Blogs from Phnom Penh, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 14

Voor de antwoorden van de quiz, zie het commentaar bij de quizblog Für die Antworten vom Quiz, schau den Kommentar an beim Quizblog De beste lekken, voorin de bus, met volop beenruimte en 180° panoramaview, zijn gereserveerd. Niet voor ons "backpackers", noch voor de gepensioneerde westerlingen (kuddes vol gepensioneerden trekken door Laos). Nee, de beste plekken zijn voor de monniken. Als je zeker zijn wilt van een gelukkig huwelijk, nodig dan 9 monniken (of meer natuurlijk) uit voor je bruiloft, zet ze vooraan en geef ze het beste eten van het feest. Hetzelfde geldt voor een gezond kind en een geboorterecht, dus waarom niet voor een busrit? Vermoedelijk dat deze zeer gerespecteerde, zwijgzame, vrij van vrouwelijk contact en oranje mannen, gratis mee mogen rijden. Als je een monnik helpt is dat namelijk punten harken voor je ... read more

Whilst cycling through many countries I have often thought about how one's passport can decide your fate. The British Passport is considered one of the best passports to have to travel freely around the world. I am lucky. My partner on the the other hand has an Iranian Passport. Travelling freely to other countries is for her a complete different story. We had already read on the internet that entering Cambodia was going to be problematical for my partner. In Laos when we went to the Cambodian embassy, as soon as I handed over Noushin's passport to the administrative official, her expression on her face changed and she simply stated that Iranian nationals would not be issued a visa. We accepted our fate, but decided that we would try again in the Cambodian Embassy in Hanoi, ... read more

Security Prison 21 - S-21 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Eine ehemalige Schule wurde in eine Folterkammer der Khmer Rouge umgewandelt. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol-Sleng-Genozid-Museum... read more

NOTE: After the panorama above, there are 54 photos in this blog article which are probably more interesting than the text to most people. Click on a photo to enlarge then "next" to see only photos. Scroll below video and on to the next page. There are captions for each photo, just click on a photo. JD Another visa-run to extend my stay in Thailand. I haven't taken the train (photo) from Chiang Mai to Hualampong train station in Bangkok for a few years but the flights to Bangkok were booked between Christmas and New Years and my Thailand visa expired on January 29th. Train #52 is always late. It was 10 minutes late to start and 50 minutes late to arrive. Not bad. I've been on this train when it arrived 4 hours ... read more

"I will move you to a room on a lower floor because I think you are a little bit old." The woman in the Phnom Penh guest house has no idea, none at all, that maybe she should find another way to suggest that she can move my fourth floor room to the second floor. She smiles sweetly and laughs, and I can only bless this perfect moment. It's been a tiring day. My sojourn to Phnom Penh to extend my visa was not a short jaunt. I left Chi Phat at 8:00 am with my faithful driver, son Savin, rolling by sugar cane fields in the morning light as we headed for Andoung Tuek. I waited nearly two hours and watched eight buses whiz by until mine stopped for me. No matter that I had ... read more