Destination: Cambodia

Gallery: Siem Reap and the Temples of Ankor

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

Siem Reap – Templed Out

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By justin | Views [661]

We’d hired a driver and his Tuk-Tuk to take us to see the Temples.   I bought a three day ticket   (which I later regretted after getting a bad case of Templeitis)   Our first temple was Bayon....built around 1200ac.   For me, this was probably ... Read more >

Ya en Phnom Penh

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By anebur | Views [1053]

Debido a la mierda de conexión que hay aquí en Camboya ayer perdí una hora relatando todos los detalles del trekking, así que como no me apetece volver a contarlo os remito a la página de mi compañero de viaje, donde también lo explica muy bien: http:... Read more >

Tags: phom penh

Phnom Penh – Siem Reap

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By justin | Views [500]

After saying goodbye to Lisa (our travelling companion since the Southern Laos), Tim and I took the seven hour bus trip to Siem Reap.   First impressions of Siem Reap projected the characteristics of a tourist fuelled town, which is of no surprise ... Read more >

Siam Reap 13.1

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [1317]

I had a day to rest before the half marathon, but my legs were still sore from my cycling when the starting gun was fired. I recited my mantra “pain is temporary, pride is forever” and ran like the wind (on a slightly breezy day). My training was screwed ... Read more >

Tags: 13.1, cambodia, half marathong, hash, running, siem reap

Gallery: Phohm Penh - Rubbish Tip Project

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

una festa cambogiana

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By alessandro_vannucci | Views [1942] | Comments [3]

Questa sera, sabato 13, sono stato invitato da Smey ad una festa in casa sua. Smey è il braccio destro di Nick, un Cambogiano di 40 anni, sposato con 4 figli. Come molti Cambogiani della sua età, Smey ha un triste passato: ricorda bene gli anni ... Read more >

Phmon Penh – Helping the Rubbish Dump Charity

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By justin | Views [1594] | Comments [1]

I had previously arranged to visit the local rubbish tip to help out with the supplying food to the homeless children who live there.   A group of ten or so of us had volunteered, and with the donations we contributed the food we bought at the local ... Read more >

Gallery: cambodia - siem reap

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By glimmerwing | Photo Gallery

Gallery: S.E Cambodia (Mondulkiri)

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By justin | Photo Gallery

Lo sapevate che....

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By alessandro_vannucci | Views [486]

lo sapevate che in Cambogia ci sono tantissimi motorini giapponesi, modernissimi, silenziosissimi, super ecologici? lo sapevate che su questi motorini viaggiano:      una persona sola adulta      due persone adulte      tre persone ... Read more >

Phnom Penh – S21, The Killing Fields, and The Palace

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By justin | Views [776]

Tim and I hired a Tuk-Tuk and driver for the day in order to see some of the main sites in the city.   Our first point of call was the S21 Prison, formerly a high school converted in August 1975 into a prison and interrogation centre by the Khmer ... Read more >

Tour de Cambodge

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [1215]

After finishing my TEFL class the only obligation I had in Cambodia was running the Siem Reap Half Marathon on December 7 th , which I had registered for several months ago. The race was about a week after my class finished and since I really had nothing ... Read more >

Tags: cycling

Milano-Bangkok-Siem Reap, i primi giorni

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 | By alessandro_vannucci | Views [793] | Comments [1]

Dopo un lungo viaggio arrivo a Siem Reap, in Cambogia: 15 ore di aereo, una notte a Bangkok, 4 ore di pullman, 2 ore in frontiera cambogiana a discutere con la polizia mafiosa, e tre ore di taxi. E poteva andare peggio. Se fosse piovuto le ore di ... Read more >

Tags: cambogia, siem reap

Phnom Penh – A look around the city

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 | By justin | Views [503]

Bit of slow start of the day which is of no surprise since Tim and I only got back to the hostel in the early hours.   Later went out with Barbara-Jean to have a look around the city.   The city is extremely busy, with mopeds everywhere; a far contrast ... Read more >