Destination: Cambodia

Welcome To The Boomtown

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 | By karsoe | Views [445]

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – A lot can happen in five years. If I look at my own life, I can see so many changes within me that it’s hard for me to really believe that I went through them. Imagine what five years can do to a town 12 kilometers from ... Read more >

Tags: cambodia, changes, indochina, siem reap, southeast asia, tourism

Photos: Kratie and Ban Lung

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Photos: Phnom Penh

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Break On Through To The Other Side

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 | By karsoe | Views [374]

Tags: cambodia, indochina, siem reap, southeast asia

The humanitarian is gone

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [410]

How is this for bitchy? I decided to have breakfast at a riverside restaurant, and as soon as I sat down a young boy tried to sell me a local English-language newspaper. I could see that the price on the newspaper has been altered with ink so when he ... Read more >

The accidental humanitarian

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [514]

The unintentional theme for today was contributing to the disabled or less fortunate in Cambodia. On my way to get a shot of Wat Phnom in the morning sun, I saw two fellows collecting money from walkers-by. I didn’t understand what the fuss was until ... Read more >

Photos: Temples of Angkor (Cambodia)

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By alexxdiep | Photo Gallery

Premier contact avec le Cambodge...

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By genebi | Views [551] | Comments [1]

Premier contact avec le Cambodge… Le 26 mars, nous avons traversée la frontière. Les premiers cambodgiens rencontrés : les douaniers. Il y avait une odeur de mafia : payer $1 dollars ici, un autre $1 par-là…pourquoi? Pas moyen de vraiment savoir.... Read more >

Cambodia smiles

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [449]

I was a fool to look for kindness in a friendly conversation with a Cambodian. The kindnesses are subtle and unspoken, but they are there. It is there when I sit down at a café and someone comes to set a fan next to my table. It is there when the fellow ... Read more >

.....I never did find that landmine museum

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [576]

I was supposed to leave Siem Reap this morning, but a last-minute e-mail from my friend Kathryn sent me running to the bus ticket agency to change my date of departure. Because of a booking conflict with her hotel in Bangkok she had decided to hop on ... Read more >

Photos: Cambodia pics

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By melissa_k | Photo Gallery

Photos: Rabbit Island

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Photos: Kampot and Kep,Cambodia

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Last day at Angkor Wat

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [563]

The Temples at Angkor--Day 3 I made it for the sunrise just to say that I have done it which is a good thing because it was cloudy this morning and that greatly decreases the dramatic effect. I was joined by about a million other tourists who dragged ... Read more >

Photos: Cambodia

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery