Blogs from Knar, Siem Reap, North, Cambodia, Asia

March 26th Linda and Pon arrived in Bangkok at 11:30PM, found Maurice about an hour later and finally located Joanne. Joanne, Linda's cousin from Saskatoon was joining us for our Bangkok Cambodia experience, spending a few more days traveling with Rennie, and then coming on to Taiwan to visit us for a week. She was calling this her South East Asian Adventure. The four of us took a cab to the Shangri-La Hotel and checked in. We finally got to bed around 3AM. Next morning, Linda went to register for the EARCOS (East Asia Region Conference of Schools) conference at 7:30 AM, and then was joined by Maurice and Joanne for breakfast. Linda headed to hear the keynote speaker and then attended sessions the rest of the day and Pon left for Phuket. Maurice and Joanne ... read more

A spontaneous decision to join a friend on his trip to Cambodia turned out to be one of the best ones I have made in a long time. Siem Reap was the destination and the promise of ancient temples and jungle treks wet my appetite. While these certainly did not disappoint and were unlike anything I had ever seen, I think the highlight of the trip was the people. Friendly, humble and smiling. I left London on a Sunday evening and it was a long flight to Bangkok overnight with a transfer to Siem Reap. I would arrive in the early evening Monday. Part of the excitement of this journey was meeting my travelling companion, L. We have been "penpals" of sorts for over 18 months and this was our first meeting and adventure together. The ... read more

Hello folks, thanks again for the comments he! hopelijk zijn de replies van Anouk goe doorgekomen ;) Na Hue zijn we met de bus doorgereden naar Hoi An. Dat stadje ligt zon 200km zuidelijker en dat was 4u rijden ;) ofwel kon de bus niet harder, of er was iets anders, maar hij tufte rustig verder, door de bergen, langs de zee, en zo zijn we er toch geraakt. Hoi An is eigenlijk een hotspot voor toeristen, een aaneenschakeling van winkeltjes en restaurants. Overdag zegt het niet veel en het is eigenlijk te warm om in de zon te lopen (je loopt bijna even hard van schaduw tot schaduw als dat je van dak tot dak loopt bij een stortbui, it burns!). Het nadeel van ter plekke te zien naar waar je gaat reizen de volgende ... read more

Lets get the apologies out of the way; apologies for the horrendous font, it was either facebooks font or my iPhone notes apps... and that one is bloody ridiculous and sorry for the huge gap since my last blog. I am alive and I've been having a cracking time. It's been so long since my last blog that I'm going to have to split it in to Asia and Australia. This one is all about the rest of my South East Asia travels. So if you actually have the attention span or the procrastination, grab a coffee or redbull because this is going to be a longen. Worth it though! A lot has happened, including; the Vietcong tunnels, Cambodia- The Killing Fields and Angkor Wat, Dan costing me 500 baht on his birthday, jack appearing and ... read more

Day 175 – 176 (Fri 1st – Sat 2nd March) Phnom Penh I returned to Phnom Penh after recovering from illness and the Cambodian North East. The bus took a mere 11 hours but it passed quite quickly and wasn’t too boring, although the countryside either side of the main highways here is pretty uneventful. There really is not a view. Either fields are burnt, there is little vegetation, when there are trees they are new borns so no big forests yet, and I think most these trees are grown for rubber so won’t grow for long anyways as demand is high. Anyways I got back to Phnom Penh around 6pm and headed back to the hostel I previously stayed at. I got the last bed in the place which was handy as I was tired ... read more