We arrived in Phomn Penh yesterday afternoon. We took a bus and had no real idea how long the trip was supposed to take. It turned out to take only about 6 hours with stops. The bus we were on was filled mostly with Cambodian people, and only about 6 tourists. Despite what seat number our bus ticket said, all the tourists were sent to the back of the bus, or over the wheel wells, it was an uncomfortable trip. We arrived in Phomn Penh to insanity. As soon as I got off the bus I was swarmed by dozens of [View Full Entry]

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We'll we're in Cambodia now. We left Thailand on the 7th, one day after our Visas expired. We ended up paying for that in time and money at the border. After going through the thai part of the border, we had to wait in line to pay our fines. This involved one very slow border employee stamping forms at a ridiculously slow pace. After waiting half an hour or so we were directed to the Cambodian Immigration part of the border, this went pretty smoothly and soon we were on our way to Siem Reap. One thing to note is that [View Full Entry]

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This it just clare a I have a relaxing beer after a hard day at Angkor.. Food in Cambodia is fairly similar to Loas however they where either smalland catering for the tourist or where full touristy with western meals (eg CheeseBurgers and Pizza) or fully local where the food was out with little or no protection from flys etc.. And because of little spat it food poisoning we decided to eat well.. Here is a few pic our the main steet where we ate [View Full Entry]

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Here are some of the images from angkor.. We got a really nice tuk tuk driver who is studing to be a tour guilde (his name was snake, but I dont think that is his real name it is just so us westeners can rememer it) so we got a little bit of background knowledge without paying for it =) gold.. not paying for something in cambodia is rare.. [View Full Entry]

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Hello! After hanging out in Chang Mai for a couple of weeks, including a 3 day trip to Pai, I headed South to good old Bangkok where I landed on the (Thai) night bus, caught a public bus for 4baht and eventually got some snooze between 8am and 10am... I then dashed around doing bits before collecting Mum from the airport... how bizaarrre! Mum and I met Kate and her Mum and had a good couple of days and evenings - saw some sights and drank cocktails at Vertigo; the roof top bar of the very classy Banyan Tree Hotel. The [View Full Entry]

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I am indulging in one of the many delights of being overseas - traveler romance - and so am currently touring a small section of Southern Cambodia with Eddie, a cerebral Glaswegian. Well, we had an adventure-packed day boating through some mangroves to a tropical island of white sand beaches where we swam and ate freshly grilled barracuda for lunch. I almost had a slimy encounter with a giant (yes giant) jelly fish. Eeuuuk! Then we walked through some jungle (it's a National Park but of course there is heaps of illegal logging and poaching) tracing the steps of many before [View Full Entry]

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I have finally decided that there is no future for me in this town, and after some thoughtful nights, had come to the conclusion that Vietnam might offer a better life, both money-wise, work-wise, and not the least food-wise. So, I get around to all my friends here to say my goodbyes and to collect my share of e-mail addresses. Finally I get to Bamboo Light, which in the two months I have been here, have become my regular hangout joint. I talk to the owner, and tell him that I am leaving now, that there wasn’t enough work for me [View Full Entry]

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The boat eased up to the dock. It was jammed with Cambodian taxi drivers. There must have been thirty of them. But today was not going to be a good day. There were only ten tourists coming from Sihanoukville to the border with Thailand. As soon as the boat tied up the frenzy began. Hundreds of hands grabbed our bags. Trying to get them off the boat and onto a motorbike before the tourists could take them. Ours was on the bottom of a big pile and by the time we got off the boat there were taxi drivers pulling at [View Full Entry]

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Operation Rosa Parks: From the land of a thousand ao dai, to the land of a thousand Buddhas. The last we heard of our hero, he was poised for another excruciatingly long trip up country. He had just spent a depressing day witnessing the crimes and horror imposed by a regime who brutally slaughtered 30% of the country's population in order to erase any existance of capitalism and bring communism to Cambodia under Pol Pot. Now he was ready to move on and see the wonders of ancient civilizations. However, there was a bit more uncertainty surrounding this next adventure as [View Full Entry]

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The other day I went to lunch with a local friend of mine. We went to this nice little restaurant adown at the beach, and there were only locals around and about four chickens running around pecking at the dirt. After being seated, or in my case, being hamocked, and exchanged pleasantries with the staff, we got around to order. Taking my friend’s advice we decide on a whole roast chicken and beers. The preparation does take quite some time, but we pass the time with comments about the beach and sipping our not-so-cold beers. Not until the roast chicken find [View Full Entry]

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