Blogs from Siem Reap, North, Cambodia, Asia - page 208

Vandaag was onze derde dag van ons bezoek aan Angkor Wat. Met Anne zijn we vanochtend met de tuktuk 50 km. naar het noorden vertrokken om daar een prachtige wandeling door het Cambodjaanse oerwoud te maken, om uiteindelijk te kunnen genieten van kletterende watervallen. Maar........ dat moet je nu heel ruim zien aangezien het hier al maanden niet heeft geregend bestaat de waterval uit 3 stralen. Toch was het ruim genieten van alle mooie vlinders om ons heen de geluiden van vogels en krekels en het kunnen slingeren aan lianen. Het klimmen en klauteren naar boven was heel zwaar(40 gr.) Stel je het gevoel van een sauna voor! Maar na zulke inspanningen is de beloning altijd groot met veel water ,heel veel water , iced coffee en vandaag een heerlijke kom noodle soep. Een verfrissende tocht ... read more

As soon as I landed in Siem Reap I was reminded of the Dead Kennedy’s song from the 80’s. The song that pretty much said Cambodia was the last place on Earth you would come for holiday…and now, just 20 years later, the road to Siem Reap is lined with gigantic resort-style hotels for the wealthy tourists (mostly from Korea) who flock here all year round. It has been a dream of mine for quite some time to come to Cambodia to learn more about the atrocities that went on here not so long ago, but even more than that, to visit the temples of Angkor. It has lived up to my expectations. I left Saigon a few days ago, which is not a place I needed to spend too much time in. It was actually ... read more

It is hard to believe we have been on the road for almost three months already. Every day has been an adventure, as we have been moving continuously. To recap, we landed in Singapore on Dec 271h, flew to Bangkok on New Year's Day, then later hit the beaches of southern Thailand. From there, we returned to Bangkok, then worked our way to northern Thailand, where we discovered the fine art of elephant wrestling. We exited Thailand and traveled to Laos by slow boat down the Mekong River, spent one night wrestling rats this time in a little seedy guest house, then arrived in the beautiful world heritage site of Luang Probang. While in Luang Probang, we had the privilege of feeding 70 Buddhist monks every morning - very special. We moved on from there to ... read more

The last few days have been a mishmash of adventure and the waiting game. Starting early some days ago (I think I've lost track) we left Laos (sob sob) and crossed the Friendship Bridge back into Thailand. Everything was much easier than imagined and fittingly we drove past the Lao Beer Brewery on the way. Before you could try and say Nakhon Rachasima (Korat) we were on a hot horrible bus from hell and had arrived in Thailand's second largest city. With a monument in the city centre that constantly has worshippers paying respect day and night, Korat really is a true living Thai city. It ahd a supermarket :) And we also had REAL pad thai that was absolutely delicious :) Another early start, several hours arguing with bank tellers and a number of actual ... read more

okej, hvor skal vi begynne. vi har opplevd saa utrolig mye siden sist, saa vi skal proeve aa oppsumere alt i stikkordsform. vi har de siste to ukene forflyttet oss fra chiang mai til chiang rai, fra chiang rai over til laos (luang prebang) og derfra innom bangkok foer vi var fire dager i kambodsja. naa kommer bildene og kort fortalt hva vi har bedrevet med i det siste ;) chaing rai: vi dro til chiang rai som et mellomstopp foer laos. utrolig avslappende, deilige dager paa et kjempe hyggelig guest house. ble godt kjent med personalet, pluss en danske. bare noen super chille dager.... saa: vi satte oss paa bussen grytidlig for aa ta bussen til chiang khong, som er grensebyen foer laos. turen gikk helt fint, og vi ordnet visum og slikt paa grensen. ... read more