13-17/12
Inaspettatamente il viaggio e’ tuttosommato decente, arriviamo e abbiamo gia’ un tuk tuk che ci aspetta per portarci in un Hotel prentato in precedenza, Hotel centrale, pulito e carino, per fortuna!
40$ il prezzo del biglietto per tre giorni per entrare a vedere le rovine di Angkor Wat, una vera meraviglia del passato, uno spettacolo. Un Read More »
I arrived at my hotel, the Billabong, at about 9. Very early, but the check-in staff were very nice and told me to walk around a bit and come back in about an hour, when my room would be ready.
A quick walk revealed a lot about the neighborhood, roughly defined as “Central Market” due to Read More »
Tempel und ein Dollar
Siem Reap bedeutet wörtlich ‚Ort der Niederlage der Siamesen’ und bezieht sich auf einen Sieg der Khmer über das Heer des Thai-Königreiches im 17. Jahrhundert. Bekannt ist sie vor allem als die der Tempelanlage Angkor Wat nächstgelegene Stadt, in der die meisten Besucher während ihres Aufenthaltes naechtigen. Heute so touristisch, daß es Read More »
Photos STILL won’t go in the right order! I have never had problems with the photos on this site before and this trip they are driving me crazy!
I expected to wake up more sore this morning than I did following the hike yesterday. Today is our last full day in Cambodia and we are actually Read More »
Getting in to Cambodia meant a long bus journey from Bangkok to the border of Cambodia. Here we had to get out of the bus and formally leave Thailand by having our visa stamped. Next we had to walk over a bridge in a place between Thailand and Cambodia known as ‘No-man’s Land’ – I Read More »
In this blog I am going to attempt to explain what happened to the people of Cambodia under the Pol Pot regime. While we were in Phnom Penh, we visited the Tuol Sleng Museum and the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek. When we arrived in Cambodia we were unsure whether it was appropriate to visit. Read More »
We booked an all in deal from Bangkok to Siem Reap for our first land border crossing of the trip as we were slightly anxious about it, especially as we’d heard a few stories of petty corruption on the Cambodia side and because we’d heard of people getting huge amounts of hassle once in Cambodia Read More »
After arriving in Phnom Penh we did a quick city tour and took in the sights of the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and Victory monument – then headed to the riverside for a beer – we found a better place to stay for the next evening and arranged a tuk-tuk to take us out of Read More »
Well we are here at last! The trip from the airport to our guest house – Cafe Korner was filled with “Wow’s”, “Check that out” Did you see that” etc. The kids were gobsmacked and in awe. The Cambodia as I knew it 12 years ago still exists although there is certainly more infrasture and Read More »
Day 2 began with purchasing a new wallet – yes my lesson learnt – don’t leave your wallet even for a second. Most of our cash gone – in a second. Main issue being the inconvenience of cancelling cards etc. Hopefully it will be reimbursed via our travel insurance. Just hope the guy makes a Read More »
