Destination: Cambodia

Gallery: Angkor Wat

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Siem Reap and a lot of Angkor Temples

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Cambodia

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 | By machel | Photo Gallery

Siem Reap and Angkor Wat

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [3845] | Comments [1]

A 6.5 hour bus journey at the back of the bus.  You don't want to be at the front because that's where you will die, and you don't want to be at the back because that's where i had no leg room and you get the most bumps.  Lets say i was glad to arrive ... Read more >

Cambodia Day 6: The walking tour

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1545]

We met at about 9 a.m. in the morning for breakfast at the restaurant of our guesthouse, then split up: Farah, Uma and Soo Hian were talking a mini-van, provided by the guesthouse, for a tour of the Killing Fields, the National Museum and the Royal ... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, phnom penh, walking tour, wat phnom

Cambodia Day 5: Kirirom National Park

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 | By cisoux | Views [2795]

We set out at 730 a.m. We checked out of our rooms at The Boddhi Tree, but left our luggage at the café. Our driver was a local who barely spoke a word of English. This meant we had to make up a new word for "waterfall"... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, kirirom, park, phnom penh

Phnom Penh and The Killing Fields

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1320]

The capital of Cambodia and the heart of many an atrocity.  I feel a bit like a voyeur, my main reason for visiting is to see the Tuol Sleng - Museum of Genocidal Crime and the killing fields.  It's a sobering experience, even the bad English on the ... Read more >

Into Cambodia and Kratie

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1328]

I had planned to go to Virachay National Park in the Ratanakiri province.  I get to Stung Treng in a packed minivan, having endured bumpy roads and border officials who need overtime payments.  Although three in the bus are Irish it isn't a good crack ... Read more >

Gallery: Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Into Cambodia and Kratie

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Cambodia Day 4: The Phnom Penh Horror Show

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1810] | Comments [2]

How do I even begin to describe this day? Ok, from the start: We started the day with breakfast. Our friends were held up for some reason, so Lianyi and I headed off to the Lonely Planet-recommended Sunrise Coffee House without them. We were its first ... Read more >

Tags: bus ride, cambodia, comme à la maison, phnom penh, s21, the boddhi tree, tuol sleung

Cambodia Day 3: Battambang

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1333]

Another early start to the day. We met at the lobby of our guesthouse at 6.30 am. A bus was supposed to come and pick us up at 6.40 to take us to the bus terminal, where we would take another bus at 7.30 to Battambang. But that first bus came only ... Read more >

Tags: battambang, bus ride, cambodia

Cambodia Day 2: The Wat Is Where?

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1459]

Day 2 was all about the Wats. All of us, minus Uma because she'd done this before, met our driver at 4.30 a.m. and made our way back to the Angkor Wat. It was pitch black darkness. There are no streetlights in Siem Reap, not even ... Read more >

Tags: angkor wat, cambodia, preah khan, siem reap, ta prohm

Cambodia Day 1: Siem Reap

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 | By cisoux | Views [1333]

We met at the airport at 4 a.m. all bleary-eyed and sleep-deprived. All of us felt like we looked like shit, so no photos were taken. Changi Airport is very quiet and mostly empty at 4 a.m; I didn't expect that. Most shops were closed. The flight ... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, siem reap

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 | By fancyfree | Views [862]

Phnom Penh 16 - 21 January, 2007 The bus trip from Battambang to Phnom Penh was uneventful except for what seemed to be one additional stop bus made. Normally the bus stops once during the five to six hour trip for a quick stretch and a pee, and ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health