Destination: Cambodia

Kompong Phhluk

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [890]

We are now in Siem Reap and it is quite flooded but ok. You can wade about and most places to eat are still open and the Night Market is unaffected, so life as a tourist can continue comfortably!40 minute leg massage and my toe nail polish changed for ... Read more >

Photos: Battambong

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Photo Gallery

The Bus Journey

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [942]

We had booked our bus tickets a few days ago as its Pchum Ben and it will be busy. Arrived at the bus station and to our amazement the bus leaves on time! We are only travelling to Siem Reap and should only take 2 hours. After our excitement at it leaving ... Read more >

Battambong

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [965]

Arrived after a very spectacular drive through the country side,   so green and lush, a lot of traffic as some roads are closed due to flooding so are coming this way. Booked into the Seng Hout ($16 a night for a room with a window and one big bed ... Read more >

Photos: Kampong Chhnang

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Photo Gallery

Kampong Chhnang

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [643]

Clay Pot Port on the Tonle Sap River about 2 hours from Phnom Penh. We have come here with Sameth, our favourite Cambodian driver. Sameth and our family go back a few years when we hired him for a four day jaunt to Kraite and Kampong Cham and we ... Read more >

Festivals

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 | By lesleyandjan | Views [1257]

It is P'Chum Ben.  This is one of the many festivals here.  P'Chum Ben is a Buddhist festival; so there are calls from the Wat at 3am each morning to wake us up.  Everyone has an allocated time they go to the Wat to give an offering.  Food is also ... Read more >

Photos: Phnom Penh

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Photo Gallery

Phnom Penh

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [690]

Arrival into Phnom Penh on the $5 bus trip from Kep- approx 3.5 to 4 hours. Songka Bus company and the driver didn’t spend the whole time on the horn, so all good. Tuk Tuk to Hotel 252, a $2 trip, most trips around Phnom Penh are $2. A huge cement ... Read more >

Photos: Bokor

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Photo Gallery

Photos: Krong Kep

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Photo Gallery

Krong Kep

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [706]

Kep – a funny place really, very spread out and no real centre.   It is a sea side resort?? But the beach to swim at is very so so, most tourists appear to stay in their resorts and swim in their pools! Unless popping over to Rabbit Island for the ... Read more >

Bokor

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [942]

Bokor Bokor has always been a mystery as for the time we have been comng here it has been closed. We can now get up there in one day on a tour and am told that l do not have to climb anything or trek! Owing to my current level of fitness!! This is ... Read more >

Tags: trekking

Photos: Around Kampot

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Photo Gallery

KAMPOT

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By andreagee | Views [1638]

This time we only have four nights in my second home of Kampot. But we have certainly used them wisely and have had a terrific time. Day of Arrival – Arrive at the Rikitikitavi after a taxi from Phnom Penh Airport, took us aprox 2.5 hours, $40 ... Read more >