travel around the world. [...]
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Angkor with children
Blog: Oh, the places you'll go! - 26 June 2009
Exploring the temples of Angkor with young children can be challenging. But it’s also rewarding to see these wonders through your child’s eyes, as Angela Savage reveals. I first visited Siem Reap and the surrounding temples in 1992. Back then, the United Nations was running Cambodia, civil war was still raging in the countryside, and there was [...]
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Day 1 - Is that a Rat In Your Pants?
Blog: Hello, Pineapple? - 18 June 2009
Having finished watching the sunset behind the Royal Palace, and participating in some evening calisthenics with the locals in the main square overlooking the Tonle Sap River, we were ready to dine out in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. Even on a budget, we never went hungry, as I'm sure you know, food comes quite cheap all over South East Asia. The best eats for us all over the region came at the neighborhood street stalls or make-shift dining patios that families would set up in front of their homes.
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Upending microcredit: Cambodians use Kiva to lend to U.S. borrowers
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 June 2009
This Wednesday marked a watershed moment for Kiva.org: borrowers from the U.S. made a well-publicized debut on the person-to-person microlending website. It left no doubt that microcredit, seen by many as the province of the poor, had arrived to serve Americans in need. The floodgates are open, and they sluice both ways. Kiva’s launch of lending [...]
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Breaking up the Band
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 22 May 2009
Over the last three months, four Kiva Fellows (Katie, Julie, Jeff and Drew) have been working and living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We are so lucky to have spent this time together in such a wonderful place. Alas, our time has come to an end but we have put together a video to share both [...]
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Our Favorite Ruins of the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 May 2009
We have been lucky enough to see some of the most magnificent sights on earth. The ones that always seem to amaze us the most are the incredible ruins and temples of the world.
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The wonders of Angkor Wat
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 29 April 2009
The wonders of Angkor Wat (a page from my Travel Journal) I’ve just spent five fantastic days exploring the stunning temples at Angkor Wat together with my friends Allan and Nigel. We flew to Siem Reap on Air Asia from Kuala Lumpur (about a two hour flight) and we stayed at a beautiful hotel, Bopha Angkor. The hotel is [...]
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Siem Reap
Blog: By Way of the World - 17 April 2009
Angkor Wat is an enormous temple complex built by the Khmer civilization between the 8th and 13th centuries. The Khmer Empire at its height claimed virtually all of present-day Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and parts of Thailand. The main temple, located near the town of Siem Reap, a few hours north of present-day capital Phnom Penh, is the largest religious structure in the world. Angkor Wat is a symbol of pride for a people that have endured enormous amounts of hardship and struggle.
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Phnom Penh
Blog: By Way of the World - 7 April 2009
We arrived in Phnom Penh at around 7pm, and immediately began the search for a hotel. When both of us are exhausted, hungry, and buckling under the weight of our packs, walking around a city looking for a cheap hotel can be excruciating and sometimes we end up fighting. To avoid this, we usually book ahead or at least agree on a place ahead of time, so we have a clear direction in mind. However, this time we didn't because Dan remembered a cheap guest house on the lake that he stayed at five years ago during his last visit to Cambodia. We headed for Beong Kak Lake.
