Destination: Cambodia

“Mantras, minefields and memories…”

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By bigshow | Views [341]

Destination Unknown, November 28, 2007 “Mantras, minefields and memories…”   Landing in Phnom Penh I found the weather to be on the cool side for Cambodia.   Hovering around 76 degrees and very windy, the Khmer were complaining and shivering ... Read more >

Gallery: Siem Reap

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By jessica184 | Photo Gallery

Cambodia - Angkor Wat

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By jessica184 | Views [546]

Arrived in Siem Reap on Friday for 2 nights! So beautiful! Our new Tuk Tuk driver 'Wee' (He spoke fluent english!) took us to Angkor Wat for sunset and then went to the water festival afterwards which only happens once a year! Good timing! They had ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Phnom Penh Antics

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By richie | Views [474]

We had varied experiences here, from watching brawls in the street outside our hotel, to watching rats in the streets outside our hotel, to dodging tuktuk drivers in the streets outside our hotel... The sights around PP are shocking and depressing, ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Cambodiiaaaa

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By eva_and_sian | Views [1318]

CAMBODGE (Cambodia) Where do i start? First of all we booked a bus to Siem Reap, the closest town to the famous temples of Angkor. The bus ride was terrible! It was an old rickety bus with absolutely NOOOO suspension! Ten hours of bumping ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Gallery: Phong Penh

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 | By jessica184 | Photo Gallery

Cambodia

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 | By davebudding | Views [557]

After chasing down the bus on our hastily commandeered moped we crusied through the cambodian country side towards phnom penh. We'd heard that cambodia was the third poorest country in the world. True or not, it was soon pretty obvious that vietnam was ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

You see Temple?

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 | By richie | Views [856]

Finally we made it to the famous Angkor Wat - said to be worthy of the title of 'world wonder #8', and I'd have to agree. Many Kings and powerful men in the region controlled populations of millions well enough to produce surplus to cover costs of excavating ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Angkor Wat, Siem Reap

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 | By richie | Photo Gallery

Phnom Penh - Cambodia

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 | By greenalligator | Views [3514] | Comments [3]

My $4 bus ride to Phnom Penh was a grueling one. No air con, a bus driver with an obsessive compulsive horn tooting disorder and a mother with her 10 shopping bags and   her 5 year old daughter munching on a bag of crickets pressing me up against the ... Read more >

Tags: people

Siem Reap - Cambodia

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 | By greenalligator | Views [1206] | Comments [1]

Anxiety levels were at an all time high as I woke at 3am in a sweat and ran down stairs to change my wake up call to 6am instead of 4am. You see I had planned to catch the 3 rd class local train to the Cambodian border. This train is well known to ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Phenom Penh and the North East

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 | By emadilema | Views [863]

I haven't written for a while so have a bit of catching up to do! I arrived in Phenom Penh with m new travel partner - Kerstin who likes to be called Chris, and we headed off to S21 and the killing fields for our first day of sightseeing. S21 used ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Podcast Documentary Scholarship, 2008 - CLOSED

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 | By scholarships | Views [20270]

  Do you dream about being an intrepid journalist seeking out stories from remote parts of the world? Then here is the opportunity for you! Go on assignment to The Fred Hollows Eye Camp, Kampong Thom, Cambodia   Applications ... Read more >

Kingdom of Cambodia!

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 | By stefanly | Views [758] | Comments [2]

Saigon var et meget trivelig bekjentskap. Nabolaget "Pham ngu lao" ble daglig saumfart, mens kveldene ble brukt på det som etterhvert ble det definitive stamstedet, nemlig baren med det klingende navnet "169". Med sine lette plaststoler ... Read more >

Tags: philosophy of travel

Angkor Wat and Smokin Pot

Mon, 5 Nov 2007 | By emadilema | Views [809]

I finally arrived in Cambodia, dusty and sweaty after flying from Guilin to Bangkok and stopping at a hostel for the night (well for about 5 hours sleep) and getting up the next morning to catch a bus to Aranya Prathet, crossing the border and getting ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing