- TEMPLES OF ANGKOR WATThanks to some really good advice from somebody who suggested we buy the tickets for the temples the day before in the late afternoon so we could then be a couple of hours in the temples, see the sunset and Posted by erika_simon in Simplicity, Inspiration and Angels | Jun 18, 2013
- SIEM REP – SILK FARMDuring the weekend we went to the north of Cambodia to Siem Reap, which is the touristiest city in the country because of the temple of Angkor Wat and the surrounding ruins. It was around 6 hours on the bus, Posted by erika_simon in Simplicity, Inspiration and Angels | Jun 18, 2013
- GETTING USED TO THE CITYWe met with Diego, the person who we are going to work with over the next few weeks. He took us to the house where we are going to live, and it is so beautiful. It has four floors and Posted by erika_simon in Simplicity, Inspiration and Angels | Jun 18, 2013
- OUR WAY TO CAMBODIAWe knew the border between Laos and Cambodia was not an easy border to cross, and we had heard awful stories, but we did not have any other options. Our journey to Cambodia started at 9:30am on a boat from Posted by erika_simon in Simplicity, Inspiration and Angels | Jun 12, 2013
- Phnom Penh, CambodiaAfter over 13 hours of travelling, I have arrived at my first stop in the region of Asia! I arrived at 10:20 am in Phnom Penh on July 10th. The journey to get here from Melbourne was about 10 hours Posted by michaelat in My Dream Trip Around The World | Jun 6, 2013
- When in Thailand do as the Thai doWow 5 days left, the last time I wrote in this blog (a long while back) I was probably resting up on a beach in the south of Thailand on Koh Phi Phi. The trip until that part had definitely Posted by desiallstar in Adventures of a Vijilante | Jun 4, 2013
- XXXV: Fly BoysI managed to lure Felix down to the free breakfast that he'd been ignoring with the promise of syrup pancakes and we planned our day. The flight didn't leave for Hanoi until 16:45 and check out was at noon - Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 31, 2013
- XXXIV: Visa Run!WorldWideWill's Quick Guide to Vietnam Visas:
Getting a visa for Vietnam is a fairly straightforward, albeit ridiculously expensive, process. There is no 'visa on arrival' option for Vietnam, so you must have either a valid visa or letter of vis Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 31, 2013
- XXXIII: Phnom-nom-nom (Penh)It was an interesting night, and we'd discovered that we were sharing a corridor with six or seven Indian sex tourists who were all sharing a room and spent most of the day parading around with different Cambodian women. The Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 29, 2013
- XXXII: Trans-Cam HighwayI'd be lying if I said that we were excited to be spending six hours on a bus on the Cambodian roads, but at midday (after finally settling my giant room bill) Felix & I were loaded into a tiny Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 29, 2013
- Angkor and KhmerCambodia. Mention of this country reminds one of a country ravaged by war and the dark days of Pol Pot’s reign. Today, however, it is a country on the road to recovery and very much into tourism. There are two Posted by acerchuan in Acerchuan Travel Blog | May 29, 2013
- XXXI: Khmer KhameleonI was grateful for another late morning start, templing is hard work and 8 hours' sleep is just not enough recovery time! Once again we drove away from the Angkor site, this time South East along the highway to reach Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 28, 2013
- Sihanoukville - A holiday within a holiday===A Holiday within a Holiday===
After a unfortunate incident at the hotel in Phnom Penh 5 minutes before departure and an unpleasant 4 hour mini-bus trip with a raucous Cambodian family, the beaches of Sihanoukville were a well-deserved sight ( Posted by Tiki Touring in Tiki Touring | May 25, 2013
- XXX: Banteay Birthday!It was a restless sleep, largely because I hadn't decided before bed if I would wake up to see the arrival of my birthday at midnight local time or UK time and ended up seeing both and feeling no better Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 25, 2013
- Final hours. Airport in an hour :(15-04-2012
Today was our final day of vacation before the long journey home. We decided to just relax and enjoy the pool.
We met Hoang for breakfast before he took off to Saigon to meet his next group. Lorna, Isaac and Posted by curlygirl in One mom, one son, one world | May 22, 2013
- Monks eat Pringles too,and the evolution of our own Buddha14-04-2012
We woke this morning at 4 am, well I did with my first bought of a bad tummy (which quickly passed). We were all a little off after a bad restaurant last night.Except Isaac, who is probably ok because he Posted by curlygirl in One mom, one son, one world | May 22, 2013
- Sweating Kneecaps and other Parts at the Ankor Temples13-04-12
Happy Khmer New Year! It started 7:15 tonight and the town is ablaze with lights and large stars everywhere. It also means there are lots of Thai tourists in town. Yikes. You can see the village people being transported in Posted by curlygirl in One mom, one son, one world | May 22, 2013
- Now where did I put that Dong and how will I find my Tuk Tuk12-04-2012
Hello from Siem Reap.
You know you are a foreign land when you have said both the above phrases in the first hour of your day. My Dong is the bit of Vietnamese money that I had poked away for Hoang's Posted by curlygirl in One mom, one son, one world | May 22, 2013
- The Killing Fields - Phnom Penh11-04-2012
We are back from a very full day in extreme heat. More than I have ever experienced. It was 40 degrees and humid and we were on the go, non stop from 8:30 this morning until 8 pm. It is Posted by curlygirl in One mom, one son, one world | May 22, 2013
- CAMBODIA - Which wat is that?After twenty four hours in Phnom Pehn and Siam Reap it is very difficult to know what wat is what. A wat is a temple. A Buddhist one. Not just in Cambodia. Wat's are Buddhist temples in Thailand and Nepal Posted by ABitOfMe in CAMBODIA - Which wat is that? | May 22, 2013
- Day XXIX: Temples of Angkor: Remorkable!NB. The temples at Angkor are nothing short of spectacular. In three days I took over 500 photos, wrote several pages of blog notes and felt very fortunate to be there. None of the guide books or magazine articles adequately Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 19, 2013
- Siem Reap & Ankor WatWords fail to describe the magnificence and magnitude of the temples we (among with thousands of other tourists) discovered and explored on Wednesday. The day started out with a 4am rise, tuk tuk ride at 4.30am to Ankor Wat temple Posted by Lyndall Drennan in Honeymooning My Way Across the Globe | May 19, 2013
- Day XXVIII: Same Same, But DifferentI was a little too excited for a lazy lie-in today, and I don't exactly know why. Everything about Cambodia beyond the superficial Lonely Planet and National Geographic research was a mystery to me. Nevertheless, I was up and packed Posted by WorldWideWill in Will's Worldwide Wandering | May 17, 2013
- Phnom Penh==Phnom Penh - this one is not for the kids==
Phnom Penh..... Hmm, take Bangkok, add some extra rubbish and a few extra pungent smells here and there, whack up the humidity, and throw in a couple more modes of transport Posted by Tiki Touring in Tiki Touring | May 16, 2013
- Walking Phnom PenhSpent most of the day walking aimlessly through the streets of Phnom Penh. Visited several markets that are scattered around the city, one of them was the central market which situated in an art deco building built in 1937. Here Posted by balloonimal in Touring the land of the white elephant | Apr 20, 2013