Blogs from Sihanoukville, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 61

De drie dagen die we in Siem Reap aan de tempels besteedden waren geweldig... We hebben de eerste twee dagen dat onze ticket voor het complex geldig was, de meest bekende tempels bezocht en ook de tempels die wat centraler lagen t.o.v. Angkor Wat. De tuk-tuk chauffeur bracht ons overal heen, want die hadden we voor 4 dagen afgehuurd! Was erg handig en gelukkig niet al te duur. Imposant om te zien is vooral tempelcomplex Angkor Wat. Uitgebreid was vooral ook het Bayon-complex, maar het meest sfeervol was Ta Prohm (voormalig paleis, vrijwel volledig begroeid met hoge bomen. De derde dag van onze ticket hebben we besteed aan het bezoeken van de wat meer verder gelegen tempels. Zo hebben we de Rolous-groep bezocht. En ook Banteay Srei (anderhalf uur met de brommer). De laatste tempel was ... read more

Well...after a month and a half of travelling through hills, countryside and villages we have finally made it to the beach. Although its not one of the most beautiful beaches in Asia is was still great! When we got to Sihanoukville we went right to the beach! Within our first 10 minutes we were offered tons of books, postcards, fruit, seafood, manicures, pedicure, massage...anything you could imagine! At first all i wanted was to be left alone to relax. After a while it was fun to talk with all the kids and ladies selling the stuff. We went to a few different beaches when we were in the Sihanoukville area. We first went to the main tourist beach called serendipity. This beach was the nicest and was lined with about 30 restaurants along the beach. The ... read more

The busses in Cambodia are actually quite comfortable. The landscape is similar to the Canadian praries, so the roads are straight. And believe it or not the drivers aren't suicidal! They're not driving full speed passing 2 trucks going up a hill and around corners. This is great! They're even air conditioned.......sort of. Getting off the bus we ignored the guy with the sign with out name on it and got on another motorcycle. We stopped off at the Vietnam consulate to get our Visa, got ripped off (overcharged), not much we can do about it. Then headed to the beach! It's a stereotypical tropical paradise beach with white sand and turquiose waters. The sun drops down over the ocean for perfect sunsets that you only see on postcards. I must admit I get bored pretty ... read more

Im now in Trat, which is a southern town that doesn't have tomanny tourists... The night market here is a great place to sample some Thai food... Most people come here to head over to Cambodia... And thats why I was there.. so now for a story... I stayed at a guesthouse called POPs... It was a nice place and the Bungalow was only 400b... Now someone on told me that I should book my way through Cambodia atthe guest house... The story was trhat I pay 650b for a 5hr ferry ride and the taxi from the border to the ferry... The ferry leaves at 8am .... Now for all travelers BEWARE.... If you book thisThe Min bus will not leave until they have 10 people.... The guest house told us to be ready at ... read more

i met a couple of scottish sisters on the beach. one paid $5 U.S. for a small trinket a kid was hawking. the next day, i happened to be bicycling in a far less touristy part of town. a small boy offered me the same trinket for 3000 riel (he started to say 2000 riel but changed mid word to 3000R). a little girl with him, corrected him by saying no it IS 2000R. so far i haven't opened my mouth. i wasn't interested, but they persisted. then i was offered two for the low price of 3000riel. i said ok and pulled out a 10,000, the smallest i had, bill. the kid didn't have any change. i said sorry and started to bike away. he said "ok, you can have both for 2000riel", which i ... read more