Destination: Cambodia

Gallery: Kandal Province

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By gregorboyd | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Phnom Penh - S21 Museum

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By jfernandes | Photo Gallery

Bike Ride to Kandal Province

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [2495] | Comments [1]

I just finished my first week of teaching and I think it went pretty well. I really enjoyed the work and I am looking forward to 9 more weeks of teaching with CWF. That said the best part of any work week is always the weekend. It has been raining a ... Read more >

Tags: bicycle, cambodia, kandal

The Lawless city of Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 | By jfernandes | Views [4516]

12th June 2008 I arrived in the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, at about 6pm after a 6-hour bus journey from Siem Reap. I dropped my bags off at a guesthouse, and went out to explore the town immediately. I walked along the main road, which took ... Read more >

dolphin day...

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 | By hester_c | Views [676] | Comments [3]

Hester Just a quick note about today, as I don't think we'll get a chance to get onto the net for the next 3 or 4 days... Yesterday's 8 hour bus journey turned into over 10hours of an exploded tyre at top speed followed by over an hours roadside wait, ... Read more >

US Embassy Episode I

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [2904]

Today in between my classes I rode my bicycle to the US Embassy to get some new pages for my passport. I have had my passport for less that 4 years and I have already filled up the pages. This was my first time visiting an Embassy. The US Embassy is ... Read more >

Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Tonle Sap lake

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 | By federico_caminada | Views [731]

Tonle Spa lake. Early in the day, I’m probably the first one who has given the entrance ticket that gives you the permit to enter the ‘Tonle Sap lake’ area. Temperature is not so high and moisture is not sticky yet, but both are relentlessly rising;... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, cambogia, lake, phnom penh, tonle sap

Gallery: Temples of Angkor (Eighth Wonder of the World)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By jfernandes | Photo Gallery

Temples of Angkor (8th Wonder of the World)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By jfernandes | Views [4231]

Background to the Angkor Temples Angkor is the ancient capital of the powerful Khmer Empire, which at its height of influence spanned half of Southeast Asia. Many of the 30 or so temples/ruins, which date as far back as 802AD, are set within a 25km ... Read more >

Tags: angkor, temples

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By b_ray | Views [755]

10 june 2008  Tuesday Wow, after a 6 hour bus ride from Seim Reep I arrived on the bus and was expecting a tuk tuk from the Sunday guesthouse to meet me and take me there. they were not there. I was amazed and pissed. i waited and waited and then ... Read more >

Cambodia Phnom Penh and Angkor

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By hester_c | Views [504] | Comments [1]

Brendon Well, where were we? We still had one morning to do in Bangkok before flying on to Phnom Penh (further refered to as Ping Pong). The Grand palace in bangkok deserves it's name. Absolutely beautiful and equaly impressive.One boat trip away back ... Read more >

Class is in Session

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [491]

On Monday I had my first day of teaching. My teaching schedule is very light. I teach one class from 10-11:00 in the morning. I have a break from 11-4:00 and then I teach 3 classes from 4-7:00. My first two classes are Level 2, my third class is lever ... Read more >

A rush through what we've done in cambodia. Wat!!

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By hester_c | Views [730] | Comments [2]

Hester After leaving Bankok (we spent the morning of our flight day checking out the Grand Palace, and another Wat (temple), we arrived in phnom pehn and headed for the lakeside area to find a hotel. The hotel suggested in our guidebook as a cheap ... Read more >

What I am doing here

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [848] | Comments [1]

Before I left OC when I told people I was moving to Cambodia the two most common questions I got were: 1. Q: “Where is that?” A: “In South East Asia between Vietnam and Thailand” And 2. Q: “Why?” A: “Long story.” So here is the “long story” of ... Read more >

CRDT/Trip to Kratie

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [3351] | Comments [4]

I just got back from Kratie (a rural part of Central Cambodia). I went there with the other volunteers, we went to see who was benefiting from our volunteering. CWF was formed to support a NGO in rural Cambodia called the Cambodian Rural Development ... Read more >