Cambodia
Cambodia is hot very very hot. We’ve been here for just under two weeks and we’ve seen some interesting things. We ended up spending a lot more time in Phnom Penh then we had originally planned mainly because we keep getting sick. Andy has been rather sick for the last two weeks or so and I had a lovely little bit of food poisoning followed by a cold how one gets a cold when it is 37C I don
‘Angkor waaaaaat’
Hello hello all its my turn to tell the story of our trip so fresh from conquering the Thai Islands and Bangkok again Charlie and I now left all alone thanks to the departure of our Denny daughter miss you fran 61516 headed to Northern ThailandhellipAfter an overnight coach journey to Chiang Mai Charlie and I were as normal dumped in the middle of nowhere at 5.30am and had to attempt
Floating lodge opens on river
Water level … the floating 4 Rivers Eco Lodge in Cambodia. CAMBODIA’S first floating eco-lodge has opened in Koh Kong province.
Cambodia opens luxury casino
CAMBODIA opened a luxury, US0 million casino on Friday hoping to attract more foreign tourists and promote its fast-growing entertainment industry, casino owners said.
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Cambodia’s a funny old place. The stuff that happened in 196070s have definitely left there mark. I’ve been here almost 2 weeks now and I’ve seen only a handful of greyhaired people. Outside the towns rusted gateways that lead to empty plots line the roadside. And thanks to being the country with the most landmines in the world an incredibly high proportion of the population are mutilated in
Boat to Battambang
It was another early start this time a 6am pickup for 7am boat departure…in reality we were picked up at 7.45am and the boat departed at 8.50am so we could have had another 45 minutes in bed We decided to take the boat instead of the bus as we wanted to see the rural river way of life for the Cambodians even though it would take 6 hours instead of 4 hours on the bus.The boat was narrow wit
Celebrate International Women’s Day in Siem Reap - AsiaRooms.com
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA, February 09, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Like many other countries around the world, Cambodia observes an official public holiday on International Women’s Day.
Hun Sen urges leaders to reduce trade deficit
Prime Minister Hun Sen talks to government officials Thursday at the unveiling of the new Ministry of Commerce building in Phnom Penh.
First day of the tour
Please keep the questions comingit helps me focusYou can click on photo to enlarge it.I got up this morning and figured that if I waited in the hotel restaurant someone from my tour would show up which they did. Eventually I took several people over to the old market where I didn’t find a funnel but did find inexpensive dried kaffir lime leaves which are hard to find in the US these days. O
Day 5 prt 1 The Palace Genocide Museum and Killing Fields
Day 5hellip The Palace Genocide Museum and Killing FieldsToday I witnessed an atrocity something to deeply disturbing that I felt like my soul was trying to tell me to run away. I watched today as a High School was changed into a military camp of torture. They removed the students in the School which is located in the middle of Phnom Penh and placed a cement wall around and a barb wire fence