Destination: Cambodia

Premier contact avec le Cambodge...

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By genebi | Views [539] | 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 [426]

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 [553]

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 [527]

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

Cambodia

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By ambroom | Views [469]

We arriv3ed in Cambodia at midnight and found a really nice tuktuk driver called Kevin!He took us to a hostel which was nice and we settled in and went straight to sleep. It was just me, Bridget, Laia, Sarah and josh. The next day we went for a walk ... Read more >

Ta Prohm, Thommanon and the Terraces

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [622]

The Temples of Angkor--Day 2 　 Still didn’t catch the sunrise, although I was around before most of the tourists. I get strange looks from the groundskeepers as I pedal past, and there are a lot of them. Even in the heat they stay covered head to ... Read more >

Kaitie and Caroline never learn!

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By kaitieandcaroline | Views [598] | Comments [1]

After a day of walking around the Angkor Temples Kaitie and Caroline were apparently not tired enough. Please note that Caroline was limping for the last temple and the rest of the day as her knee decided to swell from all the walking and climbing while ... Read more >

Angkor Temples

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By kaitieandcaroline | Views [554]

Our not so creepy tuktuk driver met us at our hotel in the morning to take us around to as many Angkor temples as we could handle! Our first stop was Angkor Wat..the largest and most famous of the temples. It is the largest religious building in the ... Read more >

Siem Reap

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By kaitieandcaroline | Views [477]

Our journey to Siem Reap was certainly eventful. We took a 6 hour bus ride, supposedly the "best bus company" in the area, called the Mekong Express. We're calling bullshit! Lets just say the only good hting about the bus ride is they gave ... Read more >

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By kaitieandcaroline | Views [704]

Kaitie and Caroline, being the geniuses that they are, arrived in the scariest country yet with no accomodations booked! They stepped out of the airport in the early evening and had various offers for transportation into the city. They finally settled ... Read more >

The learning curve of the solo tour

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 | By melissa_k | Views [551]

The Temples of Angkor---Day 1 What can I say about Angkor Wat that has not already been said? I like riding my rental bike around the monument. That may be a new one. Seriously, the area is wonderfully level. The blacktop is in good shape. I am glad ... Read more >