Destination: Cambodia

Long overdue!

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 | By elusiv | Views [932] | Comments [2]

Sorry once again we haven't been able to write very often due to the long days at the orphanage! The other two volunteers who were staying with us left last Thursday leaving us as the only volunteers at the centre. On the Thursday there was no school ... Read more >

Photos: Floating Life.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By earthspirit | Photo Gallery

I now eat rice 3 times a day!- first week at the orphange

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 | By elusiv | Views [1496] | Comments [3]

Sorry for the delay in posting! We just have been extremely busy at the Orphanage! So We arrived here last Monday, bringing with us a 50kg bag of rice to give and found there to be 4 other volunteers already staying at the orphanage( 2 Americans ... Read more >

Happy Guesthouse

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [968] | Comments [6]

This Guesthouse is situated on the lake side with a large deck built over the lake with little huts to sit under. We have stayed here 3 nights and absolutely loved it! The staff and great and so friendly, most of them are related. We are usually greeted ... Read more >

Day 3- im going to kick your big arse!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [918] | Comments [1]

Awoke this morning at 5am and got ready for a happier day out! We wanted to leave early to avoid the hottest part of the day, even though at 8 am it is stinking hot and we are already sweating! Today we started of with a visit to the royal palace ... Read more >

Killing Fields of Choeung Ek

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [673]

We visited the killing fields after the prison. This made for quite a depressing start to the day! 17000 men, women, children and infants who were detained at s21 prison were transported to the extermination camp of Choeung Ek, now know as the killing ... Read more >

Tuol Sleng museum- S21 prison

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [3038]

On Saturday we visited this old prison. In 1975 the khmer rouge turned this high school into a prison. It was the largest centre of detention and torture. between 1975 and 1978 more than 17,000 people held at the prison where taken to the killing ... Read more >

Khmer Rouge

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [3769] | Comments [1]

I thought i would write a a bit about a small time frame of Cambodian history that was so horrific that it still affects the people today. I knew nothing about this before planning to come to Cambodia and i am sure most other people around the world ... Read more >

Day 2

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [1002] | Comments [2]

Well I (Amy) awoke this morning at 4am saw a massive centipede and couldn't couldn't get back to sleep ( not because of the massive insect!). Got up at 6am( hard to believe huh Mum!)and chilled on the deck till Summer woke at a more reasonable hour ... Read more >

Gallery: Cambodia

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Photo Gallery

Cambodia!

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 | By elusiv | Views [1128] | Comments [3]

Kia ora Everyone! We arrived in Cambodia yesterday afternoon (Friday) and were greeted at the airport by a staff member from our guest house. Walked out to the roadside and while our driver brought the tuktuk over to us ( I will take a photo of a ... Read more >

Cambodia... Khmer + proud of it.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 | By sooz_and_claire | Views [1411]

23/10/09 We board the bus to Phnom Penh a lovely 7hr jaunt+ usual standing around at the border crossing. We negotiated a tuktuk on arrival and headed for a guesthouse in town $10- treat with hot water. For dinner we kept our promise and headed to Luna ... Read more >

Day 12 - Our last day in Siem Reap

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 | By businesschick | Views [870]

Its hard to believe that we will be leaving Cambodia soon. But not before seeing the biggest and best of the temples - Angor Wat and Ta Prohm. Well, Mavis and I who had not been late once, overslept and they nearly left without us. We had no time for ... Read more >

Day 11 - Journey to Siem Reap

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 | By businesschick | Views [851]

On the bus again, i just can't wait to get on the bus again. We were on the bus from 7am and arrived in Siem Reap at 1.30pm. The bus ride consisted of some chat, but mostly sleep. We stopped along the way at a tourist spot and toilet stop. I didn't realise ... Read more >

Day 10 - Final day at Sunrise

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 | By businesschick | Views [882]

this morning we started with a blessing from the monks. We went to a temple. None of us really knew what was in store for us. We were given incense that was lit and presented it to buddha under that massive statue. We then sat crossed legged on a mat ... Read more >