Blogs from Cambodia, Asia - page 18

Friday, 10th August 2018 After breakfast at the hotel this morning, our tour bus came by to pick us up at 8.30am where we began our city tour of Phnom Penh. Barely 10 minutes into the journey, we had arrived at the first stopping point for the day, the imposing Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda. For USD10, we were able to gain admission to the beautiful grounds dotted with healthy green lawns and immaculately kept gardens. The great thing about Phnom Penh is that the sights are within closed proximity to one another. There is no need to spend lots of time on the road before arriving at our destination. Within the grounds of the Silver Pagoda lies a mini Angkor Wat where we happily snapped loads of pictures of the beautiful model. It was ... read more

Cambodia exceeded our expectations , from the warm friendly courteous people to the stifling heat we enjoyed this country , The city of Phnom Penh is constantly abuzz with the crazy traffic to people going about daily life . To get around the city by foot or Tuk tuk is very easy , food is cheap and there is an abundant of delicacies to sample , the killing fields and S21 prison are a must to visit , very harrowing but insightful , Royal Palace & Wat Phnom are also worth a visit .... read more

When we first visited Cambodia, we knew that it is a poor country and we expected to see poverty and beggars, mostly child beggars. However, we have lived in Angolaand traveled through Africa so it shouldn't be worse or much different... Well, it was and we will explain why! If you are traveling to Cambodia, you should know that Cambodians use children to get money from tourists. There are mainly two ways of doing so: orphanages and child beggars. Cambodian Orphanages are kind of a tourist attraction...a very dark tourist attraction! yes, take a breath, people pay to go and see Orphanages in Cambodia. However, that's not even the worst part! The worst part is that in such a poor country, parents are giving away their child... read more

In Siem Reap angekommen und sogleich beim Immigration Amt den Kanadier Sammy kennengelernt. Scheint als hätte ich bereits einen Travelbuddy für die nächsten Tage gefunden. Weibliche Begleitung wäre natürlich erwünscht gewesen, aber man kann ja nicht alles haben. Unsere Guesthouses waren nicht weit voneinander, so dass wir uns auch gut treffen und die Touren und alles planen konnten. Mein erster Tag in Kambodscha erinnerte mich irgendwie wieder an die Philippinen. Die Strassen sind nur gerade in der Stadt selber asphaltiert, bereits meine Strasse zum Hotel, stand wenn es kurz und heftig regnete wieder 10cm unter Wasser. Aber man trägt ja eh den ganzen Tag nur Flip Flops, so werden die teuren Nike Schuhe auch gar nie nass. Die Sonne brennt, die Luftfeuchtigkeit ist hoch, Lärm hier und da, ausserdem gelten hier auch wieder andere Strassenregeln als ... read more

We headed to the beaches of Sihanoukville and were faced with heavy thunderstorms for the majority of our stay in this little beach city. The city is made for sunny days so admittedly it ruined it a bit for us. However stayed at Monkey Republic where all the backpackers go for drinks around the pool and drinking games on the night which was great fun. Highly recommend this hostel. We loved to hostel itself but we were a little disappointed at the turn out of travellers as it’s off-peak season, therefore it’s much more quiet around this time of year. So, we decided to head to Otres beach (party beach) which was annoyingly dead quiet aswell. We eventually found a really cool hippy beach bar called Happy Mushrooms and relaxed with a few pitchers by the ... read more