Blogs from Senmonorom, East, Cambodia, Asia - page 2

After another uneventful journey to Kompong Cham we were dropped off and immediately swamped by moto drivers all keen to 'help' us. As we'd decided not to stay here and literally just stop overnight to use the ATM we went straight to the bus company office we'd come on to ask about onward travel for the following day to our new chosen destination of Mondolkiri Province. Sadly Ratanakiri had been knocked out as we didn't think we'd have enough time to spend there and these days we'd rather not visit somewhere at all than make a flying visit of it and wish we had longer. Sophie was a little put out when she was told that the ticket would be $13, especially as she'd read that a ticket from Phnom Penh was only $10 so how ... read more

Hello again, just a quick one from us before the electricity is turned off again! Since our last blog we took a long old bus ride north to a place by the Mekong. It was absolutely stunning and was all the better as we took a boat trip out, just the two of us and the man on the back for 90 minutes cruising around spotting the rare irrawady dolphins at sunset. It was incredible and so nice to be away from the busy cities. Today we have so far had a bone crunching day in search of the unbeaten track. It began at 7.30 until 4 pm when we arrived at Sen Monorom. The trip was interesting...we took a locals pick up service which involves pilling high a toyota pick up with 2 crates and ... read more

Relieved to leave Phonm Penh I headed to Snoul by bus where I was told I could get a share taxi to Sen Monorom as buses no longer ran that route. Five and a half hours later in Snoul “service station” I asked a couple of minibuses if they were heading to Sen Monorom. No. I asked at the “gas station”, one man and his 20 glass coke bottles filled with fuel. No, he couldn’t help. Some young Cambodians from my bus came to my rescue and asked around for me amazed that I wanted to go there. I explained there was some pretty hiking there. This obviously was not a sufficient answer so I quickly added that there were also elephants there and we don’t have them in England. Made a little more sense but ... read more

In memory of my Grandma, an inspiration when it came to dealing with my travel-bug. She would have loved hearing about this trip. Sorry this entry has taken a while to add. We've been in the jungle for a few days, and there was barely any power, let alone an internet connection. Well, our hostel, Nature Lodge had power most of the time only because the guy running it had set up a couple of small turbines in the river at the bottom of his property and was generating his own. Not much though, about 400W, but as most of his light bulbs were 15W energy savers, and there was no fridge etc, 400W was just enough. All the lights dimmed whenever they turned the blender on for a shake or juice, but we could live ... read more

Jezeli kiedys zostane zapytany o to co robilem najbardziej ekstremalnego w moim zyciu z pewnoscia odpowiem - pojechalem do dzungli w Kambodzy podczas pory deszczowej. Poczatkowo zamierzalismy spedzic w Kambodzy okolo 8 dni, ale siedzac w nocy na tarasie w miejscowosci Chau Doc w Wietnaie dzien przed wyjazdem z tego kraju, czytalem przewodnik o Kambodzy i doszedlem do wniosku ze byloby zbyt proste jak da nas spedzic tutaj tak malo czasu. Zaczalem wiec szukac czegos ekstremalnego. Pierwsza rzecza jaka znalazlem byl przejazd do miejscowosci Sikuhanvillage na poludnie od Phnom Penh pociagiem. Banalne? Nic bardziej mylnego stan torow w tym kraju jest jeszcze gorszy od stanu drog. Predkosc jaka rozwijaja pociagi dochodzi do 20 km/h i podobno uczucie podobne jest do jazdy po dziurach. Dodatkowa atrakcja jest mozliwosc jazdy na dachu wagonu. Jednak szukalem dalej... Moje zainteresowanie ... read more